The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies to more challenging exercises that are designed to satisfy players of all levels. Additionally, new players can dive into the basics of guitar and accessory selection. Whether you prefer the cool sounds of the acoustic or the edgier tones of the electric, your guitar will get a lot of use as you play your way through the lessons presented in this integral book. But your journey doesn't stop at the last page! With an updated multimedia component, you have access to more than 80 online videos and 35 audio tracks that help build your talent. Play along with online videos and audio tracks to develop and reinforce your new skills Tune your guitar, change strings, and make simple repairs to keep your instrument in working order Choose the right guitar and equipment for your needs Explore numerous musical styles, including rock, blues, jazz, and country Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition guides you in the development of your strumming talent—and who knows where that can take you!
A one-stop resource to the essentials of owning and playing the guitar If you’ve just bought a guitar, or you’ve had one for a while, you probably know it takes some time and effort to learn how to play the popular instrument. There’s so much to know about owning, maintaining, and playing a guitar. Where do you even begin? In Guitar All-in-One For Dummies, a team of expert guitarists and music teachers shows you the essentials you need to know about owning and playing a guitar. From picking your first notes to exploring music theory and composition, maintaining your gear, and diving into the specifics of genres like blues and rock, this book is a comprehensive and practical goldmine of indispensable info. Created for the budding guitarist who wants all their lessons and advice in one place, the book will show you how to: Maintain, tune, and string your guitar, as well as decipher music notation and guitar tablature Understand guitar theory, sounds and techniques to help you learn new songs and add your style to classic tunes Practice several popular genres of guitar music, including blues, rock, and classical Access accompanying online video and audio instructional resources that demonstrate the lessons you find in the book Perfect for guitar players at any skill level, Guitar All-in-One For Dummies is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to get the most out of their own guitar and make great music.
(Bass). Here's everything bassists need to play a nice cross-section of classic rock hits, from Free's "All Right Now," to War's "Low Rider" to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." Includes handy performance notes that will show you exactly how to play all 38 full songs. In reading the transcriptions and tab, you'll learn essential bass techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and more all in plain English. Also features background information on each song and band, for a bit of fun rock 'n' roll trivia!
Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. He identifies a “global style” of architecture—as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano—analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies. More than any art, today’s global style conveys both the dreams and delusions of modernity. Foster demonstrates that a study of the “art-architecture complex” provides invaluable insight into broader social and economic trajectories in urgent need of analysis.
In this book, shoe enthusiast Hal Peterson takes an in-depth look at the history, significance, and magic of “Chucks.” Originally a rubber shoe company, Converse rolled out the canvas All Star in 1917, nicknamed “Chucks” for the basketball hall-of-famer, Charles “Chuck” Taylor, who was a lifelong promoter. The shoe quickly became a phenomenon that has lasted for nearly a century with a fanbase that has varied greatly. Though they have a simple, classic style, the many shoes photographed here make clear that true believers always find ways to individualize their favorite footwear, even though black was the only color available for almost fifty years. Peterson explores trends in everything from lace styles to color schemes and highlights Converse’s feature that allows you to “design your own.” He also takes a look at the social importance of Chucks: appearing in sports, rock and roll, movies, and art, they are known as one of the most iconic examples of twentieth-century footwear design. What is it about this sneaker that makes it so culturally pervasive? With help from Converse-wearers, we’ll find the answers.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). This series includes performance notes and accurate tab for the greatest songs of every genre. From the essential gear, recording techniques and historical information, to the right- and left-hand techniques and other playing tips it's all here! Master 25 blues tunes, including: Baby, Scratch My Back * Down Home Blues * Going Down * I'm Yours and I'm Hers * Reconsider Baby * Right Place, Wrong Time * Shelter Me * Sweet Sixteen * Texas Flood * and more.
Examining the connection between baseball and our society as a whole, How Baseball Explains America is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind journey through America's pastime. Longtime USA TODAY baseball editor and columnist Hal Bodley explores just how essential baseball is to understanding the American experience. He takes readers into the Oval Office with George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton as the former presidents share their thoughts on the game, he looks at the changes that America's Greatest Generation ushered in, as well as examining baseball's struggle with performance enhancing drugs alongside America's war on drugs. An unabashedly celebratory explanation of America's love affair with baseball and the men who make it possible, this work sheds light on topics such as the role Jackie Robinson's signing with the Dodgers played in the civil rights movement, how baseball's westward expansion mirrored the growth of our national economy, labor strife, baseball families, the international explosion of the game, and even the myriad ways in which movies, music, and baseball are intrinsically tied. It is a must read for anyone interested in more fully understanding not only the game but also the nation in which it thrives.
(Guitar Collection). Guitar World picked 'em, and now you can play 'em thanks to this collection of 100 must-know guitar leads transcribed note for note! This unique book also includes insightful background and performance notes for more than 40 of the best solos. Songs include: Alive * All Along the Watchtower * Aqualung * Bohemian Rhapsody * Cliffs of Dover * Crazy Train * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Eruption * Get the Funk Out * Hotel California * Layla * Little Red Corvette * Money * November Rain * One * Pride and Joy * Sharp Dressed Man * Smells like Teen Spirit * Stairway to Heaven * Star Spangled Banner (Instrumental) * Sultans of Swing * Sweet Child O' Mine * Sympathy for the Devil * Walk This Way * While My Guitar Gently Weeps * Won't Get Fooled Again * Working Man * You Shook Me All Night Long * and more.
For more than six decades, Rock 'n' Roll music has been a voice of youth. This uniquely American style of music has had an enormous impact on the fashion, lifestyles, and attitudes of young people, both in the United States and elsewhere around the world. During the 1960s, rock music helped to change attitudes toward civil rights for African Americans. In the 1980s, rock helped to subvert the governments of the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc satellites, leading to the collapse of Communism. Major rock concert events like the Concert for Bangladesh (1971), Live Aid (1985), and Live 8 (2005) have raised awareness, and money, for worthwhile causes. Rock 'n' Roll music continues to evolve, as well as to influence self-expression in young people today.
(Easy Guitar). This series provides an unplugged and pared-down approach to your favorite songs just the chords and the lyrics, with nothing fancy. These 38 easy-to-play arrangements use just five chords, so they are perfect for aspiring musicians as well as pros! Includes: Blowin' in the Wind * Brown Eyed Girl * Eve of Destruction * Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Hang On Sloopy * Hey Joe * Iris * Lights * Maggie May * Sunshine on My Shoulders * Sweet Child o' Mine * Walk on the Wild Side * and more.
(Guitar Collection). A great collection of 50 "standards" that you really need to know if you want to call yourself a guitarist! Includes: All Along the Watchtower * Beat It * Born to Be Wild * Brown Eyed Girl * Cocaine * Communication Breakdown * Detroit Rock City * Hallelujah * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction * Iron Man * Oh, Pretty Woman * Peter Gunn * Pride and Joy * Seven Nation Army * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Smells like Teen Spirit * Smoke on the Water * Sunshine of Your Love * When I Come Around * Wild Thing * You Really Got Me * and more.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). The name says it all: the 50 best as decided by the experts at Guitar World magazine transcribed for guitar note-for-note. Includes: All Along the Watchtower * All Day and All of the Night * Barracuda * Bohemian Rhapsody * Carry on Wayward Son * Crazy Train * Detroit Rock City * Enter Sandman * Free Bird * Highway to Hell * Hotel California * Iron Man * Layla * Misirlou * Pride and Joy * School's Out * Smells like Teen Spirit * Smoke on the Water * Sweet Child O' Mine * Tush * Welcome to the Jungle * You Really Got Me * and more.
The estimated cost of drug abuse in the United States exceeds 190 billion dollars, and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence estimates that 20 million Americans ages 12 or older have used an illegal drug in the past 30 days. This timely book explores the issue of drug abuse. Readers are provided with balanced and thoughtful information on related topics such as how drugs affect behavior and the brain, how drug abuse affects society, and whether drugs should be legalized or not.
(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book with audio will teach you the basic skills you need to play smooth jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio features many of the examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band. Specifically, you'll learn: scales and chords, harmony and voicings, progressions and comping, rhythmic concepts, melodies and soloing, characteristic stylings, the history of jazz, and more. THE HAL LEONARD KEYBOARD STYLE SERIES provides focused lessons that contain valuable how-to insight, essential playing tips, and beneficial information for all players. Comprehensive treatment is given to each subject, complete with a companion audio.
(Guitar Educational). More than 75 heavy metal instructional guitar columns from the pages of Guitar World magazine! The ultimate collection of teachings from some of the most respected giants of the metal universe, including Dimebag Darrell, Kerry King, Slash, Marty Friedman, and more! Topics covered include: using chord slides to add aggression to a riff with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine; using string skipping to break out of your comfort zone with Metallica's Kirk Hammett; harmonic screams with Pantera's Dimebag Darrell; the proper way to play "Paranoid" with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi; pre-gig warm-up strategies with Slash; using strummed octaves to create a haunting vibe with Testament's Eric Peterson; and more!
(Guitar). How to Play Blues Guitar gives you vital instruction in blues basics from top guitar teachers and reveals the screts of blues greats, often in their own words. Packed with musical examples, charts, and photos, this is your complete step-by-step course for learning acoustic or electric blues guitar. In-depth lessons with pros like Andy Ellis, Jesse Gress, and Arlen Roth teach you to build your own style while exploring the music of traditional bluesmen and modern stars. You'll learn the styles of B.B. King, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Albert collins, Michael Bloomfield, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Robben Ford, and more.
(Guitar Tab Method). Here are 10 hit songs tabbed for beginning guitarists to play while they are working through the Hal Leonard Bass Tab Method, or any other guitar method. The audio tracks feature both examples of how the guitar should sound, and full-band backing tracks so students can play the lead! The songs include: Beverly Hills * Born Under a Bad Sign * Brown Eyed Girl * Crazy Train * Hey Joe * I Won't Back Down * Smoke on the Water * Stir It Up * Use Somebody * You Are the Sunshine of My Life.
Un-Agoraphobic offers a comprehensive, step-by-step self-help program for overcoming agoraphobia and panic attacks. Since overcoming his own disorder twenty years ago, Mathew has been leading support groups and recovery programs for people with agoraphobia. He understands what agoraphobes need and how to deliver it. No one knows exactly what causes agoraphobia or panic attacks, but it clearly involves some misfirings in the brain. The good news is that recent neuroscience research suggests the brain is retrainable?at any age.The basis for any recovery plan for anxiety disorders is a highly structured approach each day. Mathew provides a daily schedule that lays out a clear set of steps and considerations for conquering this affliction, including: writing every day -- cultivating present-moment thinking -- taking a new approach to food and eating -- choosing a therapist starting a peer support group -- using visualization techniques specifically designed for overcoming anxiety and panic taking medications, if appropriate -- dealing with children, spouse, parents, friends, coworkers, teachers, bosses, and more -- taking your first trip out of the house Mathew includes FAQs, general survival tips, and a special chapter on tips for spouses and loved ones. Un-Agoraphobic is candid, funny, prescriptive, and spot on for panic disorders - by an author with a lot of life experience under his belt"--
(Easy Guitar). VH1 sent ballots to over 700 musicians, songwriters, disc jockeys and radio programmers and asked them to vote on the 100 greatest songs of rock and roll. The results were shown in a much-publicized feature, and selections from that show are here in this awesome collection of the best and most influential rock songs of all time! Songs are arranged by their ranking with artists listed, and include: All Along the Watchtower * American Pie * Blowin' in the Wind * Born to Run * California Dreamin' * Fire and Rain * Good Vibrations * Hey Jude * Hotel California * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * Imagine * In the Midnight Hour * Jump * Layla * Light My Fire * Like a Rolling Stone * London Calling * Louie, Louie * Maggie May * My Generation * No Woman No Cry * Proud Mary * Respect * Roxanne * Smells like Teen Spirit * Stand by Me * Start Me Up * Tangled Up in Blue * Walk This Way * We Are the Champions * Wild Thing * Yesterday * and more.
(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 case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. This volume features: Catfish Blues (Jimi Hendrix) * Dirty Pool (Stevie Ray Vaughan) * Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong (Albert King) * Five Long Years (Eric Clapton) * Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Freddie King) * (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) (T-Bone Walker) * The Things That I Used to Do (Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) * Three Hours Past Midnight (Johnny "Guitar" Watson).
(Guitar Recorded Versions). This second edition features 30 great guitar-driven rock anthems, including: Aqualung * Back in Black * Born to Be Wild * Crazy Train * Day Tripper * Hey Joe * Iron Man * Layla * Mississippi Queen * Smells like Teen Spirit * Smoke on the Water * Start Me Up * Sweet Child O' Mine * Sweet Home Alabama * Walk This Way * and more.
(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 case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. 8 songs: Changes * The Lemon Song * Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo * Snortin' Whiskey * Still Alive and Well * Too Rolling Stoned * Whipping Post.
(Guitar Collection). This book provides a fun and easy way to learn to play your favorite songs today! It includes music notation, guitar tablature and performance notes for 35 rock 'n' roll hits, including: All Right Now * Born to Be Wild * Brown Eyed Girl * Hey Joe * Money for Nothing * Proud Mary * Rock and Roll All Nite * Rock This Town * Shattered * Smoke on the Water * Summer of '69 * Tush * Walk This Way * What I Like About You * Wild Thing * and more.
(Guitar Collection). If you're looking to expand your guitar chops into the blues, this is the collection for you! Includes easy guitar arrangements for 50 songs in notes and tab with lyrics: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Bad to the Bone * Born Under a Bad Sign * Dust My Broom * Hoodoo Man Blues * I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man * Little Red Rooster * Messin' with the Kid * Pride and Joy * Still Got the Blues * The Thrill Is Gone * You Shook Me * and many more.
(Guitar Chord Songbook). Just the chords and lyrics for 80 rock essentials, including: All Along the Watchtower * All the Young Dudes * Bang a Gong (Get It On) * Beast of Burden * Brass in Pocket * Cat Scratch Fever * Changes * Free Ride * Hot Blooded * La Grange * L.A. Woman * Layla * Money * Money for Nothing * Owner of a Lonely Heart * Rhiannon * Ridin' the Storm Out * Rock and Roll All Nite * Smokin' in the Boys Room * Start Me Up * Stray Cat Strut * The Stroke * Sweet Emotion * Take Me to the River * Walk on the Wild Side * You Shook Me All Night Long * and more.
(Transcribed Horns). Imagine playing the exact parts of some of the most memorable and consequential songs of our time note-for-note, exactly as the legends played them. This unique new series features transcriptions of all the horn parts included on the original recordings with a separate staff for each horn. Perfect for cover bands! The books also include vocal melody lines, complete lyrics, and chord symbols. This volume features 15 jazzy, rockin' gems: And When I Die * Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? * Feelin' Stronger Every Day * Get It On * Honky Cat * The Horse * The Letter * Love Is on the Way * Make Me Smile * Mercy, Mercy, Mercy * Penny Lane * Proud Mary * Shake a Tail Feather * So Very Hard to Go * Subway to Venus.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). This series includes performance notes and accurate tab for the greatest songs of every genre. From the essential gear, recording techniques and historical information, to the right- and left-hand techniques and other playing tips it's all here! Master 25 blues/rock tunes, including: Crossfire * Going Down * Lie to Me * Moonchild * One Way Out * Rock N Roll Susie * True Lies * Twice As Hard * and more.
(Drum Instruction). Get started playing cool drum beats today with this book! If you're a beginning drummer, look no further than this very affordable drumset resource. Each page provides a core drum beat with three drum fill options, plus specific suggestions for popular tunes to try with each beat. Includes audio and video demonstrations tracks online (for download or streaming) for every beat and fill in the book, plus a metronome to help you practice at different tempos. Designed for use with a standard 4-piece drumset, but will also work great for expanded kits as well.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). This series includes performance notes and accurate tab for the greatest songs of every genre. From the essential gear, recording tecchniques and historical information to the right- and left-hand techniques and other playing tips it's all here! Master 25 acoustic tunes, including: Big Yellow Taxi * Cat's in the Cradle * Free Fallin' * Going to California * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Hey There Delilah * I Got a Name * Lola * Ooh La La * The Weight * Wish You Were Here * and more.
Praise for the Previous Edition (0 415 92612 2): ...lively and provocative...this book will teach you something startling on nearly every page... --The New York Times Book Review Like the Emerald City, Las Vegas glitters brightly in the vast Nevada desert, a haven for refugees from ordinary America. A hip, iconic, playground that exports nothing, it nonetheless earns billions from consumer services alone -- gambling, hotels, gaming, and entertainment. It is, historian Hal Rothman argues, the quintessential city of the future. As other cities try to mirror its success and huge, respectable corporations like Coca-Cola invest in a piece of the pie, the very traits that have ostracized Las Vegas in the past -- hedonism, money worship, and permissiveness -- have today made it America's fastest growing urban center. From the gambling-driven, mob-run Sin City of the 1940s to the corporatization of the Strip as a respectable family entertainment center after the 1970s, Las Vegas has shown incredible economic resilience and adaptability. The first full account of America's new dream capital, Neon Metropolis brilliantly shows how Las Vegas gambled on the post-industrial service economy well before the rest of the country knew it was coming, and won.
In the first half of this book, Hal Foster surveys our new 'political economy of design,' exploring the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities. In the second half, he examines the historical relations of modern art and the modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime offers historical sketches and contemporary test-cases in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.
(Guitar Collection). Now that you've had a few lessons you're ready to start learning all the riffs that made you want to learn guitar in the first place! This amazing collection includes the iconic riffs from: All Right Now * Back in Black * Barracuda * Carry on Wayward Son * Come As You Are * Crazy Train * Don't Fear the Reaper * Enter Sandman * Iron Man * Johnny B. Goode * La Bamba * La Grange * Layla * Message in a Bottle * Mission: Impossible Theme * Money for Nothing * Monkey Wrench * Oh, Pretty Woman * Rebel, Rebel * Rhiannon * Seven Nation Army * Smoke on the Water * Sunday Bloody Sunday * Sunshine of Your Love * Sweet Home Alabama * Ticket to Ride * Walk This Way * Working Man * and more!
(Fake Book). This updated edition features a fresh selection of the greatest rock songs of all time so you can have every classic at your fingertips! Includes melody, lyrics and chord diagrams, plus authentically transcribed guitar parts in notes & tab for 200 must-have tunes: Against the Wind * All Right Now * Anarchy in the U.K. * Bark at the Moon * Barracuda * Brown Eyed Girl * Cheap Sunglasses * Clocks * Complicated * Detroit Rock City * Evil Ways * Fortunate Son * Hot Blooded * Jack and Diane * Livin' on a Prayer * Mony, Mony * More Than Words * Photograph * Pour Some Sugar on Me * Refugee * Rock You Like a Hurricane * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Smells Like Teen Spirit * Smooth * The Space Between * Summer of '69 * Take Me to the River * Thriller * Tush * What a Fool Believes * White Wedding * Ziggy Stardust * and scores more!
In this explosive episode, Harold and Arty infiltrate a Haitian Cartel ran by a voodoo practicing "Don" who is ruthless and merciless to his victims and adversaries by using voodoo "magic" on them. Harold becomes a security advisor to the Don, known as "El Barbacoa" or The Barbecue... Their ventures take them to the Haitian-Jamaican controlled environments of both Vancouver and Montreal Canada. In the meantime, Mack Shelton becomes the SAC (Special agent in charge) of the Miami-Dade US Customs office While DEA agent John becomes the SAC of the Seattle-based office. Putting together a joint-operation between Canada and the United States becomes a primary mission in the eradication of the Haitian Don's businesses in both countries...... In the end, the Don of Haiti flees to Argentina in South America in the hopes of evading capture, but does he? Does he survive Harold and Arty's wrath and commitment to kill every Cartel leader they encounter? "A must-read episode in the ongoing war Harold Brandon has declared on the Cartels of the world" Dr. Hal Bradley DD
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 36 favorites from all genres are presented in this energetic collection of piano/vocal/guitar arrangements: Axel F * Brown Eyed Girl * Celebration * Don't Stop Believin' * Groove Is in the Heart * Happy * Imagine * Linus and Lucy * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Piano Man * A Thousand Miles * Walking on Sunshine * Y.M.C.A. * and more.
(Guitar Riffs). Learn guitar riffs from 100 awesome tunes, including: Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love * Barracuda * Crazy Train * Detroit Rock City * Free Ride * Heartbreaker * I Feel Fine * La Grange * Life in the Fast Lane * Message in a Bottle * Paranoid * Pride and Joy * Rebel, Rebel * Revolution * Say It Ain't So * Silent Lucidity * Stairway to Heaven * Talk Dirty to Me * Thunderstruck * Wake up Little Susie * and many more.
When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v. Hauptmann lawsuit (a.k.a. the Lindbergh kidnapping case,) a new wave of fictionalized courtroom programming arose to satiate the public's appetite for legal drama. This book is an alphabetical examination of the nearly 200 shows telecast in the U.S. from 1948 through 2008 involving courtrooms, lawyers and judges, complete with cast and production credits, airdates, detailed synopses and background information. Included are such familiar titles as Perry Mason, Divorce Court, Judge Judy, LA Law, and The Practice, along with such obscure series as They Stand Accused, The Verdict Is Yours Sam Benedict, Trials of O'Brien, and The Law and Mr. Jones. The book includes an introductory overview of law-oriented radio and TV broadcasts from the 1920s to the present, including actual courtroom coverage (or lack of same during those years in which cameras and microphones were forbidden in the courtroom) and historical events within TV's factual and fictional treatment of the legal system. Also included in the introduction is an analysis of the rise and fall of cable's Court TV channel.
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