Ultimate Play-Along for Guitar has been developed so that the beginner to intermediate level guitarist can practice in different styles along with all-star musicians including Mike Stern on guitar, John Patitucci on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. This book and CDs package contains two CDs: the first disc contains seven complete rhythm tracks with the guitar melodies and solos, and the second CD contains the rhythm tracks minus the guitar. The book features complete transcriptions of all of Mike Stern's guitar parts and solos, as well as tear-out "roadmap" charts for each tune.
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^Ultimate Play-Along for Guitar} has been developed so that the beginner to intermediate level guitarist can practice in different styles along with all-star musicians including Mike Stern on guitar, John Patitucci on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. This book and CDs package contains two CDs: the first disc contains seven complete rhythm tracks with the guitar melodies and solos, and the second CD contains the rhythm tracks minus the guitar. The book features complete transcriptions of all of Mike Stern's guitar parts and solos, as well as tear-out 'roadmap' charts for each tune.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent soloing tool for guitar.,
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This review is from: Ultimate Play-Along for Guitar (Ultimate Play-Along Series) (with 2 CDs) (Paperback)
Mike Stern covers 7 different soloing styles including blues, 8th note, 16th note, 3 variations of jazz and straight ahead rock. Engineering is top notch. Book comes with 2 CD's. One has the full band with Stern's transcribed solos, and the other Cd has just the rhythm section. And what a rhythm section, as a guitarist you get to jam with Dave Weckl on drums and John Pattatuci on bass. A lot of fun, and a very good learning experience.
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This is one of the best playalong packages I've come across. With Dave Weckl on drums, John Patitucci on bass and Mike Stern on guitar, all of whom are truly world class musicians. I'm not a particularly avid fan of Mike Stern, but this is one of those books that every electric guitarist should consider adding to their library. The emphasis is on melody playing and soloing, rather than comping, but there are chord box grids for all of the tunes.
The tunes are generic style examples rather than "real" compositions, but they work great as jam/playalong vehicles. And make no mistake about it, Mike Stern is really playing his *** off on these tunes! The back cover gives the impression that this aimed at the "beginner to intermediate-level guitarist", but there's plenty of stuff to feast on for advanced players as well, in my opinion. The sixteenth-note triplets runs in "Hip Hop (Jazz Funk)" is truly jaw-dropping, but almost equally impressive is the beautiful melodic phrasing of "Pop Ballad". All the solos are transcribed (with tablature), and the transcriptions are very accurate. I think it's deeply unfair that the transcriber hardly ever gets mentioned by name in reviews, but at least this reviewer would like to give mr. Dale Turner credit for his excellent work! My only complaint with the package is the somewhat cheap paper quality. This book deserves better! But in any case you should buy it before it gets out of print, you won't regret it.
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Although this package is for beginning and intermediate players, it is recommended that students have a basic understanding of how to read music (notes, rhythms, chord symbols, etc.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
guitar fills, original chart, guitar solo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Although this package is for beginning and intermediate players, it is recommended that students have a basic understanding of how to read music (notes, rhythms, chord symbols, etc.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
guitar fills, original chart, guitar solo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jimi Hendrix, Swing Feel New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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