Guitar Expressions Student Edition

Guitar Expressions is a complete class guitar curriculum that incorporates multiple learning styles -- combining music literacy-based learning with creative rote and aural learning. In addition to core guitar skills, students are exposed to a variety of musical styles and to the cultures from which those styles originated. Assessments are embedded throughout, and the integration of art, internet searches, and cross-curricular activities provides for a complete learning experience. Unique elements: * The student will read music and play by ear * The student will play solos, duets, and ensembles * The student will explore a variety of musical styles, including flamenco, folk, traditional, classical, jazz, rock, blues, and bluegrass * The student will explore a variety of musical cultures * The student will play melodies and chords * The student will play with a pick and fingerstyle * The student will explore music theory * Spiral bound * Full color

Volume 1 of this 2-volume set contains 54 complete lesson plans for the first 18 units of Guitar Expressions. Each lesson includes a Lesson Snapshot, Instructional Overview, a complete step-by-step lesson plan with embedded assessments. The book also includes reproducible student worksheets, assessments forms and student progress record, CDs containing complete instruction, demonstration, play-along, and additional listening tracks. Educators will be pleased to also find Bloom's Taxonomy Correlation, Assessment Overviews, and Core Thinking Overviews. Plus interactive Guitar Guru technology embedded on the included CD-ROM (included in V. 2) allows students to use their computers to view animated fretboard displays of selected songs.

Each volume of the 2-volume teacher edition set contains 54 complete lesson plans for 18 units of Guitar Expressions. Each lesson includes a Lesson Snapshot, Instructional Overview, a complete step-by-step lesson plan with embedded assessments. The book also includes reproducible student worksheets, assessments forms and student progress record, CDs containing complete instruction, demonstration, play-along, and additional listening tracks. Included are Bloom's Taxonomy Correlation, Assessment Overviews, and Core Thinking Overviews. Plus interactive Guitar Guru technology embedded on the included CD-ROM (included in Teacher ed. v. 2) allows students to use their computers to view animated fretboard displays of selected songs.

(Stylistic Method). Legendary guitarist Pat Martino shares his personal formula for chord conversions with you. This uniquely simple system allows you to think melody, not theory. Amply illustrated with some of Pat's favorite lines.

The method Ergonomic guitar technique takes the individual behind the instrument as its starting point, thus creating a technique that makes the best use of the human resources. The method deals not only with the guitar technique, but also discusses the playing in relation to physical and psychological well-being. This is a translated and revised edition that, among other supplements such as the right and left hand exercises by Mauro Giuliani, also features the collection of caprices Capricci Dinamarca op 7.

Glossary of Guitar Terms is an informative addition to any musician's library. Included are a rundown of the parts of the instrument, a variety of helpfuldiagrams, and some of the most important terms and concepts for guitarists to befamiliar with. Glossary of Guitar Terms is an excellent reference tool for players of all levels

Understand the guitar completely like never before.This innovative musical system easily integrates the Blues and Rock into the Western musical system.Written by a guitarist for the guitarist with step-by-step instruction from over 40 years of teaching.This guitar book of instruction provides a rich source of information that can be referenced or memorized for on the fly improvisation, solo development and songwriting.In your hands you are holding the definitive book of guitar instruction."Pictures are worth a thousand words."Diagrams with detailed explanations are placed on facing pages for ease of learning the lessons.Easy notation, as a visual aid, is included with the lessons for those who want to learn to read.Everything that is played on the guitar will be played within the seven mode patterns.Chords, melodies, harmonies, solo's and improvisations will all be played in these seven "playgrounds."There are five basic chords that all chords are derived from.Each of these five basic chords are presented with their variations in The Chord Guide.Now the guitarist has five chord form choices for every chord to play!Learn the rules of the guitar game first, then forget them and play intuitively.Guitar Logic: Patterns For Creative Expression is full of guitar information that has been logically laid out in step-by-step instruction for a lifetime of pure guitar playing pleasure.Playing guitar from a pattern map is far more intuitive than intellectual configuration. The patterns can be used as a reference guide for songwriting and recording or easily memorized for on the spot improvisation. The Beginning Guitarist easily becomes acquainted with their guitar right from the start and after learning the introductory lessons is well prepared to enter into the intermediate level. The Intermediate Guitarist will have the doors of understanding open as the sections on theory and the basic patterns are introduced unlocking the secrets of the guitar thus getting the player out of the rut of "playing the same old thing" which is so common at this level of playing. The Advanced and Professional Guitarists will appreciate the system that has been logically presented. The patterns of modes, scales and chord scales provide the guitarist with the map of the guitar that allows the freedom of improvisation freely from within these patterns without the hesitation of making mistakes. Guitar Instructors will appreciate this well organized and overflowing with information guitar book with its step-by-step layout in planning their weekly lessons for their students. Guitar Logic: Patterns For Creative Expression was written by a guitar instructor, with over 30 years playing and teaching experience, on an ever-evolving basis from actual classroom and private guitar lesson settings that addresses the many different students levels of learning.By integrating Blues and Rock into the Western musical system the author has simplified the usage of scales eliminating the many conflicting and confusing theories that have just never really made any sense. Being that these scale patterns are so closely related to each other, there are basically only seven patterns to learn - this is as simple as it gets. These patterns will fulfill every musical need the guitarist requires. The Chord Guide in Chapter 19 is the first logically presented chord reference book that actually works. With five chord choices it's now intuitively easy to find the perfect chord that fits into your arrangement.Every guitarist should have Guitar Logic: Patterns For Creative Expression on their music stand!

(Guitar Collection). If you're new to jazz guitar, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides chord-melody style arrangements in standard notation and tab for the most popular songs jazz guitarists like to play. This accessible collection of must-know jazz hits include: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I Got Rhythm * Laura * Misty * Night and Day * Satin Doll * Summertime * When I Fall in Love * and more.