101 Must-Know Blues Licks (Book+CD)

October 10, 2006

101 Must-Know Blues Licks (Book+CD)

Now you can add authentic blues feel and flavor to your playing! Here are 101 definitive licks - plus a demonstration CD - from every major blues guitar style, neatly organized into easy-to-use categories. They’re all here, including Delta blues, jump blues, country blues, Memphis blues, Texas blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, and British blues.

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50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

October 9, 2006

50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

300 Job Descriptions for 6 Personality Types

 

Match your personality to 50 best jobs. Research has shown that matching your personality to a career brings work satisfaction and success. In this book you discover your personality type and the 50 best jobs that relate to it. This approach to careers leads you to jobs that you are likely to enjoy or be good at, that offer work environments that suit you, and that include co-workers with your same personality type.

140+ “Best” Lists, including jobs with the best pay, fastest growth, and most openings
* Make the best career choice for your personality type: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional
* “Best jobs” lists for each personality type, organized by earnings, growth, education level, and much more
* Job descriptions packed with details on wages, growth, educaiton required, tasks and responsibilities, and skills needed
* Based on the latest government data

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Adobe Photoshop CS Fast and Easy

October 9, 2006

Adobe Photoshop CS Fast and Easy

Now you can get a solid introduction to the world of Photoshop CS! With this book?s step-by-step instructions, you?ll learn how to get the most out the amazing tools it has to offer. Along the way, you?ll learn a variety of tips for creating your work faster and some creative tricks to make your artwork stand out. You can begin with the basics of working with image files or jump right to advanced topics like creating sepia images and setting up an online photo gallery. The easy-to-follow, visual format makes it easy to simply look and learn!

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Advanced Legato Phrases (Book+CD)

October 9, 2006

Advanced Legato Phrases (Book+CD)

SHRAPNEL recording artist Derek Taylor’s second instructional release at CFH. Derek recently unearthed the material for this much sought after guitar instructional! This CD Extra will leave your ears toasted, your jaw on the floor, and your fingers completely wasted! The “ADVANCED LEGATO PHRASES” CD Extra includes the fully printable .pdf file containing the “ADVANCED LEGATO PHRASES” lesson, the accompanying audio examples (normal & slow speeds) for “ADVANCED LEGATO PHRASES”, plus two compositions and two unaccompanied solos featuring Derek’s INSANE LEGATO LICKS. The CD extra format from CFH now also includes a browser viewable interface of the lesson which allows direct access to all features…so now you can print the lesson, listen to it in a normal CD player, or open it thru your web browser for instant access to any lick or track.

CD AUDIO TRACK LISTING (playable in an audio CD player):

1 - 74 : audio examples for the “ADVANCED LEGATO PHRASES” lesson, including two compositions and two unaccompanied solos featuring Derek’s ADVANCED LEGATO PHRASES (smoking!). Over an hour of terrifying guitar!

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101 Bad to the Bone Blues Guitar Rhythm Patterns (Book+CD)

October 7, 2006

101 Bad to the Bone Blues Guitar Rhythm Patterns (Book+CD)

Seasoned Mel Bay author Larry McCabe teaches you to play authentic four and eight-beat blues guitar backup rhythms recorded like the pros. The companion CD contains all blues rhythms recorded exactly as they appear in the book - each based on the C7 chord or on the Cm chord. For ease of learning, most of the patterns are played at a moderate speed. The split-track stereo format permits muting of the rhythm guitar part, facilitating practice with only the bass and drums. Suitable for players at all levels, each four or eight-beat patterns appears in standard notation and tablature. While not recorded on the companion CD, the book also offers typical eight-bar progressions in major keys, and 12-bar blues progressions in various major and minor keys. The book concludes with an appendix entitled “Open Charts for Applications of Patterns”. This section encourages students to apply the 101 patterns in original ways and provides insightful arranging tips.

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Jimi Hendrix - Signature Licks (Book+CD)

October 7, 2006

Jimi Hendirx - Signature Licks

Jimi Hendrix - Signature Licks (Book+CD)

This book/CD pack offers a unique and thorough examination of twelve of Hendrix’s greatest compositions. Each song segment is presented with all of the guitar parts fully transcribed, plus accompanying audio on CD, as performed by a full band. All solos, as well as complex rhythm parts, are also performed slowly for easier consumption and understanding. Performance notes, outlining chord voicings, scale use, and unusual techniques are included for each song. Songs include: Foxy Lady * Hey Joe * Little Wing * Purple Haze * and more.

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