Tutor Books by Instrument

Finally, a method solely devoted to lefties, complete with photos, diagrams, and grids designed especially for the left-handed player! Chords, scales, riffs, strumming, various styles.C.D included.

Offering a comprehensive study of harmonica techniques and blues soloing concepts, this book contains studies and etudes on bending notes (draw and blow), throat vibrato, two-hole shakes, tongue blocking, acoustic and amplified playing, music theory, blues scales, octave substitutions, playing positions, and position substitutes.

In this book, Ray Valla shares the insights of a veteran bluegrass mandolinist. This method would best be appreciated by a student with some previous musical experience, as fundamentals of note-reading on the mandolin are not addressed. This is, however, the ideal book for the intermediate to advanced player. Illustrated with photographs, charts and diagrams. Includes access to online audio.

Many of Bach's best-known pieces transcribed for the five-string banjo. These transcriptions from the recordings "The Classical Banjo" and "Bach on the Banjo" take Bach's classic pieces to new heights.

The mandolin has become an integral part of the Irish music scene. In this book, you will find a carefully graded set of lessons and tunes, designed to help you master the skill needed to play Irish music with authority. Each section includes a clear statement of goals, and a review with exercises and ideas for further development. The book encompasses a wide range of material, from the lyrical simplicity of waltz-time tunes such as Gleanntan Gaoith Dobhair to great and popular session tunes.

See sample page...notation only, no tab.

This ukulele method was written for children and beginners of all ages. Beginning with simple chords and songs this method is perfect for all beginners. ONLINE AUDIO

This easy new method will teach you the ukulele ASAP! First, take a few moments to learn the parts of the instrument, the different types of ukes, the correct holding position, and how to tune up. Each exercise in the book has been designed to teach you the most popular key chord combinations and patterns that you'll see in hundreds of songs.

The tunes taught here include: Auld Lang Syne; My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean; Oh! Susanna; Peg of My Heart; Red River Valley; Tiger Rag and many more. You can strum the chords for each, or play the easy-to-follow melody.

The Easy Ukulele Method books give you music at your fingertips! Using both notation and tablature, this method is so easy that in minutes you will be strumming your ukulele and singing along to familiar songs. All ages will enjoy this book! The ukulele is an instrument for everyone and every type of music! So begin today using this tablature method and discover the wonders of this little instrument.

The Easy Ukulele Method books give you music at your fingertips! Book II reviews many of the fundamentals presented in Book I. It tests your music reading skills with worksheets, expands your knowledge with additional chords, and gives you many more songs to play. Both notation and tablature are used, allowing you to strum along using the chord symbols or play the melody with the tablature.

The little hawaian ukulele has long since grown up to become a "real" musical instrument. It's fun to play, easily transportable and the player soon becomes the center of attraction anywhere he plays his instrument. This beginner's course is your fast road to easy success. All examples, exercises and songs notated in standard notation as well as tablature. Easily understandable, hands-on explanations of music theory make learning with this book a breeze. The accompanying Audio-CD lets you control your improvements.

An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all the tunes, played at a manageable speed, with Guitar accompaniment.

18 of the Fab Four's finest for five string banjo!

One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature.

Designed for beginning fiddle students, these 36 lessons present basic techniques by applying them to fiddle tunes. Reading music is unnecessary, as the lessons are explained step by step, and fingerings are given for every note. Each version builds on the previous one and helps students to create their own arrangements

This book groups chords in a new way that makes looking up and learning new chords easier. The chords are grouped by family, so the chords you are likely to find together in any one piece are next to each other in the book. You can understand how they are related at a glance. Chord diagrams also indicate the position of the root and the third. Includes both moveable and non-moveable chords.

Learn to play chords on the mandolin with this comprehensive yet easy to use book. The Mandolin Chord Finder contains over 1000 chord diagrams for the most important 28 chord types, including three voicings for each chord.

Expand your banjo knowledge with the Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in banjo tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips, chord and neck diagrams, photos and much more to reinforce your learning experience plus access to over 500 audio tracks with performance demos of all the examples in the book! A huge variety of styles, techniques and concepts are covered, including: clawhammer style, Scruggs-style licks, playing backup, playing in different keys, tunings, using capos, constructing solos, creating harmony parts, achieving good tone, and much more.

The definitive step-by-step guide to playing 5-string bluegrass banjo.

Follow the brilliant but ill-fated career of the legendary hero of fifties country music in this superb songbook. Contains 26 classic songs in easy-to-intermediate arrangements for fingerpicking and flatpicking guitar, including 'Lovesick Blues', 'Move It On Over', 'You Win Again' & more.

This is the follow-up volume to Bodhran: The Basics and is designed for those who want to improve their technique and expand their rhythmic repertoire. It contains exercises and solos in 4/4, 6/8, 3/4, and 9/8 time. The 568 one-measure exercises are designed to improve a player's technical skill and demonstrate how to use the basic building blocks of rests, accents, rolls, and syncopation to create interesting and varied rhythmic patterns. The 64 short solos show how to combine the one-measure rhythmic patterns into longer compositions.

With First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar, author Jay Leach has created a fun, easy-to-follow approach to learning the Lap Steel Guitar.

In this comprehensive book, Leach explains the basics of the instrument including bar control, picking, and string groups, with fun exercises to play. First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar also includes several catchy tunes and accompanying online audio with play-along tracks.

A special foreword by Arthur Godfrey. Complete instructions for the beginner, chord tricks for the advanced player, old time favourites, western cowboy songs, hillbilly folk tunes and college songs.

A lively collection of songs for strumming, plus easy G-tuning solos for fingerpicking 5-string banjo.

This book covers all of the major scales in depth as applied to the 5-string banjo, answering potential questions concerning the use of major scales for any level of player, beginning through advanced.