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On this date in 1970: On the same afternoon, with the same band, and at the same...

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Home > Listening Library > Swing Guitar Essentials (Bk/Cd)

Title: Swing Guitar Essentials (Bk/Cd)
Voicing/Format: Guitar
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp
Catalog #: 00699193
Series: Guitar Educational

Price: $19.99

This comprehensive book/CD pack includes 5 full songs (including Minor Swing and Avalon) and 10 in-depth lessons for players of all levels, taught and recorded (slowly and up to tempo) by the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar magazine. It introduces guitarists to swing's essential styles and pioneering players- from Eddie Lang to Count Basie's rhythm master Freddie Green to Hot Club vi rtuoso Django Reinhardt, and covers topics such as jazz chord basics, movable chord forms, swing soloing, and more. Instructors include Dix Bruce, Hal Glatzer, David Hamburger, John Jorgenson, John Lehmann-Haupt, Tony Marcus, Scott Nygaard and Michael Simmons.

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