The Devil's Music

The Devil's Music
Author: Giles Oakley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1978
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Anecdotes, reminiscences, first-hand reports, and appreciative commentary combine to provide a celebratory account of the blues' development from turn-of-the-century New Orleans honky-tonk and Mississippi Delta barrelhouse to today's urban blues.

Riffs

Riffs
Author: Rikky Rooksby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 147685548X

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first half of the book analyzes classic rock riffs and reveals the stories behind their creation. Easy-to-read text describes and explains each riff, supported by illustrations and audio examples. The book's second section shows how to construct great riffs and why they work. Readers learn how to shape a melody, integrate a guitar riff with the rest of a song, enhance a riff with effects, and work with intervals and scales to build riffs.

Guitar Looping - The Creative Guide

Guitar Looping - The Creative Guide
Author: Kristof Neyens
Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2019-06-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781789330786

Guitar looping, the creative guide is here to answer your questions and teach you countless ways to make music with your looper pedal.

Song Sheets to Software

Song Sheets to Software
Author: Elizabeth C. Axford
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780810850279

This second edition of Song Sheets to Software includes completely revised and updated listings of music software, instructional media, and music-related Internet Web sites of use to all musicians, whether hobbyist or professional. This book is a particularly valuable resource for the private studio and classroom music teacher.

How to Write Songs on Guitar

How to Write Songs on Guitar
Author: Rikky Rooksby
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2000
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780879306113

Explains how to create songs to be played on guitar, including advice on such basics of songwriting as structure, rhythm, melody, and lyrics.

First 50 Rock Songs You Should Play on Electric Guitar

First 50 Rock Songs You Should Play on Electric Guitar
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1495015416

(Guitar Collection). A great collection of 50 "standards" that you really need to know if you want to call yourself a guitarist! Includes: All Along the Watchtower * Beat It * Born to Be Wild * Brown Eyed Girl * Cocaine * Communication Breakdown * Detroit Rock City * Hallelujah * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction * Iron Man * Oh, Pretty Woman * Peter Gunn * Pride and Joy * Seven Nation Army * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Smells like Teen Spirit * Smoke on the Water * Sunshine of Your Love * When I Come Around * Wild Thing * You Really Got Me * and more.

Chords and Scales for Guitarists

Chords and Scales for Guitarists
Author: David Mead
Publisher: Music Sales Amer
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781860744327

(Music Sales America). Here at last is a book that tackles these two vital areas in simple, no-nonsense terms. With over 400 diagrams and a comprehensive audio CD, bestselling guitar author David Mead teaches you how to construct chords and scales from the ground up, how to recognize important chord and scale families and how to organize your fretboard using the CAGED concept. With a chapter on improvisation providing vital tips on soloing over chord changes, this book is all you need to make your guitar solos sound more musical and develop all the instincts of a fully rounded musician.