Fiddle Tab Holiday Classics 30-holiday classics for violin/fiddle with big letter notes and easy read tablature. How to read tab and fingerboard charts included. Also, guitar chords and lyrics to sing along. Perfect for beginners and the visually impaired. Tune list: All Through the Night, Angels We Have Heard On High, Auld Lang Syne, Away in a Manger, Boar’s Head Carol, Coventry Carol, Deck the Halls, The First Noel, Go Tell it on the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Here Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song), I Saw Three Ships, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Joy to the World, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis), O Come O Come Emmanuel, O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Up On the Houstop, We Three Kings of Orient Are, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Wexford Carol, What Child Is This?

Can't read music? Try Fiddle Tab. Fiddle Tab is a fun and easy way to learn traditional fiddle tunes with large, easy-to-read big notes with letters inside. Use the fiddle fingerboard tab charts or just read the big letter notes to learn tunes fast. Thirty of the most requested traditional tunes in a single collection. Bowing exercises, scales, numerous fingerboard arpeggio charts, and guitar chords also included. Tablature or "tab" is a fun way to get a quick start on the violin. Fiddle tab is a straightforward shorthand system of showing what notes to play. Once you learn how to read tab, you will be amazed at how fast you can learn a few simple tunes and build your confidence. Fiddle tab works in the first position where most traditional and Celtic fiddle tunes are played. If you do not intend to learn Paganini, then you should be fine with fiddle tab for a while. As you progress, you will eventually need to learn the "legit" way of reading music.

Take your blues mandolin playing to the next level with the Mandolin Blues Book. A collection of 101 blues riffs and solos ideal for all mandolinists looking to get a good grasp of jamming the blues. The book covers all the essential tools needed to play blues mandolin. Start by learning the 40 stylistic riffs and 25 one and two bar blues riffs in multiple keys, then move on to the longer 12 bar blues rhythm riffs and extended solos. Most of the longer rhythm riffs and solos follow the standard 12 bar blues form, so they are readily applicable to the many mandolin playing styles, including country, rock, jazz, and bluegrass, to name a few. To further deepen your mandolin skills, study the major, minor and blues scales and arpeggios as well as the library of mandolin chords and blues chord progressions in all 12 keys. No book covers everything, but with some practice, you will be ready to take your mandolin, jam the blues with confidence, and show off your new skills. Audio and Video online: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/mandolin-blues-book/

Want to learn some classical masterpieces on the violin fast? Try violin tab. An easy way for you to get playing your violin quickly. Each of the 30 classical masterpieces is in 1st Position with violin tablature, notes, bowings and articulations. Scales, exercises and arpeggios are also included with tablature to improve your violin technique. First, learn how to read the violin tablature (tab) in a few minutes, pick a piece you want to learn then listen and mimic the online audio and video. Excellent for beginner players. Arranged by composer Brent Robitaille and recorded by master violinist Jonathon Garabedian.

The Open D Guitar Christmas Songbook The Open D (DADF#AD) Guitar Tuning Christmas Songbook has thirty of the most loved holiday favourites arranged for beginner to intermediate guitarists. Each song is shown in lead sheet format, meaning the melody in tablature and notes, chords and chord diagrams and lyrics for each song. There are also 30 fingerstyle arrangements of each song for players looking for a fuller-sounding chord melody with chords and melody together. Also included a useful 40+ page bonus reference section for players wishing to expand their Open D knowledge. This reference section includes a chord library of the most common guitar chords, strumming and fingerpicking patterns, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams in every key, and a collection of Open D scales and scale patterns to warm-up your fingers. Audio tracks at: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/the-open-d-guitar-christmas-songbook/

The Ukulele Christmas Songbook has thirty of the most loved holiday favorites arranged for beginner to intermediate ukulelists. Each song is shown in lead sheet format, meaning the melody, lyrics, and chords are included. The melodies have both ukulele tablature and notation, and each song includes chord diagrams showing the finger placement. Twenty songs have a more advanced fingerstyle arrangement for players looking for a fuller-sounding chord melody with chords and melody together. There is also a useful 30+ page ukulele reference section for players wishing to expand their ukulele knowledge. This reference section includes a chord library of the most common ukulele chords, strumming and fingerpicking patterns, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams in every key, and a collection of ukulele scales and scale patterns to warm-up your fingers.

The Resonator Guitar Celtic Book Dobro-Lap Steel Open G Tuning (GBDGBD) The Resonator Guitar may not be the first instrument that springs to mind when playing Celtic music, but as it turns out, the resonator is an excellent choice despite its challenges. What can be more expressive than a lovely slide and vibrato on a beautiful Celtic Air? The human voice comes to mind, with the resonator a close second with its non-fretted glissandos and steel on steel. In this book, you have 40 tunes arranged in Open G (GBDGBD) to sink your tone bar into. A good selection of the most popular session tunes, including jigs, reels, hornpipes, waltzes, slip-jigs, and polkas. There are some excellent exercises to perfect your muting, slide and intonation techniques, major, minor, and modal scales, arpeggios, and valuable tips for playing Celtic music. 120 pages. Audio tracks online: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/resonator-guitar-celtic-book/

In The Jazz Guitar Looper Pedal Book, much time was taken to add essential looper techniques, theory, reference charts, riffs, chords, scales, arpeggios, tips, and more. So, this book is great for your looper and for learning and improving your jazz playing in general. • Practice jazz guitar with the aid of a looper pedal. • Learn how to create layered loops step by step. • Hundreds of riffs and essential theory tips. • Technique, scales, chords and valuable charts. • Extensive accompanying audio and video online (https://brentrobitaille.com/product/jazz-guitar-looper-pedal-book/) • Jam-packed book with 221 pages.

In The Pop Rock Guitar Looper Pedal Book, you will learn how to use your looper pedal and also improve your pop/rock guitar playing. There are 30 practice loops from 2 to 16 bars long divided into five separate loops or parts. The five parts are: riffs or melody, bass, chords, rhythm, and an extra optional part to enhance the overall loop. The book also covers a wide variety of instructional materials including looping and improvising tips, pop and rock chord progressions, scales and fingerboard charts, plus much more. Take your guitar playing to the next level and become a looper pro!

Is There A Faster Way To Learn Guitar Chords? Learn your first 99+ guitar chords quickly using Brent's visual system tried and tested with thousands of students. Designed for the complete beginner to intermediate level guitar players of any age. The chords you will learn are the most frequently played chords in pop, country, folk, and rock guitar playing. Start off learning the 16 easy 1, 2, and 3 finger chords, then move on to the 12 essential chords all guitarists must know. Make sure to take all the visual quizzes to help memorize these important chord shapes! Next comes 35 more commonly used chords, followed by the 16 sharps and flats chords. After you have a good grasp of these chords, you can start to focus on playing barre chords. Brent has included 7 tips to master barre chords with accompanying exercises. If you are into rock music, work on the 4 main power chords with some great little song patterns. Then on to the 8 moveable chords that you can transpose up and down the guitar neck. Also, three of the most important charts you will ever need are included: the major key chart showing the chords in each key (which is great for learning or writing your own songs); a handy capo chart to help you transpose to any key; the all-important guitar fingerboard charts, so you know where you are going. As an added bonus, there are three different printable blank guitar chord charts to add more chords to your repertoire or just write down your favourite songs. The Beginner Guitar Chord Book will you get jamming in no time. Check out Brent's website for the accompanying video and audio tracks, plus a good selection of guitar books and free lessons.