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Why are most of us so woefully uninformed about our kitchen knives? We are intimidated by our knives when they are sharp, annoyed by them when they are dull, and quietly ashamed that we don't know how to use them with any competence For a species that has been using knives for nearly as long as we have been walking upright, that's a serious problem. An Edge in the Kitchen is the solution, an intelligent and delightful debunking of the mysteries of kitchen knives once and for all. If you can stack blocks, you can cut restaurant-quality diced vegetables. If you can fold a paper airplane, you can sharpen your knives better than many professionals.

Veteran cook Chad Ward provides an in-depth guide to the most important tool in the kitchen, including how to choose the best kitchen knives in your price range, practical tutorials on knife skills, a step-by-step section on sharpening, and more——all illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout. Along the way you will discover what a cow sword is, and why you might want one; why chefs are abandoning their heavy knives in droves; and why the Pinch and the Claw, strange as they may sound, are in fact the best way to make precision vegetable cuts with speed and style.

An Edge in the Kitchen is the one and only guide to the most important tool in the kitchen.

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A turnaround lick is one that is played in the last two bars of of chord progression; for example measures 11-12 in a twelve-bar blues. The 101 authentic blues turnarounds in this book are in the Chicago, or urban, blues style popularized by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, and carried on by Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan; the licks can be applied to thousands of real songs. Each lick is written in notation and tablature, and recorded on the companion CD. The material is suitable for an ambitious beginner, early-intermediate player, blues band guitarist reference, or pro reference. It is an indispensible book filled with useful information. The book is supplemented with lessons/discussions on the following: Typical blues progression; Turnaround licks and progressions (defined); Typical blues turnaround chord progressions; The 12/8 blues shuffle; Creative projects for the music student; Additional blues progressions. Best of all, this innovative Red Dog Music book from veteran author Larry McCabe costs less than one private music lesson! Prospective buyers are encouraged to use the Search Inside Book feature to examine the contents and music pages prior to purchase..
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Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, T-Bone Walker, Johnnie Winter, Albert King, Freddie King, and Chuck Berry are known to all blues fans for their remarkable soloing abilities But the complete blues guitarist must do more than shine in the solo spotlight. And that is why every great soloist is also a great fill-in player.Tasteful fill-in licks support and inspire the singer while adding fire and drive to the performance. For example, Blind Lemon Jeffersons string-snapping fill-ins provided the perfect complement for his rough-hewn blues songs. Both Louis Armstrong and Lester Young seemed to talk to the singer with their finely-crafted, jazzy fill-ins. And Henry Sunflower Vestines stinging, buzzsaw fill-ins never failed to drive his Canned Heat bandmates into a psychedelic frenzy.This book is accompanied by a user-friendly split-track CD allows you to sit in with a professional blues band while you learn to play blues fills behind a great singer, Charles Adkins. The Heat-Seeking Missile Blues Band is heard on the left channel; the fill-in licks are isolated on the right channel.This is not just another book of abstract how do I use these licks in real life? licks, but a collection of solid musical ideas that can be applied to thousands of real songs. Another fine contribution from Red Dog Music Books, designed for the early intermediate-or better guitarist. Some of the licks are accessible to highly motivated near-beginners, and the book is an excellent resource for teachers. Prospective buyers are encouraged to use the Search Inside Book feature to examine the contents and music pages prior to purchase..
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Blues guitar teachers, serious students, and blues band guitarists will all enjoy his large collection of 100% pure blues and boogie solos for guitar. Twenty-five exciting solos are presented here, each played over its own rhythm progression Every solo is transcribed in both standard notation and tablature, and played note for-note with a full band on the professionally recorded companion CD. Each recorded track contains one chorus of rhythm section only, followed by one chorus with the solo played over the rhythm.This book is for the guitarist of early intermediate ability level whose interests include authentic, non-commercial blues music, the good stuff that is seldom heard via mass-market channels such as radio and television.Guitar teachers might use the book to introduce new hand positions, fingerings, chords, and theoretical concepts. Each solo is made up of many interesting phrases (licks) that can be adapted and incorporated into your own style.The solos are relatively challenging, and can be used in blues jams and on stage. Prospective buyers are encouraged to use the Search Inside Book feature to examine the contents and music pages prior to purchase.Another SUPER COOL and USEFUL music book by Larry McCabe and Red Dog Music Books..
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Comb-bound electric slide guitar instruction book and CD.

TAB - STANDARD NOTATION - CD

This superb electric slide book teaches how to play open tuning slide guitar with a blues band and singer. It is the only slide (or bottleneck) guitar instruction book devoted to learning how to play slide behind a blues vocalist.

The term slide guitar refers to a style of playing in which the guitar strings are fretted with a piece of metal, glass or ceramic. Usually, the fretting device is a finger sized cylinder (the slide) that is worn on either the third or fourth finger of the fretting hand. Bottleneck blues guitar players have been known to play bottleneck blues guitar with makeshift items such as knife blades, bones, and spoon handles.

Slide guitar is also known as bottleneck guitar or knife guitar. Slide guitar setup: A guitar used for slide playing is usually tuned to an open chord; the strings are raised at the nut to accommodate the pressure of the slide.

A fill-in is a lead guitar lick played behind a singer. This slide guitar guide teaches 101 authentic slide guitar fill-ins in open E tuning. Songs are presented in a way that makes learning efficient, enjoyable, and pertinent to real music.

For your convenience, all of the songs are performed in open E tuning, allowing you to jam with the entire CD without having to retune. After absorbing the licks, apply them to songs of your own choice.

Songs include standards such as Joe Turner Blues, St. Louis Blues, Sporting Life Blues, House of the Rising Sun, Midnight Special, and several new songs based on standard blues changes.

Supplementary Materials

• Open E Tuning (Diagram)
• The E Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open E (Diagram)
• Tones in the Basic Blues Chords (Diagram)
• Tips for Slide Guitar Players

All this for a low price that is less than the cost of a single private music lesson.

Prerequisite Ability

• Early intermediate and intermediate musicians.

User Profiles

• Serious hobbyist musicians looking for an electric slide guitar book.
• Any guitarist who wants to learn how to play slide guitar.
• Any gigging musician who wants to learn blues slide guitar in more detail.
• Dobro, National Steel, or steel guitar player who desires slide guitar instruction.
• Guitar teachers who teach slide lessons and blues guitar lessons.

Goals and Purposes

• Learn bottleneck guitar licks that can be played in a band.
• Learn basic slide guitar techniques by playing along with a recorded band and singer.
• Improve slide guitar technique.
• Develop more rounded skills as a blues guitarist.
• Study open E tuning.
• Beginning slide guitar book, slide guitar basics for ambitious students.
• Helps an early intermediate understand blues progressions.
• Learn to play tasteful guitar licks behind a singer.

Author-Recommended Supplemental Listening for Slide Guitar Players

The author recommends that guitarists who use this book supplement with listening to as many of the following slide guitar players as possible. Listening to these classic blues slide guitar players will provide unlimited enjoyment and inspiration.

Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Bob Brozman, Ry Cooder, John Fahey, John Hammond, Earl Hooker, Elmore James, Homesick James, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Son House, J.B. Hutto, Leo Kottke, Taj Mahal, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Robert Nighthawk, Bonnie Raitt, Tampa Red,Tom Rush, Hound Dog Taylor, George Thorogood, Derek Trucks, Muddy Waters, Merle Watson, Bukka White, Johnny Winter..
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Another must-have Red Dog Music Book by Larry McCabe. This book contains a goldmine of 101 authentic electric blues rhythm patterns that can be applied to thousands of real songs. Each pattern is recorded note-for-note on the companion CD, and written in standard notation and tablature. Supplemental articles cover blues progressions and rhythm pattern types. The book will help any early-intermediate or intermediate guitarist acquire well-rounded blues rhythm guitar skills. Ideal also for pro reference and teaching studios. It is a book for guitarists who are familiar with, and enthusiasts of, urban blues and other forms of non-commercial music.The patterns are in the urban blues style heard on recordings by artists such as Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, James Cotton, Little Walter, BB King, Albert King, John Hammond, Anson Funderburgh, Hubert Sumlin, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Dixon, R.L. Burnside, Butterfield Blues Band, Otis Spann Charlie Musselwhite, Lonnie Mack, Boozoo Chavis, Ry Cooder, Gatemouth Brown, Freddie King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Lockwood, Lonnie Johnson, and similar musicians who recorded for Chess Records, Delmark Records, Sun Records, Alligator Records, Arhoolie Records and other labels that focus on roots music performers and Afro-American music. Prospective buyers are encouraged to use the Search Inside Book feature to examine the contents and music pages prior to purchase..
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This valuable book is for band musicians who love the exciting sound of riff-driven uptown blues and swing music. Book and CD - Standard Notation - Tablature Technical ability: Early intermediate Application: Hobbyist to professional This unique collection of forty-eight 12-bar riffs provides some great ideas for spicing up the blues songs your band plays. In music, a riff is a repeating pattern, often played against a chord or chord progression. Horn riffs played over twelve-bar blues progressions add drive, variety, identity, and excitement to a song. Examples of riff songs include Now's the Time by Charlie Parker; In the Mood by Glenn Miller; and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets. A twelve-bar riff is a versatile arranging tool, and can be used as a tune head, solo, backing for a solo, or backing behind a singer. Riffs can be worked into most any medium-to uptempo blues song. Although most riffs are fairly easy to play, and easy to apply to blues progressions, many bands neglect this important aspect of arranging and performance. For the student, riffs provide excellent practice for sight-reading rhythms. And an emerging blues musician can actually play a 12-bar riff as a solo. Improvising musicians might use riffs as motifs upon which to base solos. Arrangers are encouraged to develop the riffs into two-or three-part section harmony parts. It is a superb reference for the jazz and blues song writer, composer, or arranger. Invaluable also for the school stage band or jazz band musician. Great stuff here with lots of potential for all swing band and blues band musicians. Companion CD includes all 48 riffs, played on tenor sax with full rhythm backing. Coil bound for your convenience..
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Get Smart!

This astonishing book shows you how, through the application of simple mathematics -- things you have learned or should have learned in high school -- you can develop your mind to razor sharpness and your memory to steel-trap effectiveness.

In 452 riveting pages, Gerardo Joffe takes you through:

1. Review of Arithmetic: Things you should know, but may have forgotten -- and some very important things that even your math teacher didn't know about.

2. The 16-Level Paradigm of Multiplication: An astonishing journey through interactions of numbers. Here is where your mind will get its initial sharpening.

3. A Few Full Trips Through the 16-Level Paradigm, where your mind and your memory will get their final honing and polish.

4. The Algebra of the 16-Level Paradigm: This is optional, but even those who "hate math" will find it fascinating. This section also contains marvelous stuff about probability, combinations and permutations, "propositions" (earn money with bets!), and first-degree and second-degree equations. It's a goldmine of wonderful information!

5. Final Wrap-Up and Odds & Ends: In this section, you will get your final homework problems, and we will show you how you can get your Certificate of Achievement, and (really!) how you can get this book for FREE! And finally, you will learn how to instantly determine the day of the week for any date in the 20th and 21st centuries..
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This valuable book is for band musicians who love the exciting sound of riff-driven uptown blues and swing music. Book and CD - Standard Notation Technical ability: Early intermediate Application: Serious hobbyist to professional This unique collection of forty-eight 12-bar riffs provides some great ideas for spicing up the blues songs your band plays. In music, a riff is a repeating pattern, often played against a chord or chord progression. Horn riffs played over twelve-bar blues progressions add drive, variety, identity, and excitement to a song. Examples of riff songs include Now's the Time by Charlie Parker; In the Mood by Glenn Miller; and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets. Riffs can be worked into most any medium-to uptempo blues. A twelve-bar riff is a versatile arranging tool, and can be used as a tune head, solo, backing for a solo, or backing behind a singer. Although most riffs are fairly easy to play, and easy to apply to blues progressions, many bands neglect this important aspect of arranging and performance. For the student, riffs provide excellent practice for sight-reading rhythms. And an emerging blues musician can actually play a 12-bar riff as a solo. Improvising musicians might use riffs as motifs upon which to base solos. Arrangers are encouraged to develop the riffs into two-or three-part section harmony parts. The riffs in this book are arranged in the bass clef for euphonium, tuba, bassoon, bass trombone, bass guitar, left-hand piano, and other bass clef instruments. The bass edition provides riffs suitable for jazz euphonium, blues euphonium, jazz tuba, blues tuba, jazz bassoon, blues bassoon, jazz bass trombone, blues bass trombone, jazz bass guitar, blues bass guitar, etc. (To beginning bass guitar players: a riff is not standard bass line.) It is a superb reference for the jazz and blues song writer, composer, or arranger. Invaluable also for the school stage band or jazz band musician. Great stuff here with lots of potential for all swing band and blues band musicians. Companion CD includes all 48 riffs, played on tenor sax with full rhythm backing. Coil bound for your convenience..
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This valuable book is for band musicians who love the exciting sound of riff-driven uptown blues and swing music. Book - CD - Standard Notation Technical ability: Early intermediate Application: Serious hobbyist to professional This unique collection of forty-eight 12-bar riffs provides some great ideas for spicing up the blues songs your band plays. In music, a riff is a repeating pattern, often played against a chord or chord progression. Horn riffs played over twelve-bar blues progressions add drive, variety, identity, and excitement to a song. Examples of riff songs include "Now's the Time" by Charlie Parker; "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller; and "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets. Riffs can be worked into most any medium-to uptempo blues. A twelve-bar riff is a versatile arranging tool, and can be used as a tune head, solo, backing for a solo, or backing behind a singer. Although most riffs are fairly easy to play, and easy to apply to blues progressions, many bands neglect this important aspect of arranging and performance. For the student, riffs provide excellent practice for sight-reading rhythms. And an emerging blues musician can actually play a 12-bar riff as a solo. Improvising musicians might use riffs as motifs upon which to base solos. Arrangers are encouraged to develop the riffs into two-or three-part section harmony parts. The riffs in this book are arranged in the treble clef for alto sax, bari sax, soprano flute, E-flat clarinet, and other E-flat pitched instruments. The E-flat edition provides riffs suitable for jazz alto saxophone, blues alto saxophone, jazz bari saxophone, blues bari saxophone, jazz soprano flute, blues soprano flute, jazz E-flat clarinet, blues E-flat clarinet, etc. It is an excellent reference for the jazz and blues song writer, composer, or arranger. Invaluable also for the school stage band or jazz band musician. Great stuff here with lots of potential for all swing band and blues band musicians. Companion CD includes all 48 riffs, played on tenor sax with rhythm backing. Coil bound for your convenience..
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