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Three Bestselling Shred Guitar Soloing Books in One Definitive EditionUltimate Shred Machine | Rock Guitar Mode Mastery | Shred Guitar ImprovisationLegendary YouTube teacher, Shred-Jedi and Metal-Meister Chris Zoupa brings together his three bestselling soloing guides in one phenomenal edition! 320-pages of mind-melting licks and over 300 audio tracks to download for FREE.Ultimate Shred MachineForget vanilla 'safe space' guides and make way for the Ultimate Shred Machine - the ultimate guide to shred guitar picking, tapping and sweeping! In this no-nonsense guide to shred guitar, Chris Zoupa cuts through the mystery and misinformation that shrouds guitar technique, and expertly guides you through the essential skills that'll super-charge your rock guitar playing.What you'll learn: How to play flawless shred guitar, taught in an easy-to-follow manner The secrets of fast alternate picking guitar technique How to sweep-pick arpeggios the right way and avoid common mistakes Legato guitar technique in the styles of Satriani, Govan and Gilbert Exotic scale runs in the styles of Malmsteen, Skolnick and Laiho Neo-classical metal guitar exercises and licks Simple to advanced guitar tapping techniques Over 100 exercises and guitar licks with FREE supporting audio to download Great tips on guitar tone and the use of distortionRock Guitar Mode MasteryA comprehensive guide to the modes that shows how to creatively apply them to rock and shred metal guitar. This book enables you to get right inside the music, understand how those rock and metal guitar parts are constructed, and begin to create your own. Chris Zoupa's no-nonsense, common sense guide shows us how to use each mode in its correct context. Throughout this book the focus is on making great music, not simply acquiring knowledge.What you'll learn: A clear guide that cuts through the confusion many have about modal guitar playing Scales, pentatonic patterns and arpeggios for each mode How the great rock and metal players use the modes to compose and improvise solos Licks in the style of Kirk Hammett, Michael Paget, Mark Tremonti, Alex Skolnick, Slash, Alexi Laiho, Paul Gilbert and many more! Creative ways of using modes so they don't sound like boring scales, along with numerous shred technique such as alternate picking, legato, sweep picking and tappingShred Guitar ImprovisationIn Shred Guitar Improvisation, you'll learn the essential knowledge you need to cover a huge variety of playing situations. You'll also build your shred guitar vocabulary with hundreds of creative licks! Chris Zoupa shows you tons of different ways of varying scales and shred sequences to keep them surprising, exciting and unpredictable.Creative Shred guitar techniques you'll learn: Essential harmony and chord theory Scale and arpeggio choices to play over diatonic chords Scale and arpeggio choices for non-diatonic chords Powerful licks for every scale/arpeggio in the book How to solo with chord fragments How to break away from clichéd box shape licks How to compose your own improvised solos

A comprehensively illustrated reference to musical instruments and the history of the orchestra, and a guide to 100 classical composers from Bach to Xenakis, in a newly updated large-format edition.

A rare collection of more than 200 full-color and black-and-white souvenir photographs and memorabilia that bring to life the renowned jazz nightclubs of the 1940s and 1950s, compiled by Grammy Award-winning record executive and music historian Jeff Gold and featuring exclusive interviews with Quincy Jones, Sonny Rollins, Robin Givhan, Jason Moran, and Dan Morgenstern.In the two decades before the Civil Rights movement, jazz nightclubs were among the first places that opened their doors to both Black and white performers and club goers in Jim Crow America. In this extraordinary collection, Jeff Gold looks back at this explosive moment in the history of Jazz and American culture, and the spaces at the center of artistic and social change. Sittin’ In is a visual history of jazz clubs during these crucial decades when some of the greatest names in in the genre—Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and many others—were headlining acts across the country. In many of the clubs, Black and white musicians played together and more significantly, people of all races gathered together to enjoy an evening’s entertainment. House photographers roamed the floor and for a dollar, took picture of patrons that were developed on site and could be taken home in a keepsake folder with the club’s name and logo.Sittin’ In tells the story of the most popular club in these cities through striking images, first-hand anecdotes, true tales about the musicians who performed their unforgettable shows, notes on important music recorded live there, and more. All of this is supplemented by colorful club memorabilia, including posters, handbills, menus, branded matchbooks, and more. Inside you’ll also find exclusive, in-depth interviews conducted specifically for this book with the legendary Quincy Jones; jazz great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins; Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan; jazz musician and creative director of the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran; and jazz critic Dan Morgenstern.Gold surveys America’s jazz scene and its intersection with racism during segregation, focusing on three crucial regions: the East Coast (New York, Atlantic City, Boston, Washington, D.C.); the Midwest (Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City); and the West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco). This collection of ephemeral snapshots tells the story of an era that helped transform American life, beginning the move from traditional Dixieland jazz to bebop, from conservatism to the push for personal freedom.

The inside story of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, updated.

Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz is the biography of Krzysztof (Trzcinski) Komeda (1931-1969), composer of no fewer than 40 soundtracks, including film scores to all of Roman Polanski's early films such as Knife in the Water and Rosemary's Baby; and a revered figure in the world of jazz.

Explore Edinburgh's hidden music heritage, plus a few of its more tuneful tall tales, with this eye-opening guide of the city's music milestones, famous gigs, infamous incidents and colourful characters.

"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.

This best-selling text gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. It strengthens their musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps them gain interpretive insights. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire. The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while Volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials. Music in Theory and Practice is a well-rounded textbook that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.

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John Owen's Breakfast show on Signal Two in Stoke ran for a record-breaking 15 years. His style is unique, his warmth and affection for his listeners is surpassed only by his love and enthusiasm for the medium of radio. A Proper Job? Living On The Radio is Johnny's life story of mucking about and playing the music on the radio.

Candace can't believe her luck when she's picked to travel to Seoul and train to become a K-pop star. There's only one problem: she's really not cut out for it. Amidst scandals, gruelling dance practices and gorgeous boybands, Candace must decide whether a spot in the world's biggest K-pop group is really worth risking it all ...

The most intensive analysis of Sabbath's first 8 albums ever attempted. Also touches upon torrid troubles with money, management, drugs tour tales, album cover stories & production tips 'n' tricks. All told, it's everything needed to send the reader back to the catalogue, headphones on, for a second listen of this landmark run of records.

Memphis, Tennessee. The early 1950s. The Mississippi rolls by, and there's a train in the night. Down on Beale Street there's hard-edged blues, on the outskirts of town they're pickin' hillbilly boogie.At Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there's something different going on. "Shake it, baby, shake it!" "Go, cat, go!" "We're gonna rock..."This is where rock 'n' roll was born-the record company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, "Blue Suede Shoes," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Breathless," "I Walk the Line," "Mystery Train," "Baby, Let's Play House,' "Good Rockin' Tonight." Good Rockin Tonight is the history, in words and over 240 photographs, of Sam Phillips' legendary storefront studio, from the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to the long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee. As colorful and energetic as the music itself, it's a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started.

Rock musicals are an increasingly dominant force in contemporary musical theatre. Rock the Audition focuses in on this quickly growing area and defines what is required of a performer and their teacher to succeed in the audition room and on stage. With guts, love, and her finger on the pulse, rock musical audition coach Sheri Sanders shares all the essential tools for artists to interpret rock material with openness, sensitivity, creativity, and authenticity. It includes tips and interviews with industry insiders and innovators to explore the significance of inclusion, diversity, and self-acceptance with us in the theatre.This book shows performers and teachers how to holistically embody the essence of the show for which they are auditioning or coaching and teaches them how to: Create their own appropriate audition cuts and successfully communicate the feel of their cut versus the tempo. Have a keen understanding of style and time period and relate that knowledge to how they perform or coach. Use tools and tricks to nail all the vocal styles and understand how they changed with time. Synthesize the body, voice, and emotion in their performance (which requires a very different approach than traditional musical theatre). Learn how to perform or coach any style of pop/rock music.

Spread the love! A fun twist on the classic conversation heart candies, this kit includes 20 heart-shaped magnets with sweet and sassy sentiments to let that special someone know how you feel.

It contains love songs, work songs, songs about the pains and anxieties of existence, songs of consolation, songs about various kinds of spiritual quest and the realms of the mystical, and songs which deal with healing and reconciliation, both with the self and with others.

Bursting onto the pop music scene during the British electronic pop craze at the beginning of the 80s, Depeche Mode continues to bring music to the masses through their albums and world tours. This biography aims to shed light on the trials and tensions that the band has lived through.

Georg Philipp Telemann’s 12 fantaisies à traversière sans basse (12 Fantasias for solo flute without bass), TWV 40:2–13, was published in Hamburg in 1732–33. The current edition is an urtext edition, which aims to remain as close as possible to the first edition. The collection progresses by key, from A major to G minor, with the keys being avoided that were impractical on a Baroque one-key flute, i.e. B major, C minor, F minor and F-sharp major. A facsimile of the 1732 first edition is included from page 28 onwards.

Music Manuscript BookWrite notes in staff/stave line with this music composition notebook, ideal for songwriting, notating music, piano, guitar, violin, and other musical instruments. Perfect for students, study, practice lessons, or transcribing music. Makes for a fantastic gift and a great teaching resource!

Archive photos with rare memorabilia & narrative by Nettie Baker. Includes images of Jack, Ginger & Eric before the formation of Cream and a snapshot of life after Cream, the brief 1993 reunion and the full 2005 reunion in London & New York. Foreword by Tony Palmer. Includes a set of 4 prints: One of the band & one each of Baker, Clapton and Bruce.

This book is part of a series that forms an expertly structured and comprehensive method of studying acoustic guitar. The book covers all the material needed for an LCM examination in Acoustic Guitar, enabling you to study for an internationally recognised qualification. However, even if you do not intend to take an exam, this book will help you achieve your full potential as a guitarist by developing all aspects of your playing in a structured way.