Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar – Complete Instructions and Full-Size Plans
Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative – building your own fine guitar – is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to consideration of size, bracing, and tonal qualities. Each step of the building sequence is clearly photographed in color, with variations to the standard design shown to enable you to personalize your instrument as you make it. Briston, England-based Jonathan Kinkead has been building guitars for nearly 30 years. His craft is born out of experience and intuition rather than a strict following of technical detail. The resulting beauty of form and distinctive tone have earned him his reputation as one of the world’s most respected independent luthiers.
Hutton’s Guide to Martin Guitars: 1833-1969
It is now more than 40 years since Mike Longworth published his seminal book on the Martin Guitar Company. It was Mike’s book that stirred Greig Hutton’s original interest in Martin guitars and it put him on the path to seeking more information and insights. Martin Guitars: A History became the first of a long list of books that have continuously expanded the information available for the Martin instruments. This book will not just recapitulate previous research; rather, it will build on earlier work while filling in gaps using source documents, as well as collating new information into tables and diagrams for ease of use. Although broadly based on a number of previous publications, none of this information was incorporated into the book without direct comparison to the source archival documents. There is certainly no one else on the planet that knows as much about the history of Martin guitars as Greig does, and I personally thank him for sharing his knowledge with those of us who are anxiously waiting to receive it! -Dick Boak
Berklee Guitar Theory
Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist’s perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department. These applications facilitate creative, expressive playing and writing in all styles and directly map to the Berklee Guitar Department proficiency evaluations. Players at all levels will find a clear, organized approach to the materials and musical examples in a variety of styles, provided by Berklee’s guitar faculty. You’ll learn to: Master the fingerboard by understanding how strings and frets relate to scales, intervals, and chords; Understand and use the most important types of scales and modes; Construct chords and voicing possibilities based on the essential building blocks of harmony; Choose chord voicings that are ergonomic, intuitive, and expressive for every unique playing situation; and more.
Country Guitar
A first of its kind, the At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience at an amazingly affordable price! Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. Country Guitar – At a Glance features four lessons, including: Country Rhythm Guitar, Country Lead Guitar, Chicken Pickin, and Pedal Steel Licks. Includes 17 songs: Bullish Boogie * Folsom Prison Blues * Hey, Good Lookin’ * Mountain Music * Please, Please Baby * Sixteen Tons * Wildwood Flower * and more.
Scales & Arpeggios Complete for Guitar with CD * Ships from the publisher!
Scales & Arpeggios Complete for Guitar published by Santorella Publications contains all scales and arpeggios used in every style of music by the contemporary guitarist. The materials in this Howard Wallach best seller are presented in a systematic fashion including fingerings, which are both logical and muscularly efficient for the hand. Whether the guitarist reads music or not, it is necessary to memorize scale and arpeggio patterns, written in tablature, by forming a visual image of them on the fingerboard. The instructional CD will allow the student or professional to hear each example performed. It is not a guide to music theory, rather a practical manual to the complete mastery of all scales and arpeggios on the fingerboard for the contemporary guitarist. « This is the book I wish I had twenty years ago, » profess the countless teachers and professionals that have seen this book.
Visual Guitar Theory – An Easy Guide to Recognizing and Understanding Essenti…
Many guitarists spend years, or entire lives, feeling their way around the guitar neck in the dark. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Experiencing the freedom that comes with a little theoretical knowledge is not as difficult as it may seem. With Visual Guitar Theory, you’ll quickly « connect the dots » by seeing and understanding the shapes and patterns that make music work, with over 500 full-color fretboard diagrams, detailed lessons, quizzes, and an organized, progressive teaching approach. Topics covered include: intervals; building triads; transposing chord shapes; inversions; building scales; and much more.
The Alternate Tunings Guide for Guitar
Introduces eight of the most commonly used guitar tunings. Designed to fit into your instrument case.
Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Second Edition – Complete Edition – Books 1, 2 and…
The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together. This edition includes online access to 164 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
50 Easy Classical Guitar Solos
The pieces and etudes you need to develop your first classical guitar repertoire. This book with access to online audio examples contains delightful repertory of pieces in both standard notation and tab for the beginning or intermediate player. The selections are drawn from all periods of classical guitar literature and have been newly arranged and edited by Jerry Willard. The audio includes full-length performances. Learn pieces by Sor, Carulli, Dowland, Mozart, Tarrega, and many more. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Masterful Arrangements for Classical Guitar
35 beautiful pieces superbly recorded and arranged for solo classical guitar in standard notation and tablature by Bridget Mermikides. Recordings of Bridget playing each piece are accessed online for download or streaming. Works include: Andante Largo op. 5 no. 5 (Sor) * Andante – Violin Sonata no. 2 (Bach) * Coppelia Waltz (Delibes) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * How Can I Keep from Singing (Lowry) * Humoresque (Dvorak) * Sicilienne (Paradis) * Tristesse op. 10 no. 3 * Waltz no. 15 op. 39 (Brahms) * and more.