This series of CDs teaches essential swing guitar repertoire to bluegrass flatpickers. Steve's unique method features three levels: a beginner's version in which he teaches the basic melody; an intermediate arrangement that will give players a solid musical grounding; and finally, a full-blown solo that will challenge any aspiring swing guitarist. Backup tracks make for productive and exciting practice sessions. Tunes: After You've Gone · Back Home Again in Indiana · Blue Moon · Danny Boy · Georgia on My Mind · Honeysuckle Rose · I Got Rhythm · Kansas City Kitty · Lady Be Good · Limehouse Blues · Little Rock Getaway · Minor Swing · Miss Molly · Panhandle Rag · It's Only a Paper Moon · Remington's Ride · Over the Rainbow · Sugar Foot Rag · Summertime · The Sunny Side of the Street. 160-PAGE BOOK WITH 6 CDs · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL ALL

Night Train by Count Basie. Arranged by Roy Philippe. For jazz big band (2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, guitar, piano, bass, drums). Ranges: Trumpet 1 to F6, Trombone 1 to Ab4. Swing. Medium. Score and parts. Published by Jazz Lines Publications (JL.JLP-8898). Roy Phillippe composed this arrangement of Night Train for the Count Basie band to feature tenor saxophone legend Jimmy Forrest. The arrangement was filmed live for the Last of the Blue Devils movie. This chart is not difficult to play. Here is a great opportunity to feature your tenor sax player on a instantly recognizable song.

By Claude Bolling. For guitar, piano, bass and drum set. Transcribed. Big Band and Swing. Difficulty: easy-medium. Set of performance parts. Standard guitar notation (no tablature), standard notation and drum notation. 134 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(The Gypsy Swing As Played By The Masters). For guitar. Classical Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. Swing and Instructional. Instructional book and examples CD. Standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text and illustrations. 59 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Jazzin' Up Your Guitar With Paul Pigat DVD by Martin Simpson. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Swing. Intermediate-Advanced. DVD. Duration 111 minutes. Published by Learn Roots Music (MB.PPDVD03). Jazzin' Up Your Guitar is a fun, accessible introduction to country swing and swing guitar for the intermediate/advanced guitarist. It's a great lesson for any player who wants to "jazz up" their rockabilly, country or blues style guitar playing. In Jazzin' Up Your Guitar, Paul focuses on elements of swing chord rhythm & arpeggio techniques that will soon have you adding lots of new melodies and licks to your guitar playing. Topics covered in this (close to two hour) lesson include: Arpeggios and practice techniques for chords (6ths, Dominant 7ths, 9ths, etc) that will add new colours to your playing; An exploration of the diminished chord and how to apply it to your solos; The iim7 chord; The major and minor pentatonic scales; The blues, combined and chromatic scales; The mixolydian scale; Unusual guitar chord shapes and substitutions; The encircling riff; Double stops; Rhythm and building solos in 12 and 8 bar swing chord progressions; Borrowing from other players and instruments to build a solo; Playing and soloing over the rhythm changes and much more!

Basic Swing Guitar DVD by Dix Bruce. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Grossman-Guitar Workshop. Swing. Beginning-Intermediate. DVD. Duration 84 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop (MB.GW309DVD). Swing and Jump Swing music and dancing has enjoyed a phenomenal popular resurgence in the last few years. both the current and classic bands build their sound on swinging guitar rhythms. In this video lesson, Dix Bruce will teach you all the basics that you need to know in order to play this energetic music: -Moveable chords -How to get that "swing feel" -Right and left hand technique, and much more. You'll learn eight carefully chosen and extremely well-known songs that every swing musician plays. Dix starts you off with easy-to-learn two and three chord songs and gradually works through some of the changes in the keys of G, A minor, F, Bb, and Ab. By the end of the session you'll know swing and jazz chord forms and be able to transpose thousands of songs to any key effortlessly! When you finish with this lesson you will have the confidence and basic tools to play with any swing or jazz band. A detailed tab/music instructinal booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

The Real Easy Book, Volume 3 (C version). For C instruments. A Short History of Jazz. Jazz, Swing. Fake book. 200 pages. Published by Sher Music Company (SR.REB3C). Includes easy, but classic, jazz tunes on one page, and all the things a band director might have to write out for their students on each facing page. Vol. 3 is unique, however, because the tune selection includes 5-10 songs from each historical era of jazz--from Dixieland to Swing to Bebop to Afro-Cuban Jazz, and more. In addition, Vol.3 has an entertaining and informative history text introducing each section, including the musical innovations that happened in each era. All in all, a perfect teaching tool for any jazz educator, as well as just a great fake book!

Edited by Ronny S. Schiff. For Piano, Voice and Guitar with symbols and boxes. Music Sales America. Jazz, Swing. Softcover. 320 pages. Music Sales #AM975535. Published by Music Sales

Come, Now is the Time to Worship by Brian Doerksen. Arranged by Arnold B. Sherman. For brass, guitar, percussion, rhythm. Contemporary. Sacred, Call To Worship, Gathering, Jazz/SwingStyle, Praise & Worship, Contemporary. Rhythm. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C5539R). Utilizing handbells, SATB choir and praise band, Arnold Sherman brings both traditional and contemporary elements together in this dynamic new setting of Brian Doerksen's popular praise and worship song. The combination of these forces in this ring & sing arrangement is the perfect opportunity to bring all of your church musicians together for a powerful worship presentation. The 3-5 octave handbell accompaniment and rhythm parts are optional. The bell setting can be performed alone or with the guitar, bass, drums and alto sax, which are included in the separate Rhythm Parts. The Rehearsal/Performance CD includes two tracks, one of bells and rhythm and the other of just the rhythm that can be used to accompany a bell choir.

Legends of Western Swing Guitar DVD. For Guitar (Flatpicking & Fingerpicking). Concert/Documentary. Vestapol. Western Swing. Intermediate. DVD. Duration 60 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop (MB.13062DVD). This video features legends such as Eldon Shamblin, Billy Dozier, Jim Boyd, Bob Kiser, Muriel "Zeke" Campbell, and others. Includes recent performances from the 80's filmed in color. A 60-minute video.