ALFRED PUBLISHING

FUSION GUITAR, IMPROVISE MASTERTRACKS. CD

Alfred MasterTracks Fusion [Guitar]
Music by Steve Houghton and Tom Warrington

UPC: 038081084381

ISBN 10: N/A
ISBN 13: N/A
CATEGORY: Instrumental Series
FORMAT: Book & CD
INSTRUMENT: Guitar

The music selected for Alfred MasterTracks is intended to provide a broad range of improvisational material for soloists of all skill levels. An improviser needs to feel comfortable in a variety of musical settings, so we have designed a series that addresses a number of different styles, tempos, and keys. Therefore, this book will also serve as a very up-to-date listening reference for many popular Jazz, Latin, and Fusion grooves. In undertaking this project, we decided that we would try to appeal to a wide variety of musicians, from the most raw, beginning improviser all the way to the most advanced improviser. As a result, we have provided charts that indicate a basic structure of harmony and rhythm, plus some very basic melodies for beginning improvisers to play around with, since one good starting point for improvisation is the melody. (These melodies are not recorded on the tracks, however.) More advanced players may want to disregard these melodies completely and dig into blowing over the tracks, worki ng on whatever materials they are currently practicing. It is beyond the scope of this book to present a complete manual for improvisation. Rather, we chose to present some varied harmonic and rhythmic situations that would allow improvisers to practice their craft.

HOW TO USE MASTERTRACKS

After we recorded Essential Styles, Books 1 & 2 (a play-along series for bass and drums), many players said that they would've enjoyed a similar series for other instruments. With that idea in mind, Alfred MasterTracks was born, completely devoted to being a contemporary instrumental play-along for all instruments, not a bass/drum method. These tracks, rather than being designed as a cross section of styles, are more of a collection of varied harmonic and rhythmic situations that melodic improvisers will encounter. For example, in the jazz book, you will find three different versions of the blues. They are obviously the same form and general style, but in different keys and at various tempos in order to provide a more thorough blues "workout." All of the selections in the Alfred MasterTracks Series were professionally recorded and mixed at Chick Corea's Mad Hatter Studios and are of the highest quality. Piano and bass players will be interested to note that the recording is mixed with the piano on the right channel and the bass on the left, so that either of these two rhythm section players can dial out their respective instruments and play accompaniment parts along with the tracks, in addition to soloing with them. Although it is true that the term "improvisation" is foreboding for some young musicians, the selections in these texts have been structured with easy melodic lines which can be used as a point of departure for even the most inexperienced improvisers. The idea here is to have some good-sounding tracks to play along with, and to have some fun! So, without becoming completely encumbered with a lot of intellectual baggage regarding improvisation, young players might simply put on the CD or cassette and start trying to play along by ear. Or they might read the simple melodies that have been provided as a means of gaining some understanding of the form and harmonic content, and proceed from there. By playing portions of the melodies, and then embellishing them slightly, young players will soon find themselves creating their own melodies using the given material as the springboard. Some of the tracks are played in such a way that the harmonies are not extremely complex; altered chords and polyrhythms in the comping have been minimized. On other tracks, these elements are more fully utilized, creating a nice range of intensity levels. The idea is that, while there is an abundance of material here for beginning improvisers, there is also plenty to challenge advanced players. So, have fun with these tracks. We hope they will be a valuable tool in your quest for musical excellence.

FUSION

Foreword / How to Use the Alfred MasterTracks Series

The Soloist and the Rhythm Section .

Thoughts on Improvisation

Understanding Chord Symbols

Understanding Rhythm

Creating Your Own Style

Harmonic Overview - Fusion

Contemporary Fusion-iv- V-Isus (3 :07) 10

CD Track Concert Key

#1 A Major K.C. Blues-bright blues (2:53) .

#2 F Major Blues Shuffle-medium tempo (3:51)

#3 G Major Slow 12/8 Blues Shuffle (4:02)

#4 C Major Contemporary Fusion iv – V -Isus

#5 D Major Up-Tempo Rock & Roll Blues-straight 8ths (2:49)

#6 F Major Half-Time Rock Ballad (3:31)

#7 E minor Medium Funk-minor blues (3:41)

#8 B~minor ii-V Funk Shuffle (5:05)

#9 E minor Techno Funk-8-bar minor blues (3:09)

#10 D Major Early Funk (3:10)

#11 C minor Swing 16ths (2 :56)

#12 F minor Hip-Hop Funk with 16 bar section/solo with guitar & drums (2:53)

About the Authors

Note: All tracks were recorded and mastered at A440.

You may need to make tuning adjustments to match the playback speed of your audio equipment.

Bill Cunliffe, Keyboards

Paul Viapiano, Guitar

Tom Warrington, Bass

Steve Houghton, Drums

Brian Kilgore, Percussion

Recorded and mixed at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles

Engineered and mastered by Talley Sherwood

Exciting play-along tracks for beginning or advanced improvisers!

Digitally recorded and mastered, these top-quality play-along tracks on CD or Cassette provide an invigorating way for you to broaden your improvisation skills while experiencing what it's like to play with a hot rhythm section. The recordings are highly effective as a listening guide to many of today's most popular grooves. Numerous styles are covered in the series, including blues, minor blues, ballads, modal tunes, bebop, rock & roll blues, blues shuffle, funk shuffle, fusion, techno funk, hip-hop, bossa nova, baion, samba, son go, Latinfusion and more.

Also Available for the following instruments:

• C Treble Clef (Flute, Vibes, Oboe, Violin)

• Bb (Clarinet, Trumpet, Soprano Saxophone,

Tenor Saxophone, Baritone T.c.)

• Eb (Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone)

• C BassClef (Trombone, Baritone B.C., Bassoon, Tuba, Cello)

• Guitar (Acoustic or Electric)

• Keyboard (Electronic Keyboard, Synthesizer, Acoustic Piano)

• Bass (Acoustic or Electric)

Book & CD

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

PUMPING NYLON, INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED REPERTOIRE. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH CD. METHOD FOR GUITAR.  

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Supplemental Repertoire for the Best-Selling Classical Guitarist's Technique Handbook

“PRACTICE DOES NOT MAKE PERFECT.

PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERRFECT”

Welcome to the second installment of the repertoire supplements to Pumping Nylon. As the subtitle indicates, these pieces are more advanced than the repertoire in the previous installment. They are primarily concert pieces instead of the shorter, more pedagogical etudes presented in the wy to EarLy Intermediate book. Therefore, the pieces tend to be longer and much more substantial. Consider this book to be a brief representation of the types of pieces that contain specific technique-building elements (such as concentrated scales, left-hand slurs, arpeggios, tremolo and the like). When practiced correctly and with the proper intent, they will aid in developing your guitar-playing skills. In our continuing quest to serve you something new and tasty to consume, we have made an effort to put some newer pieces on your plate. We hope to not only help you enjoy significant progress, but to also open your eyes and ears to new, delightful concert pieces to perform for the enjoyment of others. A "checklist" of specific issues upon which to focus-such as technical and/or musical challenges, fingering and practicing tips-precedes each piece. If taken to heart, these pieces should be of great benefit to you. As always, it is a good idea to check your progress with a teacher when problems arise, as there is no ideal substitute for expert advice. As in Pumping Nylon, I encourage you to take the ideas presented in each piece and expand on them yourself. Find other pieces that will further help you overcome any obstacles. You have what it takes to play anything, and with some mindful practice, you will!

"Love overcomes fear. Fear cannot exist in the presence of love" Pepe Romero

About the Author

Scott Tennant's reputation as a performer and teacher is known worldwide. His accolades include becoming the first American ever to win the first prize in the Tokyo International Guitar Competition in 1989, and silver-medal performances in both the 1988 Concours International de Guitare of Radio France in Paris and the 1984 Toronto International Competition. He is recording the complete solo guitar works of Joaquin Rodrigo for GHA records, including the concertos with Leo Brouwer conducting the Cordoba Symphony Orchestra. His debut solo release for Delos, "Wild Mountain Thyme," is a recording of Celtic music for the classical guitar. Born in Detroit in 1962, Scott began playing the guitar at six years of age. During his junior high and high school years, he studied classical guitar with Lee Dyament and Joe Fava. Also while growing up in Detroit, he began taking flamenco lessons with Juan Serrano. When Maestro Serrano moved to California, Scott replaced him as the accompanist for the Maria del Carmen Dance Company. He also played the bass trombone in his high school concert band and the violin in the school orchestra. Scott moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to attend the University of Southern California, where he studied with Pepe Romero and James Smith. It was during this time that the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet was formed (then the U.S.C. Guitar Quartet), and he has been touring and recording with the group ever since. As a student there, he performed in the master classes of such luminaries as Joaquin Rodrigo and Andres Segovia. He now teaches as a member of the faculty at U.S.C. The Quartet can be heard on their recordings for GHA, Delos and Sony Classical.

There is a compact disc available for this book. It includes performances of all the pieces by Scott Tennant except Rasgueado Exercise in Solea and Alzapua and Thumb Study in Solea, which are performed by Adam del Monte. Use it to help insure that you are interpreting the rhythms correctly and capturing the style of each work. The symbol above will appear to the left of each piece. The track numbers below the symbols correspond to the piece you want to hear. Enjoy!

Preface

About the author

Glossary of Signs and terms

The Frog Galliard - John Dowland

Fantasia n.18 - Luis Milan - 1536

Fantasia n.16 - Luis Milan - 1536

Veintidos diferencias de Conde Claros - Luis de Narvaez

Variations sur les "Folies d'Espagne" Op. 45 - Mauro Giuliani

  Tema

  Variation I

  Variation II

  Variation III

  Variation IV

  Variation V

  Variation VI

Etude n.11 - Napoléon Coste

Fantasia Original, Capricho a imitation del Piano, tecnica del Tremolo - Jose Vinas

Rasgueado Exercise in Solea - Adam del Monte

Alzapua and Thumb Study in Solea - Adam del Monte

Ispired by Villa Lobos etude n.1 - Joe Diorio

Study n.1 - Carlos Rafael Rivera

Plainte - Brian Head

Concerto de Aranjuez, Cadenza from Adagio  2nd movement - Joaquin Rodrigo - 1939

DOWLING MIKE, UPTOWN BLUES (American Roots Guitar). Running time: 3 Hours. DVD

VIDEO DVD DI MUSICA BLUES / TRADITIONAL.

DVD DIDATTICO PER CHITARRA. 

A unique mixture of blues, ragtime , swing and roots music in standard and open tunings. lesson tunes:

- Rosalie 

- Nitpickin,

- Minor Thing

- Johnson City Rag

- Fishin In the Wind

- Bottleneck March

  BONUS tunes:

- Bottomlands 

- String Crazy  

- World Of Hurt

SERIES: Acoustic Masterclass
CATEGORY: Guitar DVD
FORMAT: DVD

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Each DVD offers six songs performed and taught by a master of the acoustic style. In a special lesson section, key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement are presented. The viewer can select from multiple camera angles, including the full performance or just the left or right hand in close-up. In addition, an artist biography and discography plus several bonus song performances are included in each DVD.

Mike Dowling, a true master guitarist, performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing, and roots music. Each of his arrangements is a virtual encyclopedia of must-know riffs that define the genre. Mike has performed and recorded with legendary artists such as jazz great Joe Venuti, mandolinist Jethro Burns, fiddler Vasser Clements, and guitarist Pat Donahue.

Detailed Description

Acoustic Masterclass. (Mike Dowling -- Uptown Blues (American Roots Guitar). For Guitar. Guitar DVD; Method/Instruction. Acoustic Masterclass. Acoustic; Blues. DVD. Published by Solid Air Records (AP.21-906841).

ISBN 0757917216. Acoustic; Blues.

Each DVD offers six songs performed and taught by a master of the acoustic style. In a special lesson section, key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement are presented. The viewer can select from multiple camera angles, including the full performance or just the left or right hand in close-up. In addition, an artist biography and discography plus several bonus song performances are included in each DVD. Mike Dowling, a true master guitarist, performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing, and roots music. Each of his arrangements is a virtual encyclopedia of must-know riffs that define the genre. Mike has performed and recorded with legendary artists such as jazz great Joe Venuti, mandolinist Jethro Burns, fiddler Vasser Clements, and guitarist Pat Donahue.

Acoustic Masterclass Series: Mike Dowling Uptown Blues (American Roots Guitar)

Mike Dowling

Item: 21-906841

UPC: 654979068419

ISBN 10: 0757917216

ISBN 13: 9780757917219

Series: Acoustic Masterclass

Category: Guitar DVD

Format: DVD

Instrument: Guitar

Mike Dowling a true master guitarist, performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing and roots music. Each of his arrangements is a virtual encyclopedia of essentials riffs that define the genre. Before embarking on a solo career, Mike performed with such legendary artists as jazz great Joe Venuti, mandolinist Jethro Burns and master fiddler Vassar Clements and has recently released a duo recording with Pat Donohue. On this DVD, Mike performs and explains six of his classical solo guitar pieces, in standard tuning and open tunings. In the special lesson sections, Mike carefully describes and explains the most important aspects and techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple camera angles: watch full performance or see a close-up of his right or left hand. In addition several bonus performances are included.

Each DVD offers

- 6 songs taught by Mike Dowling

- Individual performance and lesson segments

- additional bonus song performances

- Fingerstyle, plectrum, and slide guitar

- Standard and “Open” tunings

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Multi-camera angles for close-up viewing of left and right hands

- Bonus performences

- Audiophile quality recording

- artist biography and discography

- Full motion menus

3 Hours

MASTERING BLUES GUITAR. the complete electric blues guitar method, beginning, intermediate, mastering, Wayne Riker. Il Blues in 12 battute, shuffle, intro, tournarounds, scale, tecnica blues, l'improvvisazione, modo misolidio, arpeggi di settima dominante, fraseggi, double-stop, blues in 8 battute, accordi diminuiti, la scala naturale minore blues, il ritmo del delta blues, la secondaria dominante, jazz blues. CD TABLATURE

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Complete Blues Guitar Method: Mastering Blues Guitar

By Wayne Riker
FORMAT: Book & CD

This advanced volume in the comprehensive method for blues guitarists is also great for rock players who want to develop a blues edge. Covers theory from blues scales, composite scales, and the Mixolydian mode to arpeggio superimpositions and the 8-bar blues, with examples of gospel blues, minor blues and others. Also contains licks in the styles of blues masters such as Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Freddie King, B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and many others. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB. 144 pages.

All three books are loaded with:
• Large, easy-to-read scale and chord diagrams
• Examples in standard music notation and TAB
• Tons of licks in the styles of the blues masters
• Blues techniques and theory used in lead and rhythm guitar playing
• Plenty of eight- and twelve-bar solo examples

BEGINNING BLUES GUITAR David Hamburger
Perfect for beginning blues and rock/blues guitarists. Included are tips in basic blues theory and left-hand techniques.You will also discover the rhythm styles of Texas Swing, slow and minor blues, and styles of blues greats such as MuddyWaters, Buddy Guy and many others. Call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, endings and improvisation are also covered. This is the best step-by-step blues method for guitar that teaches the substance and style of the blues.

INTERMEDIATE BLUES GUITAR Matt Smith
This book is great for the guitarist who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. Topics include blues techniques and phrasing, R&B- and funk-blues fills, non-scale tones, chord extensions and substitutions, and more.You will start with a quick review of basic materials and finish with "Licks of the Masters."

MASTERING BLUES GUITAR Wayne Riker
This advanced method for blues guitarists is also a great method for rock players who want a blues edge.This book includes everything from blues to composite scales, the Mixolydian mode, arpeggio superimpositions, the eight-bar blues, gospel blues, minor blues and more. It also includes techniques and licks of the great players like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Freddie King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and many others.This is the most thorough method for electric blues guitar.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Since this book explores a wide variety of blues styles and improvisational ideas, it is not absolutely necessary that you proceed chapter by chapter. However, the book has been organized in a way that progressively adds new terms and information in each chapter. Don't assume you know everything about a subject, even if it's one of your strengths. Everyone approaches the blues from a different perspective, so if one new concept that you learn from this book helps your playing, it's worth it. No book can make you a better player. You have to go out and play to improve. A book can provide new vocabulary that can be added to your musical repertoire. Whether you play informally or professionally, try immediately plugging examples you like into your playing. For the single-note examples, experiment with different phrasing, add your own notes to extend a lick or play the same lick on different string sets. The musical definition section at the beginning of this book should be used as a glossary. Look up any terms or concepts you don't understand. You should read the basic theory section to make sure you have no gaps in your understanding of keys, intervals, harmonized scales, etc. Taking a college level course or obtaining a couple books in theory is a good way of improving your theoretical knowledge. Becoming a good musician as well as a good guitarist is essential, particularly if you are going to play professionally.

DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my parents, Virginia and Walter Riker, and to my two children, Tara and Trent, who have all stood by me in the best and worst of circumstances.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to recognize the people whose musical influence and inspiration have helped shape this book: Dion Grody, Walt Riker III, Craig Linenberger, Greg Gucker, John Varner, Dr. Unicio Violi, JohnAbercrombie, AIAlpert, Marc Sussman, Dave English, Kimbo Smith, Les Wise, Don Mock, Ron Eschete, Howard Roberts, and special thanks to Nat Gunod, David Smolover, and all my colleagues at the California campus of the National Guitar Summer Workshop.

TRACK
An audio recording is available for every book in this series. We hope it will make learning with these books easier and more enjoyable. This symbol will appear next to every example that is played on the audio recording. Use the recordingand your rewind button!- to help insure that you are capturing the feel ofeach example, interpreting the rhythms correctly, and so on. If you have the compact disc version of this book, you can use the Track numbers below the symbol to go directly to the examples for any page. Have fun! How to Use This Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR .
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK .
BASIC THEORY .
MUSICAL DEFINITIONS .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER I .

CHAPTER 1-The Twelve-Bar Blues .
Shuffle BIues .
BIues-Rock Rhythms .
The Closed-Position Rhythm Patterns .
Funk Blues .

CHAPTER 2-lntros, Turnarounds, Vamps and Endings .
Intros .
Turnarounds .
Vamps .
Endings .

CHAPTER 3-The Blues Scale .
Closed Position Blues Scales .
Open Position Blues Scales .
Analyzing ScaleTones .

CHAPTER 4-Blues Techniques .
Left Hand Techniques .
Picking Techniques .

CHAPTE 5 - Improvisational Concepts .
Composite Blues Scales .
The Mixolydian Mode .
The Dominant 7th Arpeggio .
Arpeggio Superimposition .
The Major Triad .
The Minor Triad .
Targeting Chord Tones .

CHAPTER 6-Licks Over the I7-IV7-V7 Blues .
Licks Over the 17Chord .
Licks Over the IV7 Chord .
Licks Over the V7 Chord .
Double-Stop Licks .
Octaves .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 7 ,

CHAPTER 7-The Eight-Bar Blues .
The Diminished 7th Chord .
The Diminished 7th Arpeggio .
Eight-Bar Blues Solos .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 8 .

CHAPTER 8-Slow Blues .
Basic Slow BIues .
Stormy Monday Blues .
The Augmented Chord .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 9-Minor Blues .
The Natural Minor Blues .
Altered Minor Blues .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 10 - Blues Rhythms With Fills
The Delta Blues .
Bass Fills .
Horn Fills .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 11 -Pop Blues .
Secondary Dam inants .
The Dorian Mode .

CHORDS FOR CHAPTER 12 .

CHAPTER 12-jazz Blues .
Alte rnate Changes .
Be-bop BIues .
Walking Bass Blues .
Every Beat Blues .
JazzWaltz BIues .

PRACTICE TIPS .
APPENDIX-Blues Guitarists You Should Hear  

BLUES CHOPS FOR GUITAR. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH CD & GUITAR TABLATURE. 

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Blues Chops for Guitar

Technique Exercises for the Aspiring Guitarist
By Buck Brown
Item: 07-1042
UPC: 630746710422
ISBN 10: 1929395418
ISBN 13: 9781929395415

Category: Guitar Method or Supplement
Format: Book & CD
Instrument: Guitar
Great musical ideas need great chops to back them up. Build your finger strength, flexibility and independence with these exercise books from one of America's leading guitar schools. Blues Chops has exercises for developing bending, the different shuffle rhythm patterns, turnarounds, blues trills and more. Develop your chops practicing exercises in the style of music you enjoy! 

Introduction
About the Author

Chapter I-Blues Rhythm Guitar
Moveable Chords
The I-IV-V Progression-The Twelve Bar Blues
Open-Position Two-Note Shuffle Patterns
Closed-Position Two-Note Shuffle Patterns
Two-Note Shuffle Patterns with a b7
Closed-Position Two-Note Shuffle Patterns with a b7
Chord Shuffle Patterns .
New Blues 7 Chords
VOICING IN THE CYCLE OF 4THS
CHORD VOICING IN THE CYCLE OF 4THS - 3RD FINGER ANCHOR
7 CHORD VOICING IN THE CYCLE OF 4THS - 3RD FINGER ANCHOR
The 9 Chord
The 9-Chord Slide Blues
The 13 Chord
More Dominant 7 Chords
Turnarounds
More Shuffle Patterns

Chapter 2- Blues Lead Guitar
Alternate Picking
Finger Independence
Vibrato
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Strengthening the 3rd and 4th Fingers
String Bending
The Major Pentatonic Scale
String Bending in the Major Pentatonic Scale
Pre- Bends
Pedal Steel-Style Bends
Step-and-a-Half Bends
Hammer-Ons
Pull-OFFs
Combinations with Hammer-ons, Pull-Offs and Bends
Double Stops

Chapter 3- Advanced Blues Techniques
Advanced Twelve-Bar Blues Harmony
Pick and Fingers Blues with a
Walking Bass Line
The Minor Blues
Sliding- The Ring-Finger Slide
More Sliding Exercises
Muted Sweeps
The Blues Trill
Harmonics
Downstroke Sweeps
Upstroke Sweeps
Cross Picking, String Skipping, Finger Rolls

Chapter 4-Slide Guitar
String Damping
Slide in Standard Tuning
Slide in G Tuning
Slide in D Tuning
Postscript

A compact disc is available with each book of this series. Using these discs will help make learning more enjoyable and the information more meaningful. The CD will help you to play the correct notes, rhythms and feel of each example. The track numbers below the symbols correspond directly to the example you want to hear. Track 1 will help you tune to this CD.

To become a better blues guitar player, you need to spend some serious time "learning the moves" -the techniques that blues guitarists employ and the little tricks of the trade that make them sound so good. This book is fJled with exercises that can help you with specific technical problems.
The exercises presented in this book cover all the important blues guitar techniques, such as string bending, pentatonic scales, hammer-ons and pull-offs, double stops, barre chords, advanced chords, pedal-steel tricks, blues changes, and there is even a chapter on slide guitar playing. There are also lots of exercises designed solely to train your fretting-hand fingers to act independently, which is not something they do naturally.
We also cover the picking hand in this book. Alternate picking exercises and pick-and-fingers techniques are examined in detail. Also, there is an extensive look at chords-the best ones to use, how to easily move from one to another, the most common sets of strings on which chords are played, how to recognize when to use anchor fingers and how to employ devices such as harmonics. Technical training is challenging, and may even seem somewhat daunting. But with application on your part, and a willingness to work at each exercise until it is mastered and understood, you will become a much better player. All the exercises follow the philosophical principle of "Occam's Razor," which says that the easiest, simplest way to do things is generally the best way. If you don't like the fingerings I've used, don't use them. But I think they are the easiest and if you give them a chance, you'll probably come to see why rchose them.
There may be some symbols you have not seen before:

I) = Extension 1. Extend (reach) your first finger out of position one fret, but do not move your hand out
of position.

4) = Extension 4. Same as extension 1, except with your 4th finger
I hope this book helps you play cleaner, faster and with better articulation. The goal, as always, is no mistakes. See you at the gig.

Buck Brown knows that guitar playing is the "real job" his mom always told him to get. In the past 35 years, he has been fortunate to play with such great artists as Nils Lofgren, Tony Trischka, Stacy Phillips, Dave Hamburger, Robert Lee Castleman, Mark Egan and all ot the incredible teachers at the National Guitar Workshop (where he taught from 1984 to 1991). Buck has written ten National Guitar Workshop publications (under the name Robert Brown) including Chord ConnectwrlJ, his masterwork on guitar harmony.
As a composer, he has written music for innumerable episodes ofAmerua J MOJt Wanted, has won an Emmy Award in Cleveland, a Bronze Medal at the New York Film Festival and has been nominated twice tor Helen Hayes Awards in Musical Theatre. When he is not on the road, Buck plays and teaches in Washington, D.C., is married to the fabulous chanteuse Rebecca Davis, uves with three dogs, bats right, throws right and plays loud.

Great musical ideas need great chops to back them up. Build your finger strength, flexibility and independence with these exercise books from one of America's leading guitar schools.
Each book addresses skills needed for a specific style. For example, Jazz Chops covers the finger independence needed for smooth, rapid changes between complex jazz chords in the context of important progressions, such as ii-V-I. Blues Chops has exercises for developing bending, the different shuffle rhythm patterns, turnarounds, blues trills and more.
Rock Chops deals with all the important soloing techniques, such as speed picking, sweeping, tapping, harmonics, scale sequencing and so on.
Develop your chops practicing exercises in the style of music you enjoy~or if you are a multi-style guitarist, go through all three!