Exciting Concepts for Blues Guitar Soloing by Barry Levenson is an exciting “Blues” guitar method (with both music notation and tablature) that explores the techniques found in great “Blues soloing”. The 14 solos contained in this book comprise some of the greatest “licks” in blues guitar playing. The solos includes the playing styles of BB King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin. The book also comes with a detailed text that analyses each solo in depth and provides “today’s Blues guitar improviser” with all the tools needed for creating their own melodic and harmonic solos. The book gives insight into such concepts as: phrasing, outlining chord structure, target notes, bending techniques, advanced position playing and motific development. The CD is recorded with rhythm backing tracks with and without the solo. 

Salsa & Afro Cuban Montunos for Guitar by Carlo Campos. Finally the first instructional book showing guitarists how to play Salsa styles. Following on from his highly successful Salsa piano/keyboard instructional book, Carlos Campos has created a book for guitarists with over 400 examples (60 examples recorded on CD), with each example for 2-3 and 3-2 clave. There is both written music and tablature. These Salsa patterns can be used for Jazz, Latin Jazz and Flamenco musical styles.  

Available as Book/CD $44.50          HOW TO ORDER

The Rock Riff Dictionary For Lead Guitar by Vince Lauria is a revolutionary new technique for learning guitar. Vince demonstrates essential concepts and techniques using the familiar tab system. Learn trills, vibrato, slide and more in the lead guitar book. The book is supplemented with a CD featuring audio examples of the techniques found in the book. Recommended for beginning and intermediate students with 150 of the best riffs and melodic techniques ever assembled—blues, rock, major, minor, chromatic. Create your own intros, outros and incredible sols. 27 matching chords, 24 scale forms, note name char and much more. 

Available as Book/CD $32.95          HOW TO ORDER

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