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Modern Guitar Method Supplements

In support of the original Modern Guitar Method, Mel Bay is proud to introduce five new supplements to the series entitled; Rock Studies, Play All-Time Favorite Hits By Ear, Learn Rock Favorites and Blues Jam Play Along (supplements for Grades 1 and 2). These new companion pieces bring a whole new level of fun to learning by teaching popular rock songs and blues improvisation.

Rock Studies covers the fundamentals of playing rock solos. This book and CD set teaches 16 different rock solos while explaining vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, string bending, arpeggios, unison bends, pedal tones, playing over the changes and much more. Rock Studies includes tabulature, standard notation and play along tracks with a full band in the keys of C, Em, G and Am.

Through written examples and audio, Play All-Time Favorite Hits By Ear book and CD supplement teaches you how to play "Louie Louie," "Satisfaction," "I Walk the Line," "Let It Be," "Light My Fire" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

Learn Rock Favorites teaches you visually how to hear and play "Sunshine of Your Love," "Proud Mary," "Like A Rolling Stone," "House of the Rising Sun," "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Midnight Rider." This supplement book and DVD features a full band playing each tune and includes demonstrations of chords, strum patterns, guitar lines and improvising scales.

The Blues Jam Play Along book and CD is a supplement to Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 and presents blues melody and recorded back up improvising track for seven blues songs. Blues tunes are presented in the keys of C, Am and G.

The fifth title is a supplement to Modern Guitar Method Grade 2. Nine blues songs are presented in Blues Jam Play Along (Grade 2) with each showing two improvising scales per tune. Each tune presents a different blues style for improvising covering the keys of G, F, Dm and D.

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