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This book by versatile trumpet player and composer Randy Sandke is divided into three parts. In Part One, he identifies and organizes all four-note chords which lie beyond the tonal system and cannot...

An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC! The Elements of Song Craft does for songwriters what William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White's The Elements of Style did for Engl...

Fifty years since Bruce Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. brought a new songwriting talent to the public, Bruce Springsteen is long established as one of the giants of popular...

Melody is the true heart of music - the identity of a composition, the vessel that carries the lyrics, the tune that you keep whistling on your way home from a concert. Composing melodies is often tho...

The holy grail of electric guitars is back for the fourth and final time! The slang term burst has been used to decribe a specific Gibson Les Paul, manufactured from 1958 to 1960. The impact of this g...

In the mid '50s, Ted McCarty, Gibson's new president, set out to further set Gibson apart from Fender. He wanted to create new designs that did not conform to the basic guitar shape. He wanted somethi...

The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins is a definitive source of information about the company that defined the modern mandolin. From the very beginning when Orville H. Gibson built the first carv...

La Guida raccoglie i contributi di 35 tra i più importanti rivenditori esperti del mondo, ognuno dei quali vanta decenni di esperienza nel settore. Questo è uno dei tanti motivi per cui è la fonte più...

Introdotta da Gibson negli anni '30, la serie ES (Electric Spanish) avrebbe trasformato il ruolo della chitarra nel mondo delle big band e dei gruppi jazz. Con l'amplificazione, il chitarrista poteva...

Questo libro porta il lettore all'interno dell'azienda, delle fabbriche, dei processi e del pensiero, nella costruzione del marchio e della tradizione che Leo Fender ha iniziato nel 1946. Uno sguardo...

A grande richiesta, la serie continua con alcune delle più belle foto di queste Gibson mai pubblicate. Slash e Albert Molinaro si uniscono nuovamente agli autori insieme alla chitarra Pretty Woman di...

Progressive Drumming Essentials is a collection of material originally written for Modern Drummer magazine plus extensive additional content. This book breaks down fun and challenging material for pro...

The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar, this updated second edition features 288 pages of content, including 24 color pages and 4 tear-outs. See what industry...

Martin the Guitar and his owner, the famous folk singer Robert, have been invited to perform at the most famous concert hall in the world. Joining them on stage will be Martin's new best friend Morgan...

The Essential Encyclopedia for Every Guitar Player! The Guitar Handbook is the complete guide to playing the guitar - from simple chords to advanced improvisations. Its uniquely devised learning progr...

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first ha...

Take the mystery out of reading music! This unique copyrighted fret and strong staff enables you to sight read melodies on your guitar instantly. The notes are large and easy to read. Sixteen favorite...

Teach yourself at your own pace! You learn, right away, the things you really need to know in order to play, sing along, and enjoy your guitar...today! You can learn to play any popular music with Ron...

Is the sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard really the greatest electric guitar ever made? This books aims to answer that question, even if so many players and collectors have already sounded a loud 'Yes...

The Outlaw phenomenon greatly enlarged country music's audience in the 1970s. Led by pacesetters such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Bobby Bare, artists in Nashville and Au...

An in-depth and comprehensive guide to - and history of - music collecting, The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More traces the hobby from its beginnings over a century ago. The book features informative...

When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880, they introduced the American public to a new instrument - the mandolin. Spanning more than a century, this book chronicles the na...

Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become one of the bestselling bands in rock history. In this, the first complete illustrated treatment of the band, Martin Popoff presents the group's enti...

Kickstart My Heart: A Mötley Crüe Day-by-Day is an exciting chronology that celebrates in innovative form - through the use of day-by-day entries and supporting band quotes mostly collected firsthand...

This book helps both keyboard and guitar players to find and develop interesting chords and chord sequences on a keyboard, and then use them to write their own songs. Rather than trying to teach intri...