Steve Gorenberg

(Guitar Educational). This book features a fast, easy approach to simple one-, two-, and three-finger chords, plus dozens of popular songs to get you started You'll start gradually with one-finger versions of the quintessential open chords, so you can strum and sing songs right away. Then the book progresses to two- and three-finger chords before eventually reaching full open chords and beyond. The end of the book features several full song arrangements of popular tunes by Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Metallica You'll learn to play chords with snippets of over 30 popular songs, including: ABC * Ain't No Sunshine * Eleanor Rigby * Firework * Free Fallin' * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Hey Jude * Hotel California * In the End * Love Story * Million Reasons * Nothing Else Matters * Something in the Way * Stay with Me * Sweet Caroline * Try * Wild Thing * and more.

(Bass Instruction). Finally, a music theory book designed for bass players of all levels With this comprehensive workbook, you'll expand your fretboard knowledge and gain the freedom and confidence needed to tackle any musical challenge. Rather than overwhelm the reader with lots of complex theory that may be useful for jazz guitarists or keyboard players, this book and audio pack focuses on the elements that are essential for the bass player throughout, like how to write bass lines, lay down a solid foundation, and improvise. Features hundreds of examples to study and practice, including loads of "real world" bass lines and play-along audio tracks to jam to Includes over 200 demonstration and play-along audio tracks and three bass fretboard theory video lessons online for download or streaming.

Bass players: customise your warm-up routine with this fantastic collection of stretches, coordination exercises, pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, and arpeggios that are sure to limber up your fingers and hands and get you ready to play in top form!

(Bass Instruction). Expand your bass knowledge with the Bass Lesson Goldmine series Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this Funk/R&B volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard notation and tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips, scale diagrams, chord grids, photos, and more to reinforce your learning experience plus audio tracks featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book This volume covers a huge variety of funk and R&B bass styles, techniques, and concepts are covered, including: the pocket; fingerstyle funk; slap & pop techniques; hammer-ons and pull-offs; staccato & tenuto; funk fills and phrasing; dynamics; funk jazz; acid jazz; James Brown Fun; Bootsy Collins style; Larry Graham style; Louis Johnson style; Flea style; and more The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

(Instructional). With Rock Harmonica, beginners can learn how to play harmonica from the ground up. More experienced players can take their playing to the next level with outside-the-box thinking and lessons on playing in different positions. The first half includes instruction on notes, scales, tongue blocking, vibrato, trills and more. The second features lessons on cool licks in the styles of 11 rock harmonica masters, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty and more All lessons are presented both on the DVD and in the book.