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Publisher
Homespun Video
Pub. Date
2004, c1996
Language
English
Description
A fingerpicking guitar lesson with five songs that should be in every fingerpicker's repertoire! Happy Traum has chosen five favorite tunes to get learning guitarists off to the right start: Railroad Bill, My Creole Belle, Cocaine Blues, Freight Train and Make me a pallet on your floor. Played in the typical blues/fingerpicking tradition, these pieces are broken down to make them easily understandable and instantly playable.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
Detailed, nontechnical instructions, clear diagrams, and helpful professional advice cover choosing the right guitar, tricks for tuning, fundamental chords, reading music and tablature, rhythm guitar, fingerpicking, key signatures, and transposition.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Iintroduces a teach-yourself guitar program, complete with hundreds of step-by-step illustrations that include fingering charts, chords, notes, scales, modes, and sequences, as well as an annotated portfolio of more than one hundred makes and models of guitars.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After hearing her cousin Keeley perform the guitar at an amazing concert, Mia plans to learn everything she can about this amazing instrument, so through experiments and research, she gathers the knowledge she needs to build her own instrument and put on a show for her family.
9) The birth of loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the guitar-pioneering rivalry that shaped rock 'n' roll
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A riveting saga in the history of rock 'n' roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
"In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into the primordial elements of rock 'n' roll--and these louder styles...
10) Songbirds
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Songbirds guitar museum hosted the world's largest collection of vintage guitars. Covid-19's devastating blow to the music industry forced the museum to permanently close. This film explores the final hours and cultural impact of this special collection.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
PLAY HENDRIX... the first in a series of informative and entertaining instructional programs illustrating both scale & chord voicings made famously recognizable by the world's greatest guitarists. The first program will concentrate on the one and only JIMI HENDRIX.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The PLAY series... entertaining instructional programs illustrating the methods and techniques made famously recognizable by the world's greatest guitarists, this release concentrates on the one and only ROBERT JOHNSON. The legendary Robert Johnson is reputed to be the man who sold his soul at the crossroads to play the blues. During his short life, he enjoyed little success or recognition, and it would be 20 years after his death before his music...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A young Latina girl accidentally breaks her grandfather's vihuela and searches for someone in the community to fix the instrument, which leads her to discover her grandfather's legacy as a mariachi. Includes an author's note and glossary"--
Una joven chica latina rompe accidentalmente vihuela y las búsquedas de su abuelo para alguien en la comunidad para fijar el instrumento, lo que le lleva a descubrir el legado de su abuelo como un mariachi....
18) The torch
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
At 83, Chicago legend Buddy Guy remains the standard-bearer for the blues, an icon determined to see the art form live on long after he's gone. Enter young guitar phenom Quinn Sullivan, who has been mentored by Guy since he was a kid. This stirring documentary, amplified by electrifying musical performances, charts the guidance Guy himself received from the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf while observing the Grammy winner passing his wisdom...
19) Marsh & me
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Joey, a loner whose life consists of home, school, and the hill where he plays guitar, meets Marsh, she opens his eyes to a new world.
Author
Series
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Emma is excited to explore her new home of San Francisco, but making new friends is difficult. That is, until she meets Julie…. well, she discovers her journal from 1977 in a local thrift shop and quickly becomes enraptured with a mystery unfolding in Julie's time. Though half a century separates them, Emma and Julie are united by their shared home, their passion for the environment, and a missing blue guitar. As Julie investigates...
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