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• One of Nashvilles leading session guitarists takes you through a dazzling array of the techniques and styles: chicken pickin rhythm & lead, Jerry Reed style, unique bends, double stops, banjo-style licks, claw style, drop D licks, and dozens more are all demonstrated and clearly explained by Brent. A feature-packed master for any fan of country guitar! Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: INSTRUCTIO

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One of Nashville’s leading session guitarists takes you through a dazzling array of the techniques and styles: chicken pickin’ rhythm & lead, Jerry Reed style, unique bends, double stops, banjo-style licks, claw style, drop D licks, and dozens more are all demonstrated and clearly explained by Brent. A feature-packed master class for any fan of country guitar!

Brent Mason: Nashville Chops And Western Swing Guitar

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Cindy Cashdollar shows you how to play the eight-string, electric non-pedal steel. Starting with the basics of C6 tuning, you’ll learn how to use the bar, picks and volume pedal, plus important techniques such as bar slams, octave slides, palm blocking, chord inversions, back-up licks, harmony lines, scales, slants, augmented chords and much more. Put it all into practice with classics such as Cold, Cold Heart and San Antonio Rose.

Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar for Lap & Non-Pedal Models, Video One: Learning the Basics

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A guitar whip is the action of swinging your guitar around your back while attached to your strap. It’s a somewhat dangerous move, but it really gets a crowd pumped to see such impressive tricks on stage. As much as these tricks are amazing to witness, there’s a large chance you can damage your instrument if you don’t execute them effectively. Check out these 6 important tips to improve your ability to do guitar whips safely. 1. Install a strap lock on your guitar. When guitarists started doing these crazy tricks on stage, their guitars were constantly popping the strap pegs out of their wood bodies from the pressures that were exerted. Now, you can purchase easy-to-install strap lock systems for your guitar so you have a reinforced connection between your strap and your guitar. 2. Start by practicing outside. If it’s your first time attempting a guitar whip, there’s a chance that you’ll be hitting more than air on your first try. Be safe and take your moves outside so even if something goes wrong, you’ll have soft grass to catch your precious instrument. 3. Stand up straight with good posture. Guitarists who slouch when they’re performing a guitar trick like this might find their guitar necks drilling right into the floor on the way around. Stand up nice and tall to ensure that your guitar makes a full rotation without planting into the dirt. 4. Use sense when deciding which direction to swing. Lighter guitars have the option of swinging in either direction due to their weight, but heavier guitars should only go down and across the front. Use the weight of a heavier guitar to lead the guitar whip and there will be a better chance that it makes it all the way around. 5. Watch your head. If you’re swinging your guitar behind your back first, you have nothing to worry about, but the opposite direction gets tricky. When you swing across your front first, there’s a chance it might come around and nail you in the skull, so keep your head down!6. Be mindful of your surroundings. There’s nothing worse than pulling off a guitar whip only to find that you’re too close to something or someone until it’s too late. Always check that you’re swinging path is clear before you go into action. Guitar whips are a pretty dangerous trick to pull off on stage, but they still can be executed logically and safely. Remember these tips the next time you try this trick and start getting the attention of your stubborn fans.

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Develop speed and accuracy, expand your musicality and use the special licks that give the steel its unique country sound. This tape is packed full of amazing information: riff patterns, sliding into chord changes, descending lines, blues patterns, major to minor transitions, 7th and 9th chords and much more. Learn to play Steel Guitar Rag, Blues Stay Away From Me, Right or Wrong and other classic tunes from the western swing and country repertoire.

Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar for Lap & non-Pedal Models, Video Two: Beyond the Basics

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This valuable book is for band musicians who love the exciting sound of riff-driven uptown blues and swing music.

Book and CD – Standard Notation – Tablature

Technical ability: Early intermediate

Application: Hobbyist to professional

This unique collection of forty-eight 12-bar riffs provides some great ideas for spicing up the blues songs your band plays.

In music, a riff is a repeating pattern, often played against a chord or chord progression. Horn riffs played over twelve-bar blues progressions add drive, variety, identity, and excitement to a song.

Examples of riff songs include Now’s the Time by Charlie Parker; In the Mood by Glenn Miller; and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets.

A twelve-bar riff is a versatile arranging tool, and can be used as a tune head, solo, backing for a solo, or backing behind a singer. Riffs can be worked into most any medium-to uptempo blues song.

Although most riffs are fairly easy to play, and easy to apply to blues progressions, many bands neglect this important aspect of arranging and performance.

For the student, riffs provide excellent practice for sight-reading rhythms. And an emerging blues musician can actually play a 12-bar riff as a solo.

Improvising musicians might use riffs as motifs upon which to base solos. Arrangers are encouraged to develop the riffs into two-or three-part section harmony parts.

It is a superb reference for the jazz and blues song writer, composer, or arranger. Invaluable also for the school stage band or jazz band musician.

Great stuff here with lots of potential for all swing band and blues band musicians.

Companion CD includes all 48 riffs, played on tenor sax with full rhythm backing.

Coil bound for your convenience.

48 Razor-Sharp 12-Bar Blues Riffs for Swing Bands and Blues Bands: Guitar Edition

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