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Beginner Guitar Tabs Made Easy

The guitar is a very versatile instrument. It can also be challenging at times to learn new songs on the guitar, because there are as many as six different places on the neck where the same note can be sounded. This makes traditional sheet music less useful for the guitar than for some other instruments. That’s why it’s important to Learn Guitar tab right away.

From easy beginner guitar tabs to the sophisticated tabs found in modern guitar magazines, tablature makes learning the guitar easier and faster than ever before.

What is guitar tab? It’s a graphic representation of the guitar neck that shows where each note is to be played, rather than showing the actual notes as in standard musical notation. It can range from very simple beginner guitar tab with only the basic parts of the song to very complex transcriptions, but the basic concepts are the same throughout. No matter your level of musical knowledge, once you learn guitar tab you will progress on the instrument much more quickly.

One issue to be aware of is the difference between most of the tab you’ll find online versus the tab you’ll see in magazines, tablature books, and other printed materials. Online tab is typically created with dashes to represent the strings and various letters and other symbols to indicate different techniques. Rhythms are typically not as precisely indicated in online tab, and in general printed tab is more exact and accurate than online tab. Still, online tab is an invaluable resource that makes it easy to learn guitar with help of our beginner Guitar Lessons.

Let’s take a look at the basics.

The Staff and Tuning

Traditional musical notation uses either four or five lines. Guitar tab uses six, to represent the six strings. Online, it often looks like this:

fig 1

E ———————

B ———————

G ———————

D ———————

A ———————

E ———————

The letters to the left show the tuning of each string. You’ll notice that this shows standard tuning, and that the high E is at the top and the low E is at the bottom. Some tab might leave out the tuning. If it does, you can assume the song is in standard tuning. You might also see tab with a different tuning indicated:

fig 2

D ——————–

B ——————–

G ——————–

D ——————–

G ——————–

D ——————–

This example shows an open-G tuning; to follow the tab properly you’ll need to tune your guitar as indicated.

Reading Notes and Chords

As mentioned earlier, notes and chords are indicated in tab by placing numbers, to indicate the fret to be played, on the appropriate line (string). Open notes are indicated with a ‘0′. So, an E major chord would look like this:

fig 3

E —-0—-

B —-0—-

G —-1—-

D —-2—-

A —-2—-

E —-0—-

This tab shows that you should fret the A and D strings at the second fret and the G string at the first fret, and the rest of the strings should be open. Stacking the numbers on top of each other indicates that the notes should be played at the same time, although in this case it doesn’t indicate how long the chord should be held. You’ll also sometimes see chord names listed below the tab:

fig 4

E —-0—-

B —-0—-

G —-1—-

D —-2—-

A —-2—-

E —-0—-

E Maj

Especially online, this practice varies widely, but you will usually see it in more professional tablature. As you learn guitar tabs and become more proficient, you’ll be able to recognize many chords even without the labels.

In all tab, from beginner guitar tabs to the most insanely complex tabs, single notes are indicated like this:

fig 5

E —————-

B —————-

G —————-

D —————-

A ——–0—2–

E 0—3———-

This tab shows the first four notes of the E pentatonic scale. To play this tab, pick the open low E string, then fret at the third fret and pick again. Move to the A string and pick the open string, then fret at the second fret and pick. Notice that you can’t tell exactly how long to play each note, or the exact rhythm of the notes. Printed tab, even easy beginner guitar tabs, is much more precise. The same phrase in a magazine would look like this:

fig 6

———————–

———————–

-T——————–

-A————|-|——

-B—–|-|—0-2——

——-0-3————-

Notice the line above each note: these are quarter notes, which means there are four of them per measure. Here are the most common notes you’ll see in tablature:

(image of E major scale, starting with whole note, two halfs, four quarters, eight eighths, and sixteenths)

Let’s look at these notes. The first note is called a whole note. It’s worth four beats, which means you hold the note for four full beats. The next two notes are half notes because they are worth half a measure (in 4/4), or two full beats. The quarter notes are next, and they are worth (you guessed it) a quarter of a measure, or one beat.

Eighth notes are next, worth half a beat each for eight in a measure. You count these as ‘1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.’ The numbers are the down beats and the ‘and’s are the up beats. The phrase finishes up with sixteenth notes, which are a quarter of a beat each. To count these, divide each beat up into four smaller pieces: ‘1 ee and a.’ The ‘ee’ and ‘a’ come between the ‘and’, which was the second half of the beat in the eighth notes. So, sixteenth notes are twice as fast as eighth notes.

This can be confusing at first, but as you continue to learn guitar tabs you’ll become more comfortable with this system. It’s also very important to use your ear: read the tablature to a song you like as you listen to the song, paying particular attention to the note rhythms and how those are notated. And as you learn guitar tab songs, make sure to listen to the song often; as you progress, also try playing along with the song — it’s a valuable learning experience and a lot of fun, as well.

Also, be aware that a lot of the tab you’ll find online might not have very precise rhythmic notation. For example, if you see this:

fig 7

E -15-12-14-12————————————————–

B —————–15-13-12-13———————————-

G ———————————-14-12-14-12—————–

D ————————————————–15-14-13-12-

A ——————————————————————-

E ——————————————————————-

it might be very difficult to determine the exact timing of the notes. You might guess that they’re supposed to be sixteenth notes, but you can’t tell for sure. The solution? Listen to the song in question over and over until you can at least approximate the rhythm and determine roughly what values each note carries. Again, this is an area where published tab has a large advantage over online tab, although even the roughest of online tab will help make it easy to learn guitar parts if you work at it a bit.

Expressive Guitar Playing and Tab

One of the guitar’s greatest strengths is the expressiveness you can achieve with the instrument. Techniques such as string bending, hammer-ons, and pull-offs extend the emotional power of the instrument and give you a powerful arsenal of tools. And, luckily, guitar tab has conventions for showing when these tools are used. You might not run into them very often in beginner guitar tabs, but you’ll definitely encounter them sooner or later, and they’re excellent techniques to practice from the beginning.

String bending involves fretting a given note and then bending the string, causing the pitch to rise to a higher note. For example, you might fret a D note on the G string at the seventh fret:

fig 8

E —————

B —————

G ——7——-

D —————

A —————

E —————

You would then bend the note up to E, two steps above the D. This is indicated in tab with a ‘b’ symbol:

fig 9

E —————–

B —————–

G —–7b9——-

D —————–

A —————–

E —————–

Note that this doesn’t mean you should fret the note at the ninth fret; your finger stays on the seventh fret. It’s only the pitch that rises.

Hammer-ons and pull-offs allow you to play legato (smooth, flowing) passages where you don’t pick every note. To execute a hammer-on, fret a note and pick it. Then, without picking again, sharply fret a higher note on the same string with another finger, ‘hammering’ the string with that finger. This can take time to learn to execute properly, but it’s an absolutely essential skill for every guitarist regardless of musical style. Practice until the second note is the same volume as the first. The tab looks like this:

fig 10

E —————–

B —————–

G —–7h9——-

D —————–

A —————–

E —————–

Once again we’re moving from D to E, but this time with a hammer-on. You should have your index finger on the seventh fret and use the third finger for the ninth fret. Alternate between the bend and the hammer-on and pay attention to how different they sound. You can then also pull off your third finger, pulling down toward the floor a little bit to make sure the D note sounds:

fig 11

E —————–

B —————–

G ——9p7——

D —————–

A —————–

E —————–

Again, strive to make the second note sound as loud as the first note. Also be careful not to hit the surrounding strings as you pull your finger away.

A final technique you’ll often come across, even in beginner guitar tab, is tapping. Tapping refers to the practice of fretting a note with a finger (usually either the pointer or index finger) of the picking hand. Fret a note with your Left Hand, pick it, and then hammer down on the same string at a higher fret with your pick hand. This is an advanced technique that can take a lot of time to learn, but you should at least know what the tab looks like:

fig 12

E ——————

B —5–t9———

G ——————

D ——————

A ——————

E ——————

In online tab the tapped note is indicated with a ‘t’, while tab in magazines usually circles the tapped note. You’ll often see long lines that combine bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and tapping:

fig 13

E ———————————————————————————————

B ———————————————————————————————

G –2-h4-b5-4-2-4-5-4-5-h7-p-5-h7-t9-7-t10-7-t12-7-t14-12-10-12-17-14—

D ———————————————————————————————

A ———————————————————————————————

E ———————————————————————————————

As mentioned before, this type of passage can be difficult to decode in online tab, particularly in terms of the rhythm. If it were an actual song, you would need to rely on your ears to determine the proper phrasing. As you learn guitar tab and practice, practice, practice, you’ll get better at reading this type of passage and at playing it properly.

In addition to our lessons, there are a number of resources available to help you learn guitar tab including a number of excellent guitar magazines. Be sure to check them out as well, especially since they usually feature tabs of popular songs. There are also thousands of books with tabs of popular bands and artists.

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The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection $6.02 Sarah Brightman’s career was launched by her success in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, so it’s no surprise to hear the soprano paying homage to the composer on this disc. Really a Brightman best-of, the album includes the Phantom theme (a duet with Michael Crawford), the light-opera fare of “Chanson D’enfance” from Aspects of Love, “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” from Evita, and numerou…

Grand Theatre Vol. 2 $10.71 Old 97’s introduce The Grand Theatre Vol. 2, their ninth studio album, available July 5th via New West Records. The new record is a companion to the critically acclaimed The Grand Theatre Volume One, which received 3 1/2 stars in both Rolling Stone and American Songwriter. Released less than a year since their last effort, The Grand Theatre Vol. 2 features 13 brand new songs and is once again prod…

Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Shorts [VHS] $9.98 …

All Star Theatre Volume 1 featuring Foofur & Bluffers A double feature of Just For Kids all-time favorites: “Foofur” – the troubled adventures of the famous cerulean canine; and “The Bluffers” – the music and adventure of furry creatures as they fight to protect their forest from the depradations of the evil Clandestino….

Mountbatten:the Last Viceroy / 6 Vols [VHS] $19.41 A lavish production that captures the pomp, ceremony, and complexity of British and Indian politics, Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy stars the great Nicol Williamson (Excalibur, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution) in one of his last substantial roles. As the six-part mini-series begins, Mountbatten accepts a position that almost everyone around him thinks is folly: The Viceroy of India, specifically c…

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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII $30.45 Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 12/06/2011 Run time: 360 minutes…

The Duchess of Duke Street – The Complete Collection $58.49 DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET:COMPLETE COLLE – DVD Movie…

The Charles Dickens Collection, Volume 1 (Oliver Twist / Martin Chuzzlewit / Bleak House / Hard Times / Great Expectations / Our Mutual Friend) (Slim Packaging) $27.99 As can be clearly seen from the care lavished on these six BBC adaptions of Charles Dickens’ novels, the British love their Dickens! And why not–Dickens is ideally suited to television, with his elaborate but vigorous plots, each a compendium of comically odious personalities (and one or two nice folk, just to keep things from getting too awful). Actors dig into these meaty roles with zeal, delig…

Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre – The Composers and Lyricists $29.99 This volume collects, for the first time, 28 biographies of the greatest songwriters and lyricists of Broadway musicals. It goes below the surface to see what made them tick and to uncover the secrets of their success – as well as the personal foibles that sometimes led to their downfall.Longtime theatre lover and stage veteran Herbert Keyser takes us on a personal journey through the music that made these great artists so much a part of our history and our lives. Keyser has assembled a reader-friendly collection of stories that will capture your heart, bring a tear to your eye or a smile to your face, and all the while have you singing along. In presenting these life histories, full of drama, humor, and poignancy, The Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre gives us the story of the golden age of Broadway from a well-informed, witty, and warmhearted new perspective.The first book of its type ever assembled, it is a tremendous attraction for all those who love theatre and popular music, with intimate, little-known details of popular songwriters’ lives.

Goldrich and Heisler – Songbook, Volume 1 $39.95 Maury Yeston calls this duo “the most gifted new writing team of their musical theatre generation.” This songbook features 32 of their creations, including: Fifteen Pounds • Hola, Lola! • Make Your Own Party • Music of Your Life • Out of Love • Taylor, the Latte Boy • and more.

Musical Theatre Anthology for Teens – Duets Edition $29.99 These bestselling songbooks for teen singers, featuring more than 35 beloved Broadway songs per volume, were released in 2001. Now these valuable teaching resources are available with accompanying CDs featuring professional piano accompaniments!

Musical Theatre Anthology for Teens – Young Men’s Edition $29.99 These bestselling songbooks for teen singers, featuring more than 35 beloved Broadway songs per volume, were released in 2001. Now these valuable teaching resources are available with accompanying CDs featuring professional piano accompaniments!

Musical Theatre Anthology for Teens – Young Women’s Edition $29.99 These bestselling songbooks for teen singers, featuring more than 35 beloved Broadway songs per volume, were released in 2001. Now these valuable teaching resources are available with accompanying CDs featuring professional piano accompaniments!

Screen World Volume 56 – 2005 Cloth Edition $0 “An invaluable reference guide for anyone who loves film.” – Back StageMovie fans eagerly await each year’s new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 56 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2004, documented with more than 1000 color and black-and-white photographs.The 2005 edition highlights Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Hilary Swank) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Morgan Freeman, his first Oscar. Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator picked up five Academy Awards. Other notable films include Hotel Rwanda starring Academy Award nominees Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo.As always, Screen World also includes a pricelss reference on over 2,400 living stars; Obituaries for 2004; The top box office stars and top 100 box office films; A comprehensive index; and more.

Screen World Volume 57 – Cloth Edition $49.95 The 2006 edition of Screen World highlights the surprise Academy Award-winner for Best Picture, Crash, featuring Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, and Sandra Bullock, which also won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing; the groundbreaking gay love story Brokeback Mountain, winner of three Academy Awards, with Oscar-nominated performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal; the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, which earned a Best Actress Academy Award for Reese Witherspoon and a Best Actor nomination for Joaquin Phoenix; Philip Seymour Hoffman’s uncanny, Oscar-winning Best Actor impersonation of Truman Capote in Capote; Best Supporting Actress winner Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener; plus George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, and Syriana, the former bringing him Oscar nominations as director and writer, the latter the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.Screen World’s outstanding features include: A color section of highlights and a comprehensive index. Full-page photograph s of the four Acadmey Award-winning actors as well as photos of all acting nominees; A look at the year’s most promising new screen personalities; Complete film information: cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating, capsule plot summary, and running time; Biographical entries: a priceless reference on over 2,400 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth; Obituraries for 2005; The top box office stars and top 100 box office films. Includes over 1000 color and b&w photos.

Screen World Volume 58 – The Films of 2006 $49.99 The heavily illustrated film reference book annual, with over 1,000 film stills.Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 58 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2006, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs.This edition of Screen World highlights Best Picture winner The Departed, which also brought a long-overdue Oscar to director Martin Scorsese; two uncanny portrayals of real-life rulers that earned Oscar trophies for their stars, Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in The Queen, and Forest Whitaker as Adi Amin in The Last King of Scotland; and the musical drama Dreamgirls, which won an Academy Award for the debut performance of Jennifer Hudson.Screen World’s outstanding features include a color section of highlights; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors; complete film information: cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating, capsule plot summary, and running time; biographical entries: a priceless reference on nearly 2,500 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth; and obituaries for 2006.

Screen World Volume 60 – The Films of 2008 $49.99 The up-to-date illustrated film reference book annual, with over 1,000 film stills.Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 60 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2008, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs.This new edition of Screen World highlights Best Picture nominees Milk, starring Sean Penn; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, with Brad Pitt; Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon; and the independent sleeper Slumdog Millionaire; as well as Pixar’s Oscar-winning WALL-E and the year’s top box-office hit, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger.Screen World’s outstanding features include a color section of highlights and a comprehensive index with over 19,000 entries; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors as well as photos of all acting nominees; a look at the year’s most promising new screen personalities; complete film information: cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating, capsule plot summary, and running time; biographical entries: a priceless reference on nearly 2,500 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth; and obituaries for 2008.

Screen World Volume 61 – The Films of 2009 $49.99 Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 61 provides an illustrated listing of every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2009, documented with more than 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs.This new edition of Screen World highlights the highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar, and such other Best Picture nominees as Up in the Air, starring George Clooney; the sleeper success The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock; Pixar’s latest hit, Up; Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds; Kathryn Bigelow’s award-laden The Hurt Locker; and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, with Mo’Nique and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe.Screen World’s outstanding features include a color section of highlights and a comprehensive index with over 19,000 entries; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors as well as photos of all acting nominees; a look at the year’s most promising new screen personalities; complete film information: cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating, capsule plot summary, and running time; biographical entries: a priceless reference on nearly 2,500 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth; and obituaries for 2009.

How long does it take to be able to play guitar and write songs like Taylor Swift?

I just got my first guitar today. I’ve been practicing all day!! I plan to practice on my own for an hour a day for 3 monthes, and then get a teacher. How long will it take me at this rate?

I would recommend you get a teacher right away, you will learn chords and scales which are very important for any guitar player, after you master this with a teacher you can start practicing on your own, you will be able to play pretty much every song out there and create your own tunes…

Rock Symphonies $7.40 Recorded at the historic Electric Lady Studios in the heart of Greenwich Village in New York City this release further shows Garrett’s love of the classics and rock. Spanning decades; David interpets some the all time classic rock hit’s such as Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” (featuring Orianthe on guitar) “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from Nirvana, Led Zepplin’s “Kashmir”, the Creedance Clearwater Reviva…

That Lonesome Song $7.47 The final cut on That Lonesome Song—kind of a concept album meets musical manifesto—is titled “Between Jennings and Jones,” which is where Jamey Johnson finds himself shelved in the CD racks, and also how he describes his sound. Actually, there’s way more Jennings than Jones, with two cuts covered from Waylon’s classic Dreaming My Dreams (the title track and “The Door Is Always Open”), …

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath $6.47 No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: BLACK SABBATHTitle: SABBATH BLOODY SABBATHStreet Release Date: 02/02/1988…

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No Quarter – Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded $10.99 NO QUARTER:JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT – DVD Movie…

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Play Bass Today DVD $6.67 This DVD can be used as a supplement to the Play Bass Today! Level 1 book, or alone as a great introductory lesson for bass guitar. Beginning bassists can simply follow along with the songs in the booklet as they watch the instructor on the DVD. This complete guide to the basics covers:• Songs • Riffs • Scales • All musical styles • Playing tips and techniquesAll examples …

DecalSkin iPad Graphic Cover Skin – Guitar Girl $17.99 DecalSkin features ultra-high resolution, brilliant full-color design that are processed with UV resistant inks on self-adhesive vinyl. It is coated with an extra layer of water-proof, smooth high-glossy protective film for the ultimate durability. Once applied, DecalSkin covers up old ugly scratches, and like a thin membrane, it protects and buffers the device surface from occasional nicks and sc…

$8.76 shipped–Guitar Hero on Tour — Decades Nintendo DS Lite $8.76 Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades allows gamers to unleash their inner rockstar anytime. anywhere and for the first time ever share their music with friends as they embark on a tour through the decades of rock. Compatible with the smash hit Guitar Hero: On Tour. the game leverages the technology of its predecessor and expands the experience with a new progression taking players on a musical journey from the classics of the 1970??s through today”’’s greatest hits. With a new library of music. characters and venues. the game delivers a portable way for gamers to unleash their inner rockstars while playing through the history of rock ””n”” roll.

Acoustic Guitar – Paul Baloche Modern Worship Series $29.95 Since 1995, Paul Baloche’s instructional videos have empowered thousands of guitarists to play the more challenging music styles of today. This all new 2-1/2 hour DVD is jam-packed with up close and personal instruction on acoustic guitar essentials including: the open chord concept, finger picking techniques, right and left hand damping, using your capo to play in all keys, walkdowns in all keys, alternate voicings for common chords, modern chord progressions, improving your timing and feel, progressive barre chord voicings, effective strumming patterns and techniques, and more. You can also download the companion workbook at www.LeadWorship.com. Mastering the concepts and techniques demonstrated on this DVD will greatly increase your ability and confidence. 150 minutes.

Acoustic Guitar Tab White Pages $0 This awesome collection features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for 150 acoustic favorites from yesterday and today! Songs include: About a Girl • Across the Universe • Adia • Angie • At Seventeen • Barely Breathing • Behind Blue Eyes • Best of My Love • Bitch • The Boxer • Building a Mystery • Change the World • Come to My Window • Crazy on You • Drive • Dust in the Wind • Fast Car • Galileo • Here Comes the Sun • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • Iris • Jack and Diane • Layla • Learning to Fly • Leader of the Band • Leaving on a Jet Plane • Loser • Maggie May • Mr. Jones • More Than Words • Name • Not Fade Away • Patience • Pinball Wizard • Pink Houses • Signs • Silent Lucidity • Southern Cross • Suite: Judy Blue Eyes • Superman (It’s Not Easy) • Sweet Home Chicago • 3 AM • Tears in Heaven • Time for Me to Fly • Time in a Bottle • Torn • Wonderwall • Yellow • Yesterday • You’ve Got a Friend • and many more unplugged gems.

Arena $24.98 Following up their debut, critically acclaimed, eponymous album in 1971, the new look Marsupilami, buttressed by the addition of saxophonist Mandy Riedelbanch, strode into the Arena. “I’ve come here today to rip the veil from your eyes, and pinch your heads, and pull out your bloody minds,” Fred Hasson shouts in the opening “Prelude to the Arena.” Be that as it may, Bob West’s lyrics — “crashing venomously through the crimson waters, rivers run free with ancient blood” — best illustrate his style, yet sound overblown and overwrought today, reminiscent of the apocalyptic imagery so beloved of Christian fundamentalists. And although, Marsupilami certainly wouldn’t have considered themselves a Christian rock band, Arena will undoubtedly resonate with that community. A concept album set in an ancient Coliseum and themed around Rome’s post-Republic decadence and inherent violence, martyrs go up in flames, gladiators battle it out, and even a stray Greek minstrel is consigned to a brutal death. Russell Crowe drove the point home better on screen, Spartacus (the book) on paper, but it’s musically where Marsupilami clean up the arena for good, across five extended pieces that give full rein to the band’s eclectic and experimental sound. In “Prelude” they shift smartly from metal to pastoral, hard rock to jazz, never losing touch with the melody along the way. “Peace of Rome” opens with ringing bells and ethereal vocals, and boasts shouting crowds, fiery guitar solos, flute driven passages, and organ led sections. It’s “The Arena” itself, however, that is the album’s centerpiece, a 12-plus minute epic that begins with ominous organ and flows darkly along a mysterious Tiber that hints at the blues, Arabesque, and even tribal drumming, as keyboardist Leary Hasson and flutist Jessica Stanley Clarke trade off the melody line. And strong melodies were the band’s fort? , as were their equitable arrangements, which smoothly slid the melody lines and solos between k…

Avid Recording Studio – Easily Record Instruments and Vocals Like a Pro $149.99 Powered by the same technology behind many of today’s greatest hits, Avid® Recording Studio instantly transforms your Mac or PC into a full-featured studio. Capture guitars, instruments, and vocals in pristine, 24-bit/48 kHz quality with the included Pro Tools® SE recording software and M-Audio® Fast Track® audio interface. Then fatten your guitar sound, deepen the groove, and get clean, pristine tones with Pro Tools SE. You can also add backing tracks with loops from the huge included library, then polish your songs and share them with the world. Avid Recording Studio makes it easy to create stunning audio projects – even if you’ve never recorded before.

BadAax 266CE AC/EL Cutaway Guitar Package $399.99 One of the very best guitar packages on the market today! This full-size acoustic electric cutaway is made from only the most select tone-woods and produces a warm, full-bodied tone with a smooth easy playing feel. The BadAax Model 266CE features solid mahogany back and sides, a spruce top and is finished with a polished, high gloss lacquer. A three band EQ with volume control and a deep cutaway that makes it easy to hit all the notes are just a couple of the things that make this guitar so special. Other features include a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and bridge, pearloid dot fingerboard inlays, body and neck binding along with die-cast metal tuners that make it easy to tune and to stay in tune. The package also offers a 10 watt amp with volume, bass, treble controls, gain button with headphone jack and 6.5” speaker. There’s a 10 foot cable, gig bag, tuner and even an extra set of strings! All these high quality features at a price you’ll appreciate!

BadAax B150 Bass Guitar Combo Amp $649.99 Music Factory Direct is proud to introduce the all new line of BadAax Bass Amplifiers! Looking for a portable, lightweight, yet powerful bass amp? Then look no farther! The BadAax B150 Bass Guitar Amp features 150 watts of power, 4 x 8” speakers and weighs only 40lbs! This 2 channel, solid state bass amp comes with a Master volume control and a 7 band EQ to help dial in your own customized tone! The BadAax B150 also comes equipped with a Keyboard/CD input and Headphone jack. High quality features with high quality components makes the BadAax series of amps one of the best deals in the marketplace today!

Badaax FLYVGT Electric Guitar in Natural with Case $479 The very “Essence of Cool” is probably the best way to describe the BadAax V guitar! We took the basic design of this legendary guitar shape and upgraded it with a lot of customized extras. Check out the multi-ply binding on the body and headstock, the block inlay, gold hardware and the lightly flamed maple top. Just a couple of the things that set this apart from the other V style guitars on the market today. Other features include, mahogany body, maple neck with a “rounded” neck profile, rosewood fingerboard, Tune-o-matic bridge with string-thru-body, 22 frets, 24 ¾” scale, 1 5/8” nut, 2 volume, 2 tone controls and a 3 way selector switch. Also comes with a rectangular hardshell “Alligator” style, plush lined case.

Beck-Ola [Bonus Tracks] $11.99 When it was originally released in June 1969, Beck-Ola, the Jeff Beck Group’s second album, featured a famous sleeve note on its back cover: “Today, with all the hard competition in the music business, it’s almost impossible to come up with anything totally original. So we haven’t. However, this disc was made with the accent on heavy music. So sit back and listen and try and decide if you can find a small place in your heads for it.” Beck was reacting to the success of peers and competitors like Cream and Led Zeppelin here, bands that had been all over the charts with a hard rock sound soon to be dubbed heavy metal, and indeed, his sound employs much the same brand of “heavy music” as theirs, with deliberate rhythms anchoring the beat, over which the guitar solos fiercely and the lead singer emotes. But he was also preparing listeners for the weakness of the material on an album that sounds somewhat thrown together. Two songs are rehauls of Elvis Presley standards (“All Shook Up” and “Jailhouse Rock”) and one is an instrumental interlude contributed by pianist Nicky Hopkins, promoted from sideman to group member, with the rest being band-written songs that serve basically as platforms for Beck’s improvisations. But that doesn’t detract from the album’s overall quality, due both to the guitar work and the distinctive vocals of Rod Stewart, and Beck-Ola easily could have been the album to establish the Jeff Beck Group as the equal of the other heavy bands of the day. Unfortunately, a series of misfortunes occurred. Beck canceled out of a scheduled appearance at Woodstock; he was in a car accident that sidelined him for over a year; and Stewart and bass player Ron Wood decamped to join Faces, breaking up the group. Nevertheless, Beck-Ola stands as a prime example of late-’60s British blues-rock and one of Beck’s best records. [In June 2004 EMI released a digitally remastered edition of Beck-Ola featuring four previously unreleased bonus tracks: “Sweet Littl…

Bedell Heritage Series HGD-28-G Acoustic Dreadnought Guitar $519 The Bedell Heritage HGD-28 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar continues the tradition at Bedell for producing affordable and great-sounding guitars. The HGD-28 features a solid A Sitka spruce top, one of the most popular woods for guitar tops today. Sitka spruce produces an even, clear response from low to high tones. Known to improve with age, a Sitka-top guitar should make a great companion for your musical journey. Bedell uses laminated indian rosewood for the back and sides. This works well for a dreadnought guitar with a spruce top to generate a balanced tone with lots of resonant bass. Comes with gig bag.