| Edition |
Revised American edition. |
| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), music ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"An improved, updated, and expanded version of The complete guitarist"--Acknowl. |
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Subtitle from cover: The all-visual approach to mastering the guitar. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The guitar -- The guitar timeline -- Classical guitars -- Steel-string acoustics -- Acoustic innovation -- Electric guitars -- Playing the guitar -- First steps -- Fundamentals -- Tuning the guitar -- Playing positions -- Starting to play -- Scales and timing -- Flatpick technique -- Basic chords -- Song sequences -- Playing riffs -- Playing melodies -- Fingerstyle -- Flamenco -- alternative picking -- Tunings and slide -- The major scale -- Chords and scales -- Major scale sequences -- Time values -- Playing a rhythm -- Playing the blues-- The cycle of keys -- Barre chords -- Transposing chords -- Moving chords -- The modal system -- Extending chords -- Chord construction -- Chord finder -- Playing major scales -- Major-scale fingering -- Full major scale -- Scale-tone chords -- Harmonic resolution -- The minor system -- Single-note exercises -- Techniques and effects -- Chord/scale relationships -- Modal improvising -- The pentatonic scale -- Rock and blues -- Advanced techniques -- Comparing structures -- Jazz progressions -- Soloing over chords -- Developing voicings -- Melody over chords -- Sequence variations -- Advanced scales -- Developing creativity -- All the tings you are -- Sound and amplification -- Guitar amplification -- From jazz to rock -- Spring reverb -- Valve sounds -- The Vox AC30 -- The modern combo -- The twin reverb -- Updated classics -- Rack-mounted systems -- Recording -- Glossary of effects -- Care and maintenance -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
Iintroduces a teach-yourself guitar program, complete with hundreds of step-by-step illustrations that include fingering charts, chords, notes, scales, modes, and sequences, as well as an annotated portfolio of more than one hundred makes and models of guitars. |
| Subject |
Guitar -- Instruction and study.
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Guitar -- History.
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| Added Author |
Chapman, Richard, 1956-
Complete guitarist.
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DK Publishing, Inc.
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| ISBN |
0789497018 |
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