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Rockabilly Guitar Tabs And Lessons

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Published: July 27, 2007

With all of the different genres of music out there, it is always exciting to hear a combination of two or more that create a new sound. One such popular sound is that of the rockabilly guitar. Rockabilly is a blend of country music, rhythm and blues, punk, pop-rock and rock and roll. The rockabilly guitar was an instrument first introduced in the 1950s and has remained on the music scene to this day in a variety of different music genres.
The rockabilly guitar is actually the most important element in rockabilly music besides the singer, and it is also the easiest instrument to identify. The rockabilly guitar is usually responsible for maintaining the melody of a song. A lot of songs featuring the rockabilly guitar usually include a rockabilly guitar solo which allows the musician to show off his or her string-plucking skills.
The rockabilly guitar is an enjoyable instrument to play, as long as the guitarist is playing the right music. One place for good rockabilly guitar tabs is the Rockabilly Guitar Bible, available on sheetmusicplus.com. The Rockabilly Guitar Bible features 31 tabs from some of the greatest Rockabilly guitar players in history such Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and the Stray Cats. In addition to the rockabilly guitar tabs, the book contains diagrams and names for guitar chords, standard notation lyrics and the vocal melody that go along with each tab. The Rockabilly Guitar Bible is a great book for anyone interested in polishing up their Rockabilly guitar skills to some of the songs that made it popular in the first place. The price is not bad either; the book costs $19.95.
The Rockabilly guitar, more commonly known as the acoustic upright bass, is the main attraction to the Rockabilly sound. The style of Rockabilly music that focuses its attention on the rockabilly guitar is the slap bass style. Slap bass is a style where the musician combines the sounds of plucking the bottom notes, and the sound of the palm slapping against the guitar's fingerboard.
One of the big names in the world of Rockabilly guitar and slap bass is Lee Rocker. Luckily for people out there who want to learn to play like Lee does, he has created a DVD designed to teach people how to master the art of the slap bass style. Along with the slap bass instructions by Lee are performances by Big Blue of songs such as Going to Kansas City and Big Blue Train all packed into the 60 minutes of this video. Almost thirty dollars, the tape is a small price to pay to be able to pick up a guitar and impress a room of people.
Of course learning how to play the Rockabilly guitar is not just something that happens overnight. It takes time, effort and lessons, which is where the Rockabilly guitar school comes in handy. Although one could browse the phone book and call around hoping to find someone who gives lessons in rockabilly guitar, why bother with all that extra work? At www.grahamfraser-productions.co.uk, a person can buy the lessons online and watch the lessons right on their computer screen. The Rockabilly guitar school features lessons in flat-picking, chord substitution, as well as free chord and scale finders, just to name a few.
It is no secret the Rockabilly guitar is an impressive instrument, so the same obviously goes for anyone who can master the art of it. The Rockabilly guitar has withstood the test of time to be integrated into many different genres of music today, all the while maintaining that unique rhythm that captured the attention of music lovers everywhere when it first appeared on the music scene. There is a reason the pioneers of rockabilly music are considered musical legends, and some like to think the Rockabilly guitar has something to do with that.


Sources:
"Rockabilly Guitar." 2005. RockabillyHairstyle.com. 20 July 2007. http://www.rockabillyhairstyle.com/new2/guitar.htm l
"Rockabilly Slap Bass." 2001. Homespun Tapes. 20 July 2007. http://www.homespuntapes.com/staticsite/prodpg534. asp
"Rockabilly Guitar Bible." Sheet Music Plus. 20 July 2007. http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/pages.html?cart=3393 4342376648350&target=smp_detail.html%26sku%3DH />"Guitar Tuition from Graham Fraser Production." 2005. Graham Fraser Production. 20 July 2007. http://www.grahamfraser-productions.co.uk/online_s chool_pre.shtml
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