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by Muriel Anderson
72 pages
After you've read this brief book, you'll be able to create any chord in any position. It defines major, minor, diminished, augmented, half diminished, suspended, major seventh and dominant seventh chords, and shows how to relate them to scales on the fretboard. It shows common shapes for many chords, so that you can find many voicings. $8
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A Pocket Reference for Constructing and
Playing Guitar Scales Anywhere on the Fingerboard
by Muriel Anderson & Jim Scott
72 pages
This book - featuring Jim Scott's revolutionary 'rows' concept - gives guitarists the tools to really understand scales, and to create any type of scale in any position. It covers: major and minor scales; pentatonic and blues scales; the modes; harmonic minor, melodic minor, whole tone, diminished, chromatic and harp scales; the relationships between scales and chords; and a unique approach to visualizing patterns that will allow players to learn scales more quickly than they ever thought possible! Includes standard notation and tablature. $7
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Rory Block
Level 4
Includes CD and 32-page music|tab book
Rory teaches Delta guitar styles of the blues masters. She plays eight Delta fingerstyle pieces, teaching each one by slowing down the difficult passages and explaining the subtleties. Tunes include "Old Country Rock" (Willie Moore), "Statesboro Blues" (Blind Willie McTell), "Big Road Blues" (Tommy Johnson), "Canned Heat" (Tommy Johnson), "Future Blues" (Willie Brown), "Devil Got My Man" (Skip James), "Police Dog Blues" (Blind Blake) and "Mississippi Blues" (Willie Brown). $20
by Liona Boyd
56 pages
Includes companion CD
This matching folio to her bestselling album features compositions by Sor, Visée, Logy, Carcassi, Galileo, Milan, Tárrega and others. There are 21 charming shorter compositions in all, arranged and fingered by Liona Boyd. Titles include: Adelita · Estudio in E · Gavotte · Greensleeves · Kemp's Jig · Pavana · more.
$18
Ani DiFranco
112 pages
This great guitar songbook features Ani's hand-picked selection of 20 tunes as originally recorded on her solo albums through Dilate in 1996: Anticipate · Blood in the Boardroom · Buildings and Bridges · Dilate · The Diner · Fixing Her Hair · God's Country · If He Tries Anything · In or Out · Joyful Girl · Letter to a John · Not a Pretty Girl · Out of Habit · Out of Range · Shameless · Shy · Sorry I Am · Talk to Me Now · What If No One's Watching · The Whole Night. Includes a biography of DiFranco and an intro by Ron Ehmke, Minister of Communications for Ani's Righteous Babe Records. $20
by Sharon Isbin
If you're not a classical player, please don't let the word "classical" deter you. Sharon Isbin answers 50 questions about performing, practicing, technique, selecting a guitar, and keeping it in good shape. The answers will help players of all styles. The questions were asked by Acoustic Guitar magazine readers and answered by Isbin in four years of Master Class columns in the magazine. 88 pages, 9 inch. x 12 inch.
$14.95
Dreams of a World
$17, or save $2 when you buy it with this companion book! $22.95
by Sharon Isbin
Appalachian Suite includes the six-piece suite by John Duarte that comprises the centerpiece of Sharon's beautiful CD, Dreams of a World . I love Duarte's arrangements of these familiar Appalachian tunes (eg., "Darling Cora,"). They're imaginative and soulful, and very guitaristic. Sharon plays them with almost unbelievable grace. Buy the book and CD and enjoy at $2 discount! $7.95
by Nelson Faria
Every time I open this book, I find gorgeous and surprising chord progressions. The Brazilian Guitar Book has opened the world of Brazilian guitar to me. The author does an excellent job of explaining Brazilian rhythms and styles, and he has selected beautiful and interesting pieces to use as examples. Until I studied with this book, I would never have imagined the shapes, voice leading and progressions it presents so abundantly. The Brazilian Guitar Book draws examples from well-known Brazilian guitarists. This book will be most useful to players of intermediate level. Includes companion CD. Unequivocally the best Brazilian guitar book I have seen (and I've seen quite a few). $26
by Mark Levine
500+ pages
This user-friendly, clearly written and thorough book OPENED MY EYES to the secrets of jazz. I never thought I'd understand jazz magic, but after reading this book I do! Which isn't to say that I can play it -- but, if I decide to become a jazzhead, at least now I know what to practice and why (and in the meantime my playing has become much more thoughtful and subtle). This book was written for players of all instruments, and not specifically for guitarists. Nevertheless, I found it very easy to apply the information to guitar. The Jazz Theory Book explains chord construction and the II-V-I progression, scale theory, the blues, "I've Got Rhythm" changes, slash chords, the bebop and pentatonic scales, a bit of jazz history, how to read a lead sheet and memorize tunes and a reharmonization. Includes an excellent jazz glossary, so you can communicate effectively with jazz musicians.
$38
Randy Halberstadt
330 pages
This book illuminates almost every aspect of jazz musicianship, including scale/chord theory, practice strategies, composing techniques, performance psychology and how to create the states of mind that produce the best improvisations. Includes excellent discussion of chord voicings, comping, inversions and scales. Designed for all levels on all instruments.
$36
Marcy Marxer
Level 3
Includes THREE CDs plus Chord Diagrams
In this book, Marcy teaches the techniques you need to play western swing songs, thirties-style jazz and Texas-style fiddle tunes. She takes you step-by-step through the most common turnarounds, chord progressions, substitutions, right-hand rhythms and musical phrases, teaching you to play hot rhythm to alomst any swing tune you hear. The songs in the book include "Hey Good Lookin'," "Deep Water," "Miss Molly," "Roly Poly," "Old Fashioned Love," "Honeysuckle Rose," "12-Bar Blues" and "Rhythm Changes."
$37.50
A Master Picker Analyzes his Pioneering Licks and Solos
Tony Rice
Level 3
24 pages
Includes CD
Tony is among the few who play lots of notes dazzingly fast while producing harmony and melody lines full of beauty, grace and interesting rhythm. In this excellent book, he analyzes licks, runs, solos and rhythm parts to bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes. The collection includes kickoffs, endings, licks, riffs, rhythm technique, crosspicking, improvisation and more. This video was produced with the rhythm tracks on one stereo channel and the lead tracks on the other channel, so that you can mute one or the other and practice along. The songs include "Red Haired Boy," "Little Sadie," "Your Love is Like a Flower," "Blue Railroad Train," "Home From the Forest," "Wildwood Flower," "Old Train," "Wild Horse" and "Jerusalem Ridge." $20