Over 500 illustrated chords are covered for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical music. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is completed with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played. Over 360,000 copies sold worldwide. This compact dictionary of over 500 popular chords in their most common voicings feature clare photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions. The spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for easy reference while playing. Fingering diagrams for each chord are clearly indicated on a fretboard, and tips on technique are given together with relevant chord sequences. Whether your musical style favors rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk, counry, or classical, this handy take-anywhere volume puts the techniques for making great guitar music at your fingertips, and sets you on the road to becoming a true chordmaster.

Guitar Chord Bible: Over 500 Illustrated Chords for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz, and Classical (Volume 8) (Music Bibles, 8)

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Capone, Phil

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Chartwell Books

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy. The binding allows it to lie open flat for easy reference during practice. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and enthusiasts. The book also includes an audio CD for examples and accompaniment.
Learn to play the guitar the easy way, following simple, illustrated lessons that will have you jamming in no time. From choosing a guitar and reading tablature to learning picking patterns and playing power chords, find out everything you need to know to start strumming in style. Chord progressions and riffs are illustrated using clear tab diagrams, and additional photographs indicate correct fingering positions. Includes an at-a-glance directory of illustrated chords and scales, with tips on playing everything. The free CD includes various chord progressions as well as play-along tracks. Over 200,000 copies sold worldwide.

Learn to Play the Guitar (Music Bibles)

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in is a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners. The book also includes an audio CD for examples and accompaniment.
Learn to Play Bass Guitar starts with the basics like how to hold the bass, how to tune it up and start playing, and take the student to a playing level with sufficient skills to join a band. The book contains a library of scales and arpeggios giving a wider range of bass notes to play for any given chord, and a buyer's guide which lists the essential beginner accessories and equipment to get you started. If you're owing to teach yourself, you'll need an engaging, easy-to-understand tutor, and that's exactly what you'll find in the Learn to Play: A Beginners Guide series by Phil Capone.

Learn To Play Bass Guitar: A Beginner's Guide to Bass Guitar

Here are 100 classic blues licks and chops, perfectly transcribed, in every key and every mode, over all the most important progressions. Comes complete with a CD, so you can first hear the lick, then play it back yourself over a professional backing track.

100 Killer Licks And Chops For Blues Guitar (Music Bibles)

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy. The binding allows it to lie open flat for easy reference during practice. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
Chapters describe riffs from Chuck Berry, the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Keith Richards, and Nirvana. From blues to progressive rock to heavy metal and alternative rock, all music lovers will find music that inspires them.
You don't need to be a guitar whiz to use this book, but a functional level of ability is assumed. Players of all levels should find it a useful and informative resource. Because this is not a traditional "teach yourself" book, it is not progressive; it can be dipped into at any point—whenever inspiration or just some fresh ideas are needed.

100 Killer Licks And Chops For Rock Guitar (Music Bibles, 6)

The ultimate guide for all acoustic guitar enthusiasts--from beginners to seasoned musicians--wanting to build up the ability to play a wide range of musical styles. Building on alternating bass techniques, thumb patterns, and special fretting techniques, The Fingerpicking Technique Bible for Guitar contains a series of graded exercises (demo CD included) that will build confidence and speed.
This hardcover bible with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy. The binding allows it to lie open flat for easy reference during practice. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and enthusiasts. The book also includes an audio CD for examples and accompaniment.
This book also offers a tour of musical genres, showing how even guitar players at beginner level can use these techniques to unlock the secrets of some of the most iconic sounds in the guitar repertoire. Also, exercises are shown in standard notation and tablature, along with selective use of photographs to add clarity where required.

The Fingerpicking Technique Bible for Guitar

100 Killer Riffs and Fills for Rock Guitar is a beautiful, easy-to-read hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy. The binding allows it to lie open flat for easy reference during practice. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
With chapters on intro riffs, verse riffs, and chorus riffs, guitarists will learn to build out a song like a professional. The fills can help smooth out the music to sound polished and perfect. Different types of music like blues, classic rock, heavy metal, progressive, alternative rock, and fusion will catch the ear of any musician.
This book has been written with just one objective in mind: to turn reders into proficient rock guitarists. It achieves this through an in-depth analysis of the six most important styles in rock today. Work through the book and you'll be a vastly different player by the time you've finished it: fully "schooled up" and ready to rock like a pro.

100 Killer Riffs and Fills for Rock Guitar (Music Bibles, 11)

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in is a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners. The book also includes an audio CD for examples and accompaniment.
Learn to Play Country Guitar starts with the basics like how to hold the guitar, how to tune it up and start playing, and take the student to a playing level with sufficient skills to join a band. From hybrid picking and double stops, to twang techniques and country licks—discover everything you need to know to create that unique country guitar sound. The book contains a 30 illustrated lessons, and a buyer's guide which lists the essential beginner accessories and equipment to get you started. If you're owing to teach yourself, you'll need an engaging, easy-to-understand tutor, and that's exactly what you'll find in the Learn to Play: A Beginners Guide series by Phil Capone.

Learn to Play Country Guitar (Music Bibles)

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for musicians to keep handy and laid out next to their instrument. The binding allows it to lie open flat for easy reference during practice. The stylish design of the book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners, and enthusiasts will find hidden gems throughout. The book also includes an audio CD for examples and accompaniment.
Cheap to buy, quick to learn, fun to play: spend an hour or so with a ukulele and you'll already be able to strum through the accompaniment to a few well-known songs just for the fun of it. That is the mission of this book: getting the first-time ukulele player up and started, enjoying music, having fun, and ready and equipped to move to the next level. Practice the exercises in this book, and you'll be able to play whatever music you like, from pop to classical to jazz. Or you can just sit down with the uku on your knee and pick out a simple tune of your own. This book includes: CD, carefully structured, illustrated lessons, clear tabular diagrams, close-up photographs to demonstrate finger positions, a chord library, scale library, PLUS simple tunes for the beginner to play along to.

Learn to Play Ukulele (Music Bibles)

The process of learning chords as shapes makes the guitar an easy instrument to learn, but this initial boon soon becomes a handicap for the serious player. This compact dictionary of over 500 popular chords in their most common voicings features clear photographs and easy-to-follow-diagrams and instructions. Discover all the secret chords used by professional session guitarists, and other essential chords in their most common voicings, and unlock the key to taking your guitar playing to a new level.
Following on from the hugely successful Guitar Chord Bible, this new directory includes 500 more illustrated chords for rock, pop, folk, blues, country, jazz, and classical guitar. The spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for easy reference while playing. Fingering diagrams for each chord are clearly indicated on a fretboard, and tips on technique are given together with relevant chord sequences.
This is not just another chord book. This book functions as both a reference resource and a self-tuition manual. Whether your musical style favors rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk, country, or classical, this handy take-anywhere volume puts the techniques for making great guitar music at your fingertips, and sets you on the road to becoming a true chordmaster!

The Guitar Player's Chord Bible: Over 500 Illustrated Chords for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz, & Classical

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