Lessons include tuning up, essential chords and scales, music reference, practice tips, rhythm techniques, soloing techniques, live play-along tracks with band, 3-D fretboard graphics, rhythm techniques, soloing techniques (chord embellishment, open-string chords), electrified acoustic, rhythms and solos for rock, blues, country, care of the instrument.

A step-by-step guide to playing the most popular rhythms and percussion structures of Ghana, Cuba, Guinea, Haiti, and Brazil. Exercises range from the elementary to the complex, for both beginning and advanced drummers. Demonstrates a large variety of traditional percussion instruments both individually and in unison.

Learn film-scoring techniques from one of the great film/television composers of our time. Lalo Schifrin shares his insights into the intimate relationship between music and drama. The book is illustrated with extended excerpts from his most iconic scores such as Mission: Impossible , Cool Hand Luke , Bullitt and many others and peppered with anecdotes from inside the Hollywood studios. Schifrin reveals the technical details of his own working approach,...

Learn to play bass guitar the easy way, following simple illustrated lessons from all styles of music. Lessons start with the basics-how to hold the bass, how to tune and start playing-and take the student to a playing level with sufficient skills to join a band. Each lesson is written in the standard TAB format with easy-to-read rhythm notations, and step by step pictures of the correct finger positions. Also includes a library of scales.

Examining the dynamics of hip-hop from every region and in every form mainstream and underground, current, and classic this compelling how-to discusses everything from content and flow to rhythm and delivery in relation to the art and craft of rap. Compiled from the most extensive research on rapping to date, this first-of-its-kind guide delivers countless candid and exclusive insights from more than 100 of the most critically acclaimed artists in...

Total beginners will learn how to use a pick and form all the most important chords, while those with some guitar experience will learn fingerpicking styles and other essential techniques. More than two-dozen classic songs are taught. Includes tabs.