Great Country Riffs, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Jon Chappell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1993

The ultimate source for riffs and licks! Covers: rockabilly, bluegrass, country rock, swing, and blues. Features licks in the style of Albert Lee, James Burton, Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, and more. Includes a CD and TAB.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (July 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895247941
• ISBN-13: 978-0895247940
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,218,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Chappell is an author, editor, writer, and guitarist. He started professional life as multi-style guitarist, transcriber and arranger, attending Carnegie-Mellon University where he studied with guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima, and then earning his master's degree in composition from DePaul University.

Jon served as editor-in-chief of Guitar Magazine, and is founder and the first editor-in-chief of Home Recording Magazine. He has played guitar and recorded with Pat Benatar, Judy Collins, Graham Nash, and Robert Cray, and has contributed numerous musical pieces to film and TV. Some of these include "Northern Exposure," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Guiding Light," and the feature film "Bleeding Hearts," directed by actor-dancer Gregory Hines. He is the author of six highly successful books in the Dummies series, including "Blues Guitar for Dummies," "Guitar for Dummies," and "Rock Guitar for Dummies." He has written several books on recording, including "The Recording Guitarist: A Guide for Home and Studio," published by Hal Leonard; "Build Your Own PC Recording Studio" (McGraw-Hill); and "Digital Home Recording" (BackBeat Books). For more info visit www.jonchappell.com.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent tool, May 3, 2000

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I. Lukens (Rhode Island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Country Riffs, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This book is narrowly focused. It presents the notated score and the CD rendition of 28 country music piano riffs. Some of the riffs are several bars long. Some are a page of notation.

It is an intelligently selected collection broken down into: 1) fills and embillishment; 2) turnarounds; 3) tags; 4) comping patterns; and 5) extended breaks. These simplified tools can be elaborated into many different styles including honkey tonk, ballads, gospel etc.. Care has been taken to provide different time signatures and rhythms.

Although many of the riffs are quite simple, they are highly musical.

The recording is clear and well engineered. An extra measure is counted off in the beginning of each selection.

Overall, a very useful book for the beginner, intermediate or accompilished pianist who wants to directly acquire a repetoire of country styles. My only complaint is that I wish there was more.