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(Guitar Educational). Experience must-know music knowledge and wisdom through the highly focused lens of legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. This full-color instructional book written by Vai himself features in-depth discussions of the music theory fundamentals that every aspiring (and veteran) guitar player should know, packed with practical exercises, diagrams, tips, inspiring ideas and concepts, practice methods, and ways of looking at music that you may have never considered. Topics covered include: academic vs. experiential learning * reading and writing music * key signatures * chord scales * rhythm basics * guitar harmonics * modes * and much more.
(Guitar Educational). Steve Vai reveals his path to virtuoso enlightenment with two challenging guitar workouts, which include scale and chord exercises, ear training, sight-reading, music theory and much more. These comprehensive workouts are reprinted by permission from Guitar World magazine.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). 24 note-for-note transcriptions spanning Vai's career, including: The Attitude Song * The Audience Is Listening * Bad Horsie * Big Trouble * Building the Church * The Crying Machine * Die to Live * Eugene's Trick Bag * For the Love of God * Gravity Storm * Hand on Heart * Head Cuttin' Duel * I Would Love To * Jibboom * Juice * K'm-Pee-Du-Wee * Lotus Feet * Now We Run * The Story of Light * Tender Surrender * Touching Tongues * Viv Woman * Whispering a Prayer * Yankee Rose.
When progressive rock band King Crimson released Starless and Bible Black in 1974, very few recognized the astonishing virtuosity captured in the album's 11-minute instrumental capstone, "Fracture." Three minutes into the piece, guitarist Robert Fripp begins playing a quiet, non-stop barrage of notes called a "moto perpetuo," an Italian term for "perpetual motion." Fripp's moto perpetuo requires intense right-hand string-skipping, and picking capabilities only a handful of guitarists around the world possess. Musician Anthony Garone was challenged by his father to learn Fracture in 1998. As a 16-year-old who practiced six or more hours every day, he could not understand why he could play oth...
(Guitar Recorded Versions). From one of the world's truly great guitarists, this book is a matching folio to his acclaimed solo album - all edited by Steve himself! Complete with color photos and an introduction by Steve. Includes 14 songs: Liberty * The Animal * For the Love of God * I Would Love To * and more. Also includes complete drum transcriptions for 'Liberty' and 'Answers.' A must for any Vai fan!
(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio is available online for download or streaming, and it is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 8 songs: The Attitude Song * The Crying Machine * Die to Live * For the Love of God * I Would Love To * Sunshine Electric Raindrops * Tender Surrender * Touching Tongues.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). On this album that the All Music Guide calls "an amazing exhibition of six-string talent," guitar virtuoso Steve Vai pays tribute to his mentor Frank Zappa on the song "Frank" and to Stevie Ray Vaughan on "Jibboom." This songbook also includes a special color section of photos and illustrations, and 11 more songs from the CD transcribed in notes & tab: Asian Sky * The Blood & Tears * Fever Dream * Here I Am * I'll Be Around * Lucky Charms * Oooo * The Silent Within * The Ultra Zone * Voodoo Acid * Windows to the Soul.
Recounts the career of the rock music performer.
In The New Guitarscape, Kevin Dawe argues for a re-assessment of guitar studies in the light of more recent musical, social, cultural and technological developments that have taken place around the instrument. The author considers that a detailed study of the guitar in both contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives is now absolutely essential and that such a study must also include discussion of a wide range of theoretical issues, literature, musical cultures and technologies as they come to bear upon the instrument. Dawe presents a synthesis of previous work on the guitar, but also expands the terms by which the guitar might be studied. Moreover, in order to understand the properties and...
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Exact note-for-note transcriptions of Steve's playing on 13 tracks from this 2016 release. Based on song sketches and works-in-progress penned and recorded by Vai following the release of Flex-Able in January 1984, the music on Modern Primitive has been completed by Steve for release as a full album bonus disc in the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition. 13 tracks, including: And We Are One * Dark Matter * Lights Are On * Mighty Messengers * Never Forever * No Pockets * Pink and Blows Over: Part I * Upanishads * and more.