Posted on 24 October 2011
Product Description
Backbeat’s successful Handbook format applied to the world’s most popular instrument. The Electric Guitar Handbook is the latest entry in Backbeat’s best-selling handbook series, combining a two-part book and an audio CD in a practical lay-flat binding for ease of reference when playing. Part one of the book examines how different types of electric guitars are made, and why varying construction methods influence the way guitars sound. It also looks at the role of various pieces of guitar hardware, including pick-ups, tremolo set-ups, and bridges. Part two is a comprehensive, user-friendly course in playing the electric guitar, from the basics of posture and hand positioning to music and tab reading and advanced performance. Newly written exercises – presented in the book and also on the accompanying CD – take the learner through each step in the process, covering styles including rock, country, blues, soul/funk, indie/alternative, and metal. Author Rod Fogg also offers practical advice on everything from simple scales to complex chords, alongside short features introducing key performers and styles.
The Electric Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in Modern Technique and Styles
Popularity: 5%
Posted on 18 November 2009
- ISBN13: 9781423403883
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Hone your precision, endurance, dexterity, and synchronization skills with loads of interesting exercises to learn and practice. The accompanying CD contains 81 demonstration tracks of all the exercises in the book.
Technique Exercises for Guitar: Lessons and Licks for Improving Your Speed, Power and Clarity
Popularity: 1%
Posted on 17 November 2009
When it comes to learning an instrument, practice always makes perfect. It’s not enough to understand the technical skill required to play; you must also integrate that technique into your playing so that it becomes habit. Only then can you begin to infuse your own personal style and personality into your playing. When it comes to playing the guitar, especially, learning important finger positions can prove tricky; but when you find an easy guitar song to learn, you can not only create the base from which all future learning can grow, you can quickly and easily boost your confidence as a fledgling guitar player.
You can learn guitar in one of several ways. If you are serious about beginning on this particular musical journey and wish to become a skilled guitar player who has a repertoire of songs at their disposal, then it may be best to work with a reputable and experienced guitar teacher who will give you hands-on lessons at their home or yours. Guaranteed that one of the first things you will tackle – after proper finger placement – is identifying that first easy guitar song to learn.
If guitar lessons with a teacher are cost-prohibitive, or if you are not interested in taking guitar on as a serious endeavor, you can do much to teach yourself at home. There are reasonably priced books, sheet music, and videos that will help you learn the fundamentals of guitar and give you a choice of an easy guitar song to learn. If guitar is simply a hobby or you only wish to have one good song under your belt, this may be the way for you to go.
Choose an easy guitar song to learn based upon your personal musical style. Or perhaps you have a particular song in mind that you would like to play in order to surprise someone you love or impress a group of people at an upcoming event. In either case, find that easy guitar song to learn and then practice as much as possible. With guitar, the initial awkwardness comes from learning your finger positions. But once you get used to it, you will be able to play enough chords to tackle the song you have chosen.
Choosing from among the songs to learn – if you don’t have a particular one in mind – may seem overwhelming. Remember that an easy guitar song to learn often has a certain amount of repetition in its chords; that’s what you want to look for – something that can be mastered with ease – due in large part to the fact that you are often repeating the same chords.
Once you find an easy guitar song to learn, you can be well on your way to enjoying the guitar; you may even find that once you learn that song, you have a desire to start learning other songs as you continue your journey with the guitar.
Popularity: 1%
Posted on 15 November 2009
Product Description
One of the world’s most popular beginning classical guitar methods by South American guitar virtuoso Julio Sagreras and translated by Bernard Moore. Features carefully sequenced studies covering technique and theory through music etudes and pieces.
First Lesson for Guitar – Volume 1: Guitar Technique
Popularity: unranked
Posted on 14 November 2009
- Pentatonic Patterns
- Pentatonic Technique
- Pentatonic Songs
- Pentatonic Theory
- Pentatonic Improvisation
Product Description
Plenty in stock! Ignore the “1 used & new.” This video program is intended for beginner to intermediate students. You can download a free preview at http://Guitar-Music-Theory.com (copy and past this URL into your browser’s address bar). The Pentatonic Scale is one of the most common scales in all of popular music. It’s used to play melodies, riffs, lead guitar solos and bass lines. Learn the five pentatonic patterns plus technique such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends and alternate picking. Other topics covered include covering the whole fretboard, major and minor tonalities, application, improvisation, theory and popular songs. Getting Started with the Pentatonic Scale DVD is taught by veteran teacher and internet publisher Desi Serna, of Toledo, Ohio, who is the author of Fretboard Theory, How to Make Money Teaching Guitar and CAGED Template Chord System DVD. Desi is also owner and manager of both DesiSerna.com and Guitar-Music-Theory.com (where you can download free e-books and video previews).
Getting Started with the Pentatonic Scale Guitar DVD. Learn Patterns, Technique, Songs, Application and Theory.
Popularity: 1%
Posted on 14 November 2009
Product Description
This premier method for the beginning classical guitarist, by one of the world’s pre-eminent virtuosos and the recognized heir to the legacy of Andres Segovia, is now completely revised and updated! Guitarists will learn basic classical technique by playing over 50 beautiful classical pieces, 26 exercises and 14 duets, and through numerous photos and illustrations. The method covers: rudiments of classical technique, note reading and music theory, selection and care of guitars, strategies for effective practicing, and much more!
The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method – Volume 1: Guitar Technique
Popularity: unranked
Posted on 12 November 2009
Description
Here’s a lesson for both classical musicians and fingerstyle guitarists who want to discover their “natural dexterity” for speed, tone and effortless technique! Whether you are a beginning or advanced guitarist, you will benefit from Fred Hand’s in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles of classical guitar technique. “Your body and mind have an innate ability to express the music that you hear,” says Hand, “you only need to tap into this source.”
By learning the essentials of good playing, such as posture, relaxation, fingernail shaping and the correct application of the free stroke and rest stroke, you will quickly become a smoother and more efficient player. As you practice your arpeggios, scales, vibrato, trills and cross-string trills, you’ll learn to apply them to beautiful classical-style pieces such as John Dowland’s “Lady Hunnsden’s Puffe” and a dance by Gaspar Sanz. Hand’s own compositions, “A Celtic Tale,” “Heartsong ” and “Lesley’s Song” are perfect examples of the application of classical techniques to pieces in a contemporary setting. This is a lesson that will dramatically improve the playing of both classical musicians and fingerstyle guitarists of other tradition.
DVD-Classical Guitar Technique and Musicianship
Popularity: 1%
