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Creative Guitar 1: Cutting Edge Tech

The aim of Creative Guitar 1 is to help any rock guitarist who feels stuck in a rut. The book focuses on refining playing techniques, explaining the nuts and bolts of theory in an accessible manner, as well as how to practice efficiently, and even demonstrates lots of new licks. This book promotes a self-sufficient approach to learning that will give guitarists new artistic directions in every aspect of their playing. The accompanying CD features detailed examples of penatonic patterns, minor arpeggios and backing tracks so the guitarist can apply these instructions to their individual style of playing, helping them to become more creative musicians.

Conversations in Clave: The Ultimate Technical Study of Four-Way Independence in Afro-Cuban Rhythms

The ultimate technical study of four-way independence based on Afro-Cuban rhythms. This detailed and methodical approach will develop four-limb coordination and expand rhythmic vocabulary. Understanding the clave and the relationship between eighth-note and triplet rhythms will aid in mastering the multiple and complex rhythms of Afro-Cuban styles.

Play the Songs That Inspired Mamma MIA!

Based on the music from the ever-popular Swedish pop group ABBA, this show tells three wonderful love stories of family and friends on a mythical Gree k island. Our folio features eight pages of color photos. Titles include: D ancing Queen * Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! * Mamma Mia * Honey, Honey * Money, Mon ey, Money * The Name of the Game * Super Trouper * Thank You for the Music * I Have a Dream * S.O.S. * Under Attack * The Winner Takes It All and many more.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Piano/Vocal/Chords)

Titles include: The Return of the King; The End of All Things; Use Well the Days; Twilight and Shadow; The Steward of Gondor; Minas Tirith Into the West.  

Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset (with CD)

The Art of Flamenco

Funkifying the Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums (with CD) (Manhattan Music Publications)

Ultimate Santana- Guitar Songbook

Arranged For Guitar Tablature With Lyrics, Chords & Chord Frames. For the first time, the entire 20th and 21st century scope of Santana is presented together on one volume. Journey from the Woodstock-era rock and blues band that single-handedly brought West Coast Latin rhythms, into the progressive FM stream in the 1970s, up through their multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning years as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees in 1998, and Arista recording artists beginning in 1999. Ultimate Santana, a career-spanning celebration of Carlos Santana, includes three previously unreleased tracks, separate collaborations with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Tina Turner, and a new track in the works. Songs: Black Magic Woman * Corazon Espinado (with Mana) * Europa * Everybody s Everything * Evil Ways * Interplanetary Party * Into the Night (feat. Chad Kroeger) * Just Feel Better (with Steven Tyler) * Maria Maria (with Product G&B) * No One to Depend On * Oye Como Va * Put Your Lights On (with Everlast) * Samba Pa Ti * She s Not There * Smooth (with Rob Thomas) * The Game of Love (with Michelle Branch) * The Game of Love (with Tina Turner) * This Boy s Fire * Why Don't You and I (with Chad Kroeger)

Cuban Music from A to Z

Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world’s richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the music of the island that brought the world the danzón, the son, the mambo, the conga, and the cha-cha-chá.

The life’s work of Cuban historian and musician Helio Orovio, Cuban Music from A to Z presents the people, genres, and history of Cuban music. Arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, the entries span from Abakuá music and dance to Eddy Zervigón, a Cuban bandleader based in New York City. They reveal an extraordinary fusion of musical elements, evident in the unique blend of African and Spanish traditions of the son musical genre and in the integration of jazz and rumba in the timba style developed by bands like Afrocuba, Chucho Valdés’s Irakeke, José Luis Cortés’s ng La Banda, and the Buena Vista Social Club. Folk and classical music, little-known composers and international superstars, drums and string instruments, symphonies and theaters—it’s all here.

The Essence of Brazilian Percussion & Drum Set (with CD)