This cd consists entirely of solo fingerstyle guitar renditions of pieces by the legendary blue note pianistcomposer herbie nichols, and as with nichols music which was nearly always performed in a standard pianobassdrums trio format there is a lot more going on here than the somewhat routine surface suggests. Duck baker is in the process of writing out a substantial part of his vast repertoire, and will be sharing as much as possible here for sale. Often his insights into different genres comes from his experience as a musician. Acoustic fingerstyle guitar workshop bookcddvd set mel. Shop and buy mickey bakers complete course in jazz guitar. Bert weedons famousnotorious play in a day, which every brit rock guitarist learned from because. Presents a variety of challenging exercises and arrangements for both right and left hands, as well as each finger. Duck bakers guitar aerobics, presents a variety of amazing and challenging exercises and arrangements. Not the first time acoustic guitar duck baker youtube. Duck baker is a versatile guitarist who has a fantastic knowledge of american styles of fingerpicking guitar. Duck bakers understanding of the jazz tradition and improvisation makes this lesson especially challenging, informative and exciting. If you ever have the chance to see him play, do so he has a really sophisticated style with many ideas and licks you wont see anywhere else. The solos are intermediate to advanced in difficulty and successfully capture the earthy myriad of influences comprising classic american blues guitar stylings.
Both your right and left hands, as well as each finger, will receive a complete workout. Duck bakers fingerstyle blues guitar 101 paperback august 7, 2015 by duck baker author 4. His repertoire ranges from traditional irish music through oldtime mountain music and bluegrass to blues, gospel, and ragtime to swing and modern jazz, to free improvisation, and while he is best known in the guitar world, he has made a reputation in. Click here to view the ty ftb 2019 duck book counselor resource manual taxaide special print forms for ty2019. Fingerstyle guitar player duck baker stopped off at the duke of yorks picturehouse as part of his roots and branches of american music tour.
Duck baker guitar aerobics dvd exercises for the advanced contemporary and the traditional fingerpicking guitarist. Guitar legend duck baker joins us this week to talk about his new compilation, les blues du richmond. The traditional folksong the wreck of the old 97 and ducks original composition, holding pattern, are used to illustrate various right hand. Albums include 156 strings nineteen totally original acoustic guitarists, art of fingerstyle jazz guitar, and outside. I have had so great time listening you playing and commenting mother on all stretchs and so on. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Nichols compositions have their own sort of ambiguous, hardtopindown. Ashley mark publishing company at sheet music plus. Presents a variety of challenging exercises and arrangements for both right and left hands as well as each finger. Acoustic guitar tabs solos, tab books, instruction dvds.
Duck baker fingerstyle blues guitar 101 slideshare. From the former editor of guitar one magazine, here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned. Acoustic fingerstyle guitar workshop bookcddvd set mel bay publications, inc. The mickey baker book was the only tutor for jazz guitar on 1976 or so in pori, finland. The trio leans heavily on bakers original writing, which has been praised and recorded by such guitarists as john renbourn and leo kottke. Listen to your favorite songs from spinning song duck baker plays the music of herbie nichols by duck baker now. Techniques taught include alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar. If youre scratching your head and thinking youve seen the name duck baker in these pages before, well, youre right. Irish, scottish, english and american fiddle tunes for the fingerpicking guitarist. Duck baker plays the roots and branches of american music. Im confident that any guitarist from late beginner to intermediate will find their guitar skills improving quickly and steadily if they use it as prescribed. The traditional folksong the wreck of the old 97 and duck. Duck baker guitar tab books, instruction dvds, solos.
Although baker doesnt do many solo concerts anymore, the preachers son continues the thread that runs through so many of his recordings. I learned out of books, pretty much completely, as a beginner. The traditional folksong the wreck of the old 97 and ducks original composition, holding pattern are used to illustrate various right hand picking ideas. Spinning song duck baker plays the music of herbie nichols. Since september 2009 duck has contributed to every issue of the absolute sound, the scope of his interests making for memorable writing in both the jazz and rock sections. Duck bakers guitar aerobics presents a variety of amazing and challenging exercises and arrangements.
Baker is one of those rare musicians who doesnt draw upon the repertoire of his chosen instrument for musical raw material, but rather finds ideas in the broader musical stream, and shapes them to the sensibilities of the guitar. A detailed tabmusic instructional booklet is included as a pdf file on the dvd. Listen to your favorite songs from the art of fingerstyle jazz guitar by duck baker now. The duck song by bryant oden meet your next favorite book. The wreck of the old 97 and holding pattern are used to illustrate right hand picking ideas. A determined duck pleads for grapes at the most unlikely of places. Dates for ty 2019 are jan, 14, 15 for new volunteers.
Richard royall duck baker iv born july 30, 1949 is an american acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who plays in a variety of styles. Duck baker teaches an aerobics class for guitar players. Duck baker guitar tab books, instructional dvds, solos, arrangements, transcriptions, tablature, sheet music, video lessons. When i began learning guitar uk, 1965, i never saw the mickey baker books and would have regarded them as too advanced anyway, probably and i wasnt into jazz then. When baker performs live these days, it is in the jazztrio format with clarinetist ward and bassist edwards, which brings us to deja vouty fulica. Duck bakers guitar aerobics, presents a variety of amazing and challenging. Boxed, technique, theory and reference, contemporary. Duck baker fingerstyle blues guitar 101 linkedin slideshare.
He has also authored 12 music books and a similar number of instructional videos. The art of fingerstyle jazz guitar by duck baker on amazon. I have always felt that as important as scale and technique drills are, they can by themselves be very tedious to pra. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and. The album features both the early instrumental demo recordings that landed him on kicking mule records as well as some lesserheard tracks that he recorded in london in the late 70s. Chords, scales, keys and turnarounds for the blues are taught in this method book. Duck bakers guitar aerobics presents a variety of amazing and challenging.
Duck baker discography of commercially released recordings. A collection of 12 great acoustic blues guitar solos by duck baker in notation and tablature. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Stream kid on the mountain by duck baker on amazon music. The duck baker trio is duck baker guitar alex ward clarinet and joe williamson bass this cd marks ducks first record leading a modern jazz group in a career stretching back over 30 years.
Listen to your favorite songs from kid on the mountain by duck baker now. Musical styles include rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk. These exercises will increase speed, and improve dexterity and. He is unique among jazz guitarists in that his repertoire spans the entire history of the music from ragtime through swing to modern masters like thelonious monk and herbie nichols to free improvisation. This third lesson in duck bakers fingerstyle jazz guitar series teaches two great standards, sweet georgia brown and georgia on my mind. Neither book is for beginners and both books require a considerable amount of discipline to get the best from. The exception sheet print on pink paper the activity log.
Mandolinist massimo gatti also joined for duets with four of the guitarists. The solos are in varied guitar tunings and are presented in notation and tablature. Guitar aerobics concludes with right hand slapping techniques and the tune the dirtman cometh. I ran out of space whilst recording so it is a verse or so short but i think ducks solo is well worth posting this. Duck baker is one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation. For each day of the year, guitar aerobics gives a short exercise with a few instructions from the author. He also wrote a book of fiddle tune arrangements and toured incessantly. Legendary acoustic fingerstyle master duck baker presents a variety of challenging exercises and arrangements for both right and left hands, as well as each finger. Duck baker has been a seminal figure and influence in the bringing of irish traditional music to the guitar. Baker iv in washington, dc in 1949 and grew up in richmond, virginia. Mel bay fingerstyle technic is a collection of 34 original compositions designed to enhance important elements of fingerpicking guitar technique. Duck bakers fingerstyle blues guitar 101 paperback 7 aug. The story and song in this comical, musical picture book will delight both adults and children, who can play the song aloud with the touch of a button on the cover while learning important lessons about persistence and. Mel bay duck bakers guitar aerobics, presents a variety of amazing and challenging exercises and arrangements.
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