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Centerstream Mandolin Chords Plus Technique Book
Handy guide to mandolin chords, scales, and tuning plus "hot licks" for turnarounds, intros, and endings. Mandolin Chords Plus includes tab for 2 classic mandolin tunes. 7 pages....details

Centerstream Fiddle Tunes For Clawhammer Banjo (Book/CD)
Renowned instructor and Grammy nominee Bob Carlin is one of the best-known banjoists performing today. This book, an update of his 1983 classic with the welcome addition of a CD, teaches readers how to play 32 best-loved pieces from his first two solo recordings: Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo and Where Did You Get That Hat?. Includes fantastic photos from throughout Bob's career....details

Centerstream MANDOLIN CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK
The Mandolin Christmas Songbook by Eric Cutshall features 18 favorites, each presented in two versions: a simple lead sheet arrangement with melody, lyrics and chords; and an advanced solo arrangement that combines the melody and accompaniment.Includes: "Adeste Fideles," "Deck the Halls," "The First Noel," "Good King Wenceslas," "Jingle Bells," and more....details

Centerstream SECRETS OF SHRED GUITAR DVD
The Secrets of Shred Guitar DVD has lessons for all levels of guitar players. Guitarists can learn all the secrets of shred, including sweep picking, alternate picking, string skipping, multi-finger tapping, legato, trills, tremolo picking, and more. The playing techniques are broken down, and helpful exercises and melodic etudes are arranged from easiest to most challenging. Booklet included as a PDF on the DVD....details

Centerstream 300 Fiddle Tunes Songbook
The 300 Fiddle Tunes music book gives you a comprehensive collection of fabulous fiddle tunes that include reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, jigs, waltzes, and slow airs....details

Centerstream Beginning to Advanced 4-String Bass (DVD)
This instructional DVD by noted instructor/author Brian Emmel leaves no stone unturned in explaining all there is to know about 4-string bass basics! Designed for the beginning to advanced player, Brian's step-by-step demonstrations form the foundation for understanding music theory and building bass technique. Topics covered range from common musical terminology, to playing in a garage band, to laying down tracks in a recording studio. Brian's easy explanations and helpful examples cut through any confusion for clear comprehension. A must for any player who's never really understood music theory! Booklet included. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream Lap Steel Guitar Book
Centerstream proudly presents the first-ever comprehensive book about lap-steel and console steel guitars. Lap Steel Guitar by Andy Volk includes: interviews and profiles of more than 35 of the greatest electric and acoustic steel guitarists of the past and present, representing most forms of music played in the world today; previously unpublished photos and commentary on vintage steel guitars and new instruments from the best modern builders; resources for guitars, amplifiers, accessories, instructional materials, steel guitar tunings; and much more. Players covered in Lap Steel Guitar include: Junior Brown, Bob Brozman, Jerry Byrd, Papa Cairo, Jody Carver, Cindy Cashdollar, Bruce Clarke, John Ely, Pete Grant, Steve Howe, Andy Iona, Harry Manx, Dick McIntire, Santo & Johnny and dozens of others. 336 pages, with 40 pages of wonderful color!...details

Centerstream Ultimate Bass Exercises
Bassist and educator Max Palermo takes you through more than 700 easy, step-by-step exercises for finger building, based on the 24 possible fingering combinations....details

Centerstream Ranger Doug Songs Of The Sage Guitar Tab Songbook
Ranger Doug Songs Of The Sage Guitar Tab Book features original western songs from Ranger Doug Green, the idol of American youth and member of the popular western singing group Riders in the Sky. Includes 25 songs from their many recordings: Blue Montana Skies, Night Riding Song, Here Comes the Santa Fe, That's How the Yodel Was Born, Lonely Yukon Stars, Prairie Serenade, and many more. The guitar tab book features the story behind each song, plus lots of photos. 'It's the cowboy way!'...details

Centerstream Melodic Clawhammer Banjo Book/CD
Ken Perlman, today's foremost player of the style, brings you this comprehensive guide to the melodic clawhammer. Over 50 tunes in clear tablature. Learn to play authentic versions of Appalachian fiddle tunes, string band tunes, New England hornpipes, Irish jigs, Scottish reels, and more. Includes arrangements by many important contemporary players, and chapters on basic and advanced techniques. Also features over 70 musical illustrations, plus historical notes, and period photos....details

Centerstream Country Fiddle ( Book )
Country Fiddle by Marilyn Bos, Associate Professor of Violin at Mankato State University in Minnesota offers a well thought-out book divided into 17 fiddle lessons for the intermediate player, contains fiddle tunes from simple to advanced, plus exercises to help the player develop the strong supple left-hand and flexible balanced bow-arm. Plus guitar chart and chords for each time....details

Centerstream The Classic Douglas Dillard Songbook of 5 String Banjo Tablatures (Book)
Published by popular demand, the long-awaited Douglas Dillard Songbook of 5 String Banjo Tablatures contains exact transcriptions in banjo tab that capture the unique playing style of Douglas Dillard. This fantastic collection includes all of his best-loved tunes, from the Andy Griffith Show, from his many great years of recording as the original Dillards, and from his solo banjo albums and his releases with The Doug Dillard Band. The banjo music book features more than 20 tunes in G tuning, C tuning and G modal tuning, The Classic Douglas Dillard Songbook includes favorites such as: Cripple Creek, Hickory Hollow, Jamboree, John Henry, Old Joe Clark, Buckin' Mule, and more....details

Centerstream Ukulele Songbook
The Ukulele Song Book is a terrific collection for beginning to advanced ukulele players featuring easy arrangements of 50 great songs in standard notation and ukulele tablature. This great resource also teaches popular strum patterns and how to tune the uke....details

Centerstream Gospel Banjo Songbook
The Gospel Banjo music book features 15 spiritual favorites, each arranged in 2 different keys for banjo. Includes "Amazing Grace," "In the Sweet By and By," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," "Old Time Religion," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," and more!...details

Centerstream Songs Of The Cowboy Guitar Tab Songbook
Songs of the Cowboy is a unique book celebrating the romance attached to the cowboy and his free roaming life style. By combining classic cowboy songs, trivia, photos, articles and diagrams with current cowboy songwriters' songs, this book pays special tribute to our Western musical heritage....details

Centerstream The Early Minstrel Banjo Tab Songbook
Featuring more than 65 classic songs, the Early Minstrel banjo tab book will teach you how to play the minstrel banjo like players who were part of various popular troupes in 1865. The book includes: a short history of the banjo in the US in the antebellum period, including the origins of the minstrel show; info on the construction of minstrel banjos, evolution of the lower-pitched minstrel banjo tunings, and idiomatic techniques peculiar to the minstrel banjo; chapters on each of the seven major banjo methods published through the end of the Civil War; songs from each method in banjo tablature, many available first time; info on how to arrange songs for the minstrel banjo; a reference list of contemporary gut and nylon string gauges approximating historical banjo string tensions in common usage during the antebellum period (for those Civil War re-enactors who wish to achieve that old-time minstrel banjo sound); and an extensive cross-reference list of minstrel banjo song titles found in the major antebellum banjo methods....details

Centerstream Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica
A complete guide to playing fiddle tunes! Covers tips on hand positions; playing instructions and techniques; rhythmic patterns for the reel, jig, hornpipe and waltz; and more. Features over 100 songs, along with a CD that demonstrates several of the tunes. Ability to read music is not necessary....details

Centerstream Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for Blues Harmonica Book with CD
Author Tom Ball sets out to discuss, understand and demystify some of the playing of the phenomenal Walters, the legendary "Big Walter" Horton and "Little Walter" Jacobs. Includes a sampling of the best licks from each artist's repertoire, mapped out in easy-to-read harmonica tablature and played on CD by Ball, plus extensive notes on each musician's style, bios and discographies, rare photos, a bibliography, harmonica basics, notes on amplification and equipment, and much more! 126 pages....details

Centerstream 5 String Banjo Natural Style Book/CD
Now available with a helpful play-along CD, this great songbook for 5-string banjo pickers features 10 easy, 10 intermediate and 10 difficult arrangements of the most popular bluegrass banjo songs. This book/CD pack comes complete with a chord chart....details

Centerstream Killer Pentatonics For Guitar (Book/CD)
Innovative and diverse ways of playing pentatonic scales in blues, rock and heavy metal. The licks and ideas in this book will give you fresh approaches to playing the pentatonic scale, hopefully inspiring you to reach for higher levels in your playing. Companion audio features recorded examples. 37-minute audio accompaniment....details

Centerstream Monster Scales and Modes Book
Monster Scales and Modes gives you a complete compilation of scales, modes, exotic scales, and theory. The book covers the most common guitar scales as well as exotic music scales, theory on how they're constructed, and practical applications. No prior music theory is necessary since every section is broken down and explained very clearly. 48 pages....details

Centerstream The Perfect Harmonica Method (Book/CD)
The harmonica opens a wonderful new avenue of musical adventure for classroom learning or individual playing. The Perfect Harmonica Method is the beginner's guide to learning to enjoy music and play the harmonica. It includes a 91-minute demonstration CD, and an easy-to-follow book. Developed by Jerry Perelman, this method has been proven over a period of years with thousands of successful students....details

Centerstream Ukulele Chords Chart
This handy ukulele chord chart includes clear, easy-to-see chord fingerings in all keys, plus a bonus section that provides favorite intros and endings in different keys. Also includes information on relative tuning....details

Centerstream Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar (Book/CD)
Take a lesson with super-picker Forest Rodgers! In this CD that supplements Forest's book Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar, you'll learn how to play 30 classic beginnings, endings, turnarounds, and fill-ins to popular pedal steel licks on the guitar. Forest plays them at regular tempo and then at a slower tempo for easier learning. Watch the fascinating interaction as pedal steel master Doug Stock plays the licks then Forest copies them on guitar. Features tips for the best steel guitar sound reproduction and steel guitar voiced chords. You'll make the band pay attention when you learn these 30 pedal steel licks! 60 minutes....details

Centerstream Bluegrass Harmonica Book/CD
Extraordinary harpist Mike Stevens has been named Central Canadian Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year five years in a row. In this book, he teaches all the techniques, tips and inside information you need to know to play bluegrass harmonica. He covers holding the harp, lip pursing, tongue blocking, draw bending, vibrato, attacking the notes, wind chops, and a lot more. The CD features practice tunes for beginning, intermediate and advanced players, including 2 versions of some of the intermediate and advanced tunes, 1 at standard tempo, and 1 slowed down for easier learning....details

Centerstream Fun Songs for Ukulele Tab Book
50 terrific songs in standard notation and tablature for beginning to advanced ukulele players. Includes Hawaiian songs, popular standards, classic Western, Stephen Foster and more, with songs such as: The Darktown Strutters Ball, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Hot Lips, Gentle Annie, Maikai Waipio, Whispering, Ja-Da, China Boy, Colorado Trail, and many more. Also includes a chord chart and a special section on how to hold the ukulele....details

Centerstream Ukulele for Cowboys Tab (Book)
40 of your favorite cowboy songs in chords, standard notation and tab. Includes: Buffalo Gals, Night Herding Song, Doney Gal, Old Chisholm Trail, The Big Corral, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Colorado Trail, Old Paint, Yellow Rose of Texas, Green Grow the Lilacs, and many more. Also includes a chord chart, historical background on many of the songs and a short story on the history of the Hawaiian Cowboy....details

Centerstream Scales And Modes - In the Beginning Book
Scales and Modes is a complete guide to guitar scales, including Fretboard Visualization, Scale Terminology, Scales and Modes, and the Scale to Chord Guide that ties it all together. You'll learn every scale and mode that you'll ever need and when to use them. 130 pages....details

Centerstream Slide Guitar and Open Tunings Book/CD
It explores the basics of open tunings and slide guitar, covering licks, chords, songs and patterns. This is not simply a repertoire book, but rather an approach that teaches guitarists to jam with others, invent their own songs, and understand how to find their way around open tunings with and without a slide. The accompanying CD features 37 tracks. 56 pages....details

Centerstream Electric Guitar Construction Book
Q.: What on earth would make someone want to build an electric guitar from scratch? Can't you just buy one cheaper? A.: Well sure, but with the definitive book on custom-made electric guitars as your guide, you can create your own axe masterpiece, with the precise finish, the exact pickups, and the custom hardware you've always wanted. Plus, you'll have the indescribable satisfaction of knowing you created something cool out of nothing. And that sure beats buying off the rack! Organized logically from start to finish, Electric Guitar Construction by Tom Hirst is a helpful guide to assist you every step of the way; from the design and planning stage to the final setup, each step in the custom built guitar process is written about in abundant detail, with hundreds of photographs, and special full-color sections on wood selection and finishing. Electric Guitar Construction also includes a glossary of terms, an index of materials suppliers, and much more!...details

Centerstream Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar (DVD)
Take a lesson with super picker Forest Rodgers! In this DVD that supplements Forest's book, Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar, you'll learn how to play 30 classic beginnings, endings, turn-arounds and fill-ins to popular pedal steel licks on the guitar. Forest plays them at regular tempo and then at a slower tempo for easier learning. Watch the fascinating interaction as pedal steel master Doug Stock plays the licks then Forest copies them on the guitar. Features tips for the best steel guitar sound reproduction and steel guitar voiced chords. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream Intermediate Rock Lead Guitar (DVD)
This comprehensive DVD picks up where Dave Celentano's Beginning Rock Lead Guitar left off. On this DVD you will learn exercises to improve finger dexterity, three-note-per-string scale exercises, alternate picking, tremolo picking, sweep picking, advanced string bending, triads, arpeggios, long legato licks, speed licks, string bending licks, connecting licks to make solos, and a complete solo to play over the rhythm track at the end. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream Intermediate Rock Rhythm Guitar (DVD)
This DVD picks up where Dave Celentano's Beginning Rock Rhythm Guitar left off. Here you will learn advanced bar chord forms, jazz chords that can be used in rock, pedal tone rhythms, palm muting, advanced right hand rhythms, finger picking, Travis picking, and valuable tips and advice. Styles covered include rock, blues rock, jazz rock, '80s rock, funk rock, and acoustic fingerpicking. Dave also discusses and demonstrates the different sounds produced by the Gibson Les Paul, Fender Strat, and acoustic guitar. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream A Classical Christmas Guitar Tab Songbook with CD
This book/CD pack features easy to advanced play-along arrangements of 23 top holiday tunes for classical/fingerstyle guitar with tablature. Includes: Birthday of a King; God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen; Good Christian Men, Rejoice; Jingle Bells; Joy to the World; O Holy Night; O Sanctissima; What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); and more. The CD features a demo track for each song, and the book includes an interesting essay on the history of Christmas music....details

Centerstream Advanced Fingerstyle Guitar (Book/CD)
This follow-up to the popular Fingerstyle Guitar book by Ken Perlman (00000081) is really 2 books in one. To the advanced player, it's an excellent tune book featuring 33 interesting and highly playable guitar arrangements. To the intermediate player, it serves as a clear and detailed guide to the technical expertise and theoretical knowledge required to bridge the gap to the advanced level. Covers Baroque tuning, DAD-GAD tuning and much more. The tunes are organized according to genre: Alternating Bass Pieces, The Country Blues, Melodic Guitar, Fiddle Tunes, Ragtime and Chord-Melody, and all tunes are played on the accompanying CD....details

Centerstream Blues Guitar Legends (VHS)
This intermediate-level video teaches the techniques of blues greats Lightnin' Hopkins and Blind Blake. Kenny Sultan shows how to interpret the legends without attempting note-for-note renditions of the original music, letting players adapt the music to their own playing. Video complements Kenny's best-selling book Blues Guitar Legends....details

Centerstream Advanced Rock Lead Guitar (DVD)
In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his three level rock lead guitar course by introducing the student to a variety of complete solos to learn and play over the band rhythm tracks. Topics include: '80s style soloing, modal soloing in rock, acoustic blues soloing, triads, arpeggios, legato string bending, vibrato, tapping, and more. Dave demonstrates all the solos, then breaks each down into small sections for learning and discusses important concepts, theory, and scales. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream The Contemporary Percussionist (DVD)
A complete guide to what the working contemporary percussionist needs to know to be successful by today's musical standards. Covers the congas, bongos, timbales, djembe, and the use of toys, all in a modern musical setting! There is even a recording studio scene explaining creative overdubs, plus a hot Latin jazz performance by the group Orkesta Eme' Pe'. A great tool for the working professional and a must-have for the beginner wanting to enter the field of contemporary percussion! 60 minutes....details

Centerstream Advanced Rock Rhythm Guitar (DVD)
In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his three level rock rhythm guitar course with challenging rhythm work in the styles of funk/rock, fast boogie blues, slow blues/rock, jazz/rock, and heavy metal. Techniques and topics covered are fast electric and acoustic strums, palm muting, string muting, scratch strumming, riff rhythms, seventh and ninth chords, power chords, and bar chords. Dave demonstrates each example, then breaks them down into smaller sections for learning. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes....details

Centerstream History of the Ludwig Drum Company Book
Discover one of America's greatest contributions to the music world - the drum set. This unique publication by Paul William Schmidt uses extensive interviews with the Ludwigs and photos from their personal collections to recall the origins, development, and tools of the drum making craft. You'll also discover why the best drummers - Ringo Starr, Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb, and others - play Ludwig drums. Over 150 photos and illustrations make the book History of the Ludwig Drum Company an invaluable reference for all drummers. 176 pages....details

Centerstream Melodic Lines for the Intermediate Guitarist (Book/CD)
This Centerstream book/CD pack is essential for anyone interested in expanding melodic concepts on the guitar. Author Greg Cooper covers: picking exercises; major, minor, dominant and altered lines; blues and jazz turn-arounds; and more....details

Centerstream Blues Guitar Legends DVD
The Blues Guitar Legends is the companion DVD to Kenny Sultan's bestselling book lets intermediate guitarists learn the techniques and interpret the guitar playing styles of blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Mississippi John Hurt, and Big Bill Broonzy....details

Centerstream Clawhammer Style Banjo (Book)
From Ken Perlman,Clawhammer Style Banjo is a brilliant teaching guide that is destined to become the handbook on how to play the banjo. The style is easy to learn, and covers the instruction itself, basic right and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques; the brush, the "bumm-titty" strum, pull-offs, and slides. For the advanced player, there are banjo lessons on more complicated picking, double thumbing, quick slides, fretted pull-offs, harmonics, improvisation, and more. The banjo tutorials include more than 40 fun-to-play banjo tunes....details

Centerstream Songs 'Round The Campfire Guitar Tab Songbook
Songs 'Round The Campfire by Ron Middlebrook provides guitar tab and lyrics for 96 of your favorite songs sung by 'Hi' Busse, Tom Chambers, Robert Meyer, Dan Meyer, Tom Spaulding, Bob Wagoner, Buck Page, John Ryberg, John Lamount, Tex Ritter, and Carson Robinson. Also includes old cowboy photographs, cowboy tidbits, Tumbleweed History, and more....details

Centerstream Cowboy Guitars - Softcover Book
Back in the good old days, all of America was infatuated with the singing cowboys of movies and radio. This huge interest led to the production of cowboy guitars. These guitars were manufactured with western scenes painted right on the guitar, and were sold by stores such as Sears and Montgomery Wards. The softcover Cowboy Guitars is a fun, fact-filled book that's an outstanding roundup of these wonderful instruments, starting with the Gene Autry model of 1932, through guitars made to capitalize on the popularity of the Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers, up through present-day makers. Includes hundreds of fantastic photos, a 32-page color section, and biographies of the artists behind the guitars, plus a chapter on leading custom guitar maker Greg Rich, showcasing some of the western guitars he has built. A must for every guitar collector! Steve Evans is the world's foremost authority on and leading collector of cowboy guitars. He owns a music store in Jacksonville, AR. A resident of Anaheim, CA, the affable Ron Middlebrook is the founder and owner of Centerstream Publishing. He is an avid instrument collector and husky musher....details

Centerstream It Was a Trip, On Wings of Music - Jerry Byrd Book
In its listing of the 20 That Mattered, Guitar Player magazine stated that Jerry Byrd is the standard by which all steel guitarists must be measured. A fixture on the country scene, Byrd was a session player in Nashville in the mid-1940s and was influential in the development of the Nashville Sound. He played on the hits of a who's who of legends, including Hank Williams (Lovesick Blues and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Pasty Cline, Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Marty Robbins, Chet Atkins, Guy Mitchell, Burl Ives and countless others; he now has the distinction of being the artist with the world's largest steel guitar discography. Later, as the head of Combine Music Publishing, Byrd was the first to sign Dolly Parton. Drawn to the music of Hawaiian steel guitarists, he went on to develop a style and invent tunings that would become synonymous with the instrument, becoming the first inductee into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. In 1972, Byrd headed for Hawaii, only to discover that the islands had turned their back on the instrument that gave them their signature sound. Thus, Byrd's mission became to reacquaint Hawaii with its own creation. His inspiration not only bridged country and Hawaiian music, but also secured the steel guitar's place in the 21st century. Featuring dozens of rare photos, It Was a Trip, On Wings of Music brings to light Byrd's life and times, opening up an important chapter in American musical history....details

Centerstream The Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Co. Book
The Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Company by Jay Scott is the comprehensive, must-own owner's or collector's manual for any fan of Gretsch guitars. The book uncovers the history of Gretsch guitars through 32 pages of color photos, hundreds of black & white photos, and forewords by Fred Gretsch, George Harrison, Randy Bachman, Brian Setzer, and Duane Eddy. It contains 30 chapters covering each Gretsch guitar in depth and a section of patent numbers and drawings for collectors. Find out what makes the essential rockabilly guitar such a collector's item and such an icon of popular music history. Softcover. 288 pages....details

Centerstream Beginning Clawhammer Banjo (DVD)
Ken Perlman is one of the most celebrated clawhammer banjo stylists performing today. In this new DVD, he teaches you how to play this exciting style, with ample close-ups and clear explanations of techniques such as hand positions, chords, tunings, brush-thumb, single-string strokes, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides. Songs include "Boatsman," "Cripple Creek," and "Pretty Polly." Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min....details

Centerstream Cowboy Guitars - Hardcover Book
Back in the good old days, all of America was infatuated with the singing cowboys of movies and radio. This huge interest led to the production of cowboy guitars. These guitars were manufactured with western scenes painted right on the guitar, and were sold by stores such as Sears and Montgomery Wards. The hardcover Cowboy Guitars is a fun, fact-filled book that gives readers an outstanding roundup of these wonderful instruments, starting with the Gene Autry model of 1932, through guitars made to capitalize on the popularity of the Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers, up through present-day makers. Cowboy Guitars includes hundreds of fantastic photos, a 32-page color section, and biographies of the artists behind the guitars, plus a chapter on leading custom guitar maker Greg Rich, showcasing some of the western guitars he has built. Steve Evans is the world's foremost authority on and leading collector of cowboy guitars. He owns a music store in Jacksonville, AR. A resident of Anaheim, CA, the affable Ron Middlebrook is the founder and owner of Centerstream Publishing. He is an avid instrument collector and husky musher....details

Centerstream Melody Chords for Guitar by Allan Holdsworth Book
In Melody Chords for Guitar, influential fusion player Allan Holdsworth provides guitarists with a simplified method of learning guitar chords, in diagram form, for playing accompaniments and for playing popular melodies in "chord-solo" style. His guitar tutorials cover major, minor, altered, dominant and diminished scale notes in chord form, with lots of helpful reference tables and diagrams....details

Centerstream Jazz Guitar Solos Tab Trascriptions Book with CD
Jazz horn players are some of the best improvisors ever. Now guitarists can learn their tricks! This book features 12 solos (progressing in difficulty) from jazz saxophonists and trumpeters transcribed in easy-to-read guitar tab. The CD features each solo played twice, at slow and regular tempo....details

Centerstream Singing Stories Of The West Guitar Chord Songbook with CD
Book/CD Pack by Ernie Sites Centerstream Publishing Contains great songs of the New and Old West in melody line/lyrics/guitar chord arrangements, poems, photos & illustrations, and fascinating facts and the background history of the West. Songs include: Whoopee Ki-Yi-Yo (Git Along Little Dogies) * The Old Chisholm Trail * Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie * Home On The Range * Bad Brahma Bull * I'm Just A Little Cowpoke * more. CD includes Ernie Sites singing the songs and reciting the poems....details

Centerstream Acoustic Blues Guitar DVD
The Acoustic Blues Guitar DVD presents a combination of 3-key blues techniques for guitarists who already know basic chords and have some experience with the guitar. Kenny Sultan's lessons cover straight blues in the key of A, ragtime blues in G, and slide guitar in open D tuning, all with helpful musical examples....details

Centerstream Hot Licks & Cool Tips for E9th Tuning on Pedal Steel Guitar DVD
Tommy White is well-known as one of the foremost artists on pedal steel guitar. This steel guitarist for the Grand Ole Opry presents this DVD course for the E9th tuning—jam-packed with hot licks to keep your fingers twisted up for days. Learn how to play amazing speed picking runs and double stops, get great tone, play clear harmonics, and develop new licks....details

Centerstream Rickenbacker - Reference Book
This 256-page soft-cover book Rickenbacker by Richard Smith gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Rickenbacker is the only book of its kind to chronicle the history of the company who in 1931 introduced electric instruments to the world. The book provides information and full-color photos of the many artists who have played and are playing Rickenbacker guitars and basses. Rickenbacker collectors will find this book invaluable as it contains recently discovered accurate facts previously unavailable to researchers....details

Centerstream Open Guitar Tunings Book
Open Guitar Tunings is the only book that illustrates over 75 different tunings in easy-to-read diagrams. Includes tunings used by artists such as Chet Atkins, Michael Hedges, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani and more for rock, blues, bluegrass, folk and country styles including Open D (for slide guitar), Em, Open C, modal tunings and many more. 8 Pages. Tab....details

Centerstream Flying Fingers Book/CD
Proven techniques increase speed, precision, and dexterity. Features clear diagrams and explanations. Includes a CD with every example from the book played at 3 speeds. 43 pages....details

Centerstream Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands (Book/CD)
This info-filled book/CD will take you out of your rhythm-playing rut and teach you to play confidently in any blues style! You'll learn: intros, endings and turnarounds; modern theory for reharmonizing chord progressions; jazz and eight-bar progressions; and much more. The book includes 100 musical examples, 16 theory workshops, a discography and bibliography, and the CD has 51 tracks....details

Centerstream The Contemporary Percussionist (VHS)
The Contemporary Percussionist by Glen Caruba (author of Afro-Cuban Drumming) is a complete guide to Congas, Bongos, Timbales, and djembe. This instructional video is a great tool for the working professional and a "must-have" for the beginner wanting to enter the field of hand drums....details

Centerstream Drummer's Survival Guide: Pre-Prepped Charts For Writing, Teaching, Learning, And Reference
Presenting the perfect study companion for all drummers! With four of the most common ride patterns already written, in both one- and two-bar phrases, this book cuts transcription time in half: all you do is fill in the bass and snare drum patterns. Perfect for teachers transcribing songs, or just for students to groove. Also includes the 40 essential rudiments, blank manuscript paper, and a lesson planner at the beginning of each session. Spiral bound....details

Centerstream Introduction to Roots Guitar (DVD)
This DVD is a great primer for the beginner and intermediate guitarist interested in playing blues, bluegrass, country and folk guitar. Includes tips on tuning, hand stretching exercises, mastering basic chord progressions, forward and backward right hand roll patterns and exercises, alternating thumb roll patterns, Travis picking, blues in E, right hand muting, right hand frailing or brush stroked, string bending, 4 finger roll patterns and right hand string grabbing and more. You'll learn the basic techniques needed to be a Roots Guitar Player and identify those techniques while learning from other players with this fun, detailed DVD. Booklet included; approximately 60 minutes....details

Centerstream ASAP Rudimental Drumming DVD
Bart Robley teaches basic rudiments essential for every drummer. He begins by breaking down a solo based on paradiddles into its rudiments, and goes on to demonstrate a paradiddle groove, culminating in the Bart Robley Drum Club performing a march called The Red Panthers. Informative, fast-paced and fun, this DVD will set a solid foundation for drummers! 60 min....details

Centerstream Ranger Doug Rides the Rhythm Range (DVD)
Swing rhythm never left, but it's getting harder to find someone to teach it! Noted swing rhythm guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky takes you step-by-step through the process of expanding your technique on swing rhythm. Whether you play in a swing band, a cowboy quartet like Riders in the Sky, or gypsy jazz, this DVD offers you an absolutely unique and up-close look at chord forms, patterns, right and left hand technique, and insider tips by a swing rhythm master who has been playing this style for over 30 years. In addition, two western classics, Wah Hoo and Tumbling Tumbleweed, are not only broken down and explained in detail, but are performed by 2-time Grammy winners Riders in the Sky in a mini-concert, so that the lesson on those two tunes is exemplified in live performance. Saddle up, saddle pal, and ride the Rhythm Range with Ranger Doug! Includes transcription booklet....details

Centerstream Mastering the Electric Bass: Scales 1 (DVD)
This lesson concentrates on creating bass lines for any musical style. He helps players strengthen their hands and build chops through scales and modes in every position on the fingerboard. Using a step-by-step analysis of chord tones and how they can articulate a chord progression, David introduces exotic scales, ear training exercises, and dynamic soloing. 75-MIN. Includes Music and Tab. Early Intermediate Level...details

Centerstream Blues Harmonica (Book/CD)
Now on CD! This exciting instructional book/CD pack features a comprehensive crash-course on all aspects of the blues harmonica, including types of harps; buying a harmonica and breaking it in; maintenance and repair; breathing and phrasing; tablature; 12-bar blues; playing with a guitarist; non-standard tunings; and much more. Written in a fun and friendly conversational style—and only in tablature notation - the book encourages players to learn at a comfortable pace, while developing their own style and feel. The accompanying CD includes demonstrations to inspire and aid players in practice....details

Centerstream Intermediate Clawhammer Banjo (DVD)
Picking up where Beginning Clawhammer Banjo leaves off, this DVD begins with a review of brush thumbing and the single-string stroke, then moves into specialized banjo-playing techniques such as: drop- and double-thumbing, single-string brush thumb, chords in double C tuning, and more. Tunes include: Country Waltz · Green Willis · Little Billie Wilson · Magpie · The Meeting of the Waters · Old Joe Clark · and more. Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min....details

Centerstream Latin Styles For Guitar (DVD)
Award-winning Argentinean guitarist Brian Chambouleyron gives you an overview of various styles of Latin American music, explaining how it has evolved and been embraced around the world. The mixing of Spanish, Portuguese, African, European and native influences has blended into many distinct genres. Brian has specially composed sample pieces which he plays (solo or with a band) in this DVD. Features downloadable printed music in standard notation and tablature so guitarists can play along with: a Bolero from Mexico, Vals from Peru, Guarania from Paraguay, Guajira from Cuba, Samba from Brazil, and a Tango from Argentina. You can also just view the performances without the text.ÝIn Spanish with English subtitles. 50 minutes....details

Centerstream Blues Improvisation- Beyond Pentatonic (DVD)
For acoustic or electric players, this DVD will show you a quick review of the pentatonic blues scale, then cover modal devices you can use to improvise in a way that will take you beyond the basics to blues that are a little more on the jazzy side or the country side. Become a blues master as you learn about the 12-bar blues progression, Mixolydian mode, arpeggios, double stops, diminished scale, bending, Dorian mode, and playing in 3rd and 6ths. Printable, downloadable sheet music included. 60 minutes. Dorian Michael studied and worked in almost every style of playing guitar. He graduated with a music degree from Cal State, Northridge, CA and travels around the country performing and giving workshops....details

Centerstream School Of Hard Rocks: A Working Drummers Guide To Real World Drumming (2-Dvd Set)
Bart Robley demonstrates many of the rudiments that form the basis for his stage and studio work. In this two-DVD set, he takes viewers from the basics, through more advanced exercises, all the way through a complete song - Old Time Rock 'N' Roll, made famous by Bob Seger. When they are finished, drummers will be ready to rock hard and heavy! Includes downloadable drum tablature. DVD #1 is 40 min., and DVD #2 is 75 min....details

Centerstream Jazz Saxohone - Instructional Techniques and Jazz Concert Performance (DVD)
The Jazz Sax Instructional Techniques & Jazz Concert Performance DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments, plus hands-on instruction cobering control, developing a powerful sound, jazz vibrato, mouthpiece selection, playing fast, Stan Getz's style, phrasing, breathing techniques, and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to 4 of Steve's fantastic originals! 60 min....details

Centerstream The Gibson 175 Its History & Its Players (Book)
Debuting in 1949 and in continuous production ever since, the Gibson ES-175 is one of the most versatile and famous guitars in music history. The first Gibson electric guitar to feature a Florentine cutaway, the ES-175 was also one of the first electric Spanish guitars to be fitted with its signature P.A.F. ("Patent Applied For") humbuckers, and it is prized for its playability, craftsmanship, and full, rich tone. The list of players who have used the ES-175 guitar's distinctive sound reads like a who's who of historic and contemporary jazz, rock, blues, and fusion, with players such as Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Joe Diorio, Toots Thielmans, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Herb Ellis, Howard Roberts, Jimmy Raney, blues great B.B. King, progressive rock musician Steve Howe and fusion pioneer Pat Metheny. Scotty Moore played an ES-295, essentially a dual-P90-equipped, all-gold ES-175 on the Sun Sessions with Elvis Presley. The Gibson 175 book was written by noted author and guitarist Adrian Ingram....details

Centerstream Sonny Terry Licks For Blues Harmonica (Book/CD)
The Sonny Terry Licks for Blues Harmonica book/CD pack pays homage to Terry and his renowned playing. "Sonny Terry has got to be explained to the people or his art will go over their head. By understanding Sonny Terry, you will learn how to enjoy and live in the real people's music that is on a train that's bound for glory." - Woody Guthrie, 1946. Besides 70 famous licks from Sonny, this pack gives you some quick harmonica lessons, information on Sonny's style, a discography with key chart, and a bibliography for future research. The CD includes each lick played by the author Tom Ball....details

Centerstream Clawhammer Style Banjo (2 DVD Set)
This four-hour, two-DVD set is the companion to Perlman's bestselling book, which is the definitive guide to playing clawhammer banjo. The Clawhammer style is the one purely American banjo-playing style on the one truly American instrument. Perlman leads you step by step to a thorough understanding of the style & instrument, basic hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques like the brush, bumm-titty strum, pull-offs, slides, and on to more advanced topics on DVD 2....details

Centerstream Christmas Ukulele Hawaiian Style Book/CD
Play your favorite Christmas songs Hawaiian style with expert uke player Chika Nagata. This book/CD pack includes 12 songs, each played 3 times: the first and third time with the melody, the second time without the melody so you can play or sing along with the rhythm-only track. Songs include: Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas to You) ú We Wish You a Merry Christmas ú Jingle Bells (with Hawaiian lyrics) ú Angels We Have Heard on High ú Away in a Manger ú Deck the Halls ú Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ú Joy to the World ú O Come, All Ye Faithful ú Silent Night ú Up on the Housetop ú We Three Kings....details