William Bay/Mike Christiansen: Mastering The Guitar 1A (Book/Online Audio And Video): Book with Online Audio and Video - Softcover

William Bay & Mike Christianse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786693509 ISBN 13: 9780786693504

Publisher: Mel Bay, 2018

Synopsis

Co-authored by William Bay and Michael Christiansen, Mastering The Guitar is an innovative, exciting new way to learn the Guitar. This extremely comprehensive method applies theinternationally acclaimed Mel Bay teaching concept to the vast array of musical styles and techniques found in today's music. Written in notation and tablature, it covers Guitar solo and accompaniment styles ranging from Celtic toClassic to Cajun; from Flamenco to fiddle tunes to rock; from Baroque to blues to bluegrass; and from Latin to jazz to Reggae. A special feature of this method is that it teaches both flatpicking and fingerstyle solo andaccompaniment techniques.The two books in level 1 present essential foundational studies for contemporary Guitar performance. Book 1A covers the keys of C, Am, G, and Em in great depth, presenting over 155 solos andduets and more than 140 scale and picking studies, chord etudes, and accompaniment pieces. Book 1B covers the keys of D, A, E, F, Dm and Bf. In addition, Book 1B has over 130 solos and duets and over 40 comprehensive scale andpicking studies. Numerous chord progression studies and chord accompaniment pieces and etudes are also included.A Technique Studies book is available which will bring an added level of flatpicking and fingerpickingexcellence to each key presented in Book 1A and Book 1B. The advanced levels of this method introduce a creative and unique approach to learning and mastering the higher positions on the Guitar fingerboard. Mastering The Guitar 1A comes with audio examples and videos to download online.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mel Bay
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0786693509
• ISBN 13: 9780786693504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64