Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. This updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier to read and quicker to learn. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock music styles, plus more pop songs! Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Method-the first and best choice for today's beginning guitar students. This book combines all of the essential instructional material from Books 1, 2 and 3 of Alfred's Basic Guitar Method and is a complete course. Written in standard notation, it guides guitarists through the basics of playing the guitar using rock, blues, country and folk music. In addition, techniques such as bending, sliding, hammer-on and pull-off are included. CD comes with book.

The most virtuosic blues King, big bad Freddie was a spectacular guitarist as well as a first-rate singer and accomplished songwriter. As a transplanted Texan who moved to Chicago in the '50s, Freddie rubbed shoulders with the likes of Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Magic Sam. Freddie's vast repertoire of blues classics offers cool hooks, hot solos, and foot-tapping rhythms for the contemporary electric guitarist. In this DVD, Host Duke Robillard (Roomful of Blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds) gives invaluable insights into the style of this legendary guitarist. He takes you through a select group of Freddie's greatest songs lick by lick, revealing the inner workings of this master musician. Rare performance footage is also included as a special bonus!

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Known as the Father of Electric Blues Guitar, T-Bone Walker has influenced virtually every blues, jazz and rock guitarist from B.B. King, Kenny Burrell and Chuck Berry to Jimi Hendrix. His tasty, economical and expressive lead lines have come to define the essence of cool blues guitar soloing, and the power of his dramatic and soulful phrasing is undiminished by the passage of time. In this DVD, T-Bone Walker expert and Roomful of Blues founder Duke Robillard reveals all of the major aspects of T-Bone's style, note for note, chord for chord, and with Duke's 30 years of experience showing through. Songs include: You Don't Love Me * Love Is a Gamble * T-Bone Shuffle * T-Bone Boogie * I Get So Weary. Every guitarist should make it a priority to be thoroug/HLy versed in the dynamic style of the immortal T-Bone Walker. 57 minutes.

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A must for every Wonder fan, this is a comprehensive collection of 75 gems from 1963 to 1998. Includes Ebony and Ivory, For Once in My Life, My Cherie Amour and more. This deluxe, 368-page collection also features a discography of all the songs, listed chronologically by album!

Leo gives you everything you need to play funk and fuse it with Rock, Blues, Country and Jazz. Learn master funk techniques like "chicken scratchin," syncopated accents, multi-layered rhythms, funk chords and progressions, lead scales and tricks. See how funk has influenced almost every type of music and how it can make you a better player.

Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist of The Meters who are responsible for hits such as Africa, People Say, Fire on The Bayou and Sissy Strut. Over his career he has recorded with a wide variety of artist like Dr. John, Robert Palmer, and Peter Gabriel and worked with Grammy winners, Paul McCartney, Patty Label, Etta James, and Sting. In 2001 Leo along with the other members of The Meters received Grammy's life time achievement award. Many of today's top hip-hop artist such as Queen Latifa, Naughty by Nature, Run DMC, Heavy D, LL Cool J, and NWA to name a few have sampled Leo's signature guitar licks.

Each Rock House product includes free lifetime membership to Rock House's online lesson support system. Enhance your learning experience, links with instructors, download backing tracks, access message boards, and much more. You'll connect with a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

The son of a Chicago pastor, funky R&B/soul/gospel artist Smokie Norful has made a name for himself with his wonderful voice. Our songbook includes all 10 tracks from his critically acclaimed debut: I Need You Now, The Least I Can Do, Psalm 64, Same Sad Song and more.

Learn the trademark styles and techniques of the most celebrated guitarist in the blues with this information-packed DVD. Providing over an hour-and-a-half of in-depth analysis, Andy Aledort takes you step-by-step through eight classic songs: Cryin' Won't Help You * Five Long Years * Just Like a Woman * Rock Me Baby * Sweet Little Angel * The Thrill Is Gone * You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now * and You Upset Me Baby. 1 hour, 36 minutes.

This DVD is a complete, one-hour course in the song form that is the single most important influence in the history of American popular music. Blues authority Dave Rubin teaches in detail boogie, shuffle and riff-driven patterns, along with a wide variety of major, minor and jazzy chord progressions. In addition, intros, turnarounds and soloing are covered, as well as piano-style boogie woogie. Each example is played and explained clearly. As an extra bonus, several progressions are performed as solo guitar pieces combining rhythm and lead. For serious guitarists who want to expand their practical knowledge of 12-bar blues, this DVD and its accompanying booklet will provide a wealth of new material. 61 minutes.

Vocal selections from the uproarious Broadway production that won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005. Songs include Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Find Your Grail, The Song That Goes Like This and more. Includes five pages of color photos.

This lesson demonstrates the techniques Johnson used to create his remarkable guitar parts for 7 songs: Come on in My Kitchen * Cross Road Blues * Drunken Hearted Man * Kindhearted Woman Blues * Ramblin' on My Mind * Sweet Home Chicago * Walkin' Blues. Includes a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 66 minutes.

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Joe Bonamassa reveals the playing techniques, tips and gear behind his powerhouse blues-rock guitar style. Topics covered include: rhythm, soloing, slide guitar, effects, amps & speakers, and more. Features the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster, and Gibson guitars. 61 minutes.

16 songs from these perennial R&B and soul favorites. Includes: Between the Sheets * Fight the Power (Part 1) * Harvest for the World * Love the One You're With * Shout * This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) * Twist and Shout * and more.

Learn the trademark riffs and solos from eight great blues classics: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Born Under a Bad Sign * Dust My Broom * Frosty * Killing Floor * The Sky Is Crying * Sweet Home Chicago * The Things That I Used to Do. 1 hour, 47 minutes.

This folio features 12 soulful songs from these Gospel and R&B legends, including: Heavy Makes You Happy * I'll Take You There * If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) * Let's Do It Again * Respect Yourself * Touch a Hand, Make a Friend * You've Got to Earn It * and more.