Elderly Instruments Latest - Books - Fingerpicking Guitar Methods http://elderly.com/list/newitems?catlist=140 en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:35:31 -0500 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:35:31 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com Book/CD set. Explores the country's remarkable musical heritage - covering everything from the music of Russian villages to the sacred tones and melodies adapted from ancient Byzantine modes. Traditional instruments, like the balalaika, domra, and the seven-string guitar, are explained in detail, as well as the altered tunings and techniques designed to emulate them. Covers familiar work songs, romances of the Russian gypsies, and songs of the Russian bards. CD includes all the examples from the book. Note/tab. 47 pp. ($14.95) ]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/20-33483.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/20-33483.htm Book/CD pack. Your complete guide to learning fingerstyle guitar. Aimed at intermediate players who are comfortable with a pick but know nothing about fingerstyle. Covers: right hand independence, Travis picking, block-chord style, alternate tunings, arranging for solo guitar, more. Uses real songs to teach you basics of fingerstyle guitar in the the styles of the Beatles, Leo Kottke, Paul Simon, Robert Johnson, James Taylor, Adrian Legg, David Wilcox, and many others. "Annie's Song," "Blowin' in the Wind," "Fire and Rain," "Imagine," "Landslide," "Tears in Heaven," "Yesterday," more. Note/tab. 103 pp. ($16.99) ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/49-697378.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/49-697378.htm Book/CD pack. From the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine. Explore the essential sounds of country blues as played by seminal guitarists such as Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy and Lightnin' Hopkins. In these ten lessons, you'll learn the basics of blues fingerpicking, play some ragtime licks and cool turnarounds, learn walking bass lines, try your hand at slide guitar, and more. Includes exercises, licks and full songs, all demonstrated on the CD. Note/tab. 58 pp. ($19.99) ]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/49-696222.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/49-696222.htm Book/CD pack. In search of a new musical voice that strikes a balance between tunings, musical styles and genres, two-time Grammy winner Daniel Ho has developed the G Kilauea tuning (DGCGBE). Here he shares its secrets, providing: chord frames for over 200 chords in the key of G; scales, thirds and sixths in the key of G; six principles to help you find your own tunings, seven arrangement techniques for guitar and 13 original compositions and arrangements of traditional Hawaiian songs. All 13 tunes are played on the CD. Note/tab. 80 pp. ($17.95) ]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/512-69.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/512-69.htm