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This book assesses the influence and reception of many different
forms of guitar playing upon the classical guitar and more
specifically through the prism of John Williams. Beginning with an
examination of Andres Segovia and his influence upon Williams'
life's work, a further three incisive chapters cover key areas such
as performance, perception, education and construction, considering
social and cultural contexts of the guitar over the past century. A
final chapter on new directions in classical guitar examines the
change in reception of the instrument from the mid-1970s to the
present day, and Williams' impact upon what might be termed
'standard classical guitar repertoire'. With in-depth discussion of
the cultural and perceptual impact of Williams' more daring
crossover projects and numerous musical examples, this is an
informative reference for all classical guitar practitioners, as
well as scholars and researchers of guitar studies, reception
studies, cultural musicology and performance studies. An online
lecture by the author and a transcript of the author's interview
with John Williams are also available as e-resources.
This book recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars - or
electric 'Hawaiian' guitars, as they were called during most of
their tenure - that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967.
Hawaiian guitars were the most popular form of electric guitars
until the 1950s, and they contributed to some crucial developments
in pickups and amplification in addition to lending their voice to
the earliest solid body electrics. Esthetically, the early postwar
instruments are also amongst the coolest designs ever produced by
Gibson. The following are the highlights of this title: over 450
illustrations, including a wealth of color pictures, catalog
reproductions, and patent drawings; a comprehensive section on
dating instruments; as well as detailed shipping totals for the
1935-1967 period.
On the CD you will find two specially and professionally recorded
'soundalike' tracks for each song, the first being a full
demonstration with guitar showing exactly how the song should
sound. The second version is a full backing track without guitar
for you to play along with Metallica themselves! The matching music
book contains both standard notation and tablature for every song
plus chord symbols and complete lyrics for vocalists. This title
includes songs such as: "Enter Sandman"; "Fade to Black"; "Nothing
Else Matters"; and; "Ain't My Bitch".
Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical
knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all
ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment.
Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history
of the mandolin, its components, picks, how to tune it, and getting
acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right
along to playing different notes, scales, and songs, lesson by
lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing
knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation.
You will learn important mandolin techniques such as tremolo, cross
picking, and more. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to
play your favorite songs on the mandolin, know how to read music,
and play with a musical group in many different styles, including
folk, blues, country, and even pop.
The book features the following resources for reference during and
after your lessons:
* Mandolin accompaniments
* Mandolin chord dictionary
* Mandolin fingering chart
Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of
the way.
This is a collection of essential interviews and how-to articles
from Guitar Player magazine. It is a must-have for serious
guitarists and guitar aficionados, and for the 160,000 readers of
Guitar Player magazine. A best-of collection from the magazine's
four-decade history, the book gives guitarists invaluable
information for improving their playing and understanding the
instrument's history, construction, and care. The exclusive
interviews include words of wisdom from past masters such as Chet
Atkins, Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa, as well as
from six-string stars like Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van
Halen, Keith Richards, and B.B. King. Readers will sharpen their
technique in master classes with players such as John Scofield and
Larry Carlton, learn the basics of repair, get pro advice on
recording guitar, and learn about the 50 greatest guitar tones of
all time and the 101 greatest moments in guitar history.
More than any other publication EGuitar WorldE magazine has
followed Metallica's rise from underground phenomenon to mainstream
metal giant. EGuitar World Presents MetallicaE features every one
of the facts and figures interviews and stories about the band ever
to have appeared in the magazine in one self-contained package.
Presented in the chronological order in which they appeared in the
magazine the revealing interviews with band members James Hetfield
Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich a as well as former
bassists Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted a tell the story of the
boys from San Francisco who went on to become the metal men of the
world.THThis newly updated and expanded edition features an
in-depth 20th anniversary look back at the group's 1986 epic
EMaster of PuppetsE; a revealing article about late bassist Cliff
Burton's last 24 hours including one of his final interviews; as
well as a monumental guitar lesson with lead guitarist Kirk Hammett
who examines the techniques and theoretical approach that have made
him a hard rock legend. It's all right here in EGuitar World
Presents MetallicaE a the myths the memories the triumphs and the
tragedies of America's foremost heavy metal team.
No musical entity has been more closely associated with EGuitar
WorldE magazine over the years than Edward Van Halen a the man who
in the late seventies and early eighties changed the course of
guitar history. This collection of classic and new interviews with
the great Edward tells the real story behind his earth-shaking
technique brilliant songwriting and relationship with both David
Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. This is the authoritative book a revised
and updated with new exclusive interviews and information on one of
the greatest rock bands of all time and the guitar god at the
center of it all.
No band would be complete without a bass element giving depth and
unity. "How to Play Bass Guitar" contains everything the new or
intermediate bass player needs to perfect their playing of this
vital instrument. Highly practical, the book leads you from the
basics of how to hold, fret, pluck and play scales through to
playing chord-framing patterns and muted percussive rhythms -
understanding how the bass underpins the harmonies of a band. The
clear text is accompanied by illustrative photos and diagrams, and
the guide is complemented by a chord finder, scales and modes
finder, a glossary and further reading.
Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass traces the
stylistic evolution of jazz from the bass player's perspective.
Historical works to date have tended to pursue a 'top down'
reading, one that emphasizes the influence of the treble
instruments on the melodic and harmonic trajectory of jazz. This
book augments that reading by examining the music's development
from the bottom up. It re-contextualizes the bass and its role in
the evolution of jazz (and by extension popular music in general)
by situating it alongside emerging music technologies. The bass and
its technological mediation are shown to have driven changes in
jazz language and musical style, and even transformed creative
hierarchies in ways that have been largely overlooked. The book's
narrative is also informed by investigations into more commercial
musical styles such as blues and rock, in order to assess how, and
the degree to which, technological advances first deployed in these
areas gradually became incorporated into general jazz praxis.
Technology and the Jazz Bass reconciles technology more thoroughly
into jazz historiography by detailing and evaluating those that are
intrinsic to the instrument (including its eventual
electrification) and those extrinsic to it (most notably evolving
recording and digital technologies). The author illustrates how the
implementation of these technologies has transformed the role of
the bass in jazz, and with that, jazz music as an art form.
The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises,
etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical
texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar
instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing
artist and as a teacher who has trained hundreds of guitarists to
encourages students to work based on their own strengths and
weaknesses. The book opens with "Learning the Fingerboard," a large
section devoted to establishing a thorough knowledge of the guitar
fingerboard through a systematic and rigorous study of scales and
fingerboard harmony, which will lead to ease and fluency in
sight-reading and will reduce the time needed to learn a repertoire
piece. The following sections "Scales and Scale Studies", "Repeated
Notes", "Slurs", "Harmony", "Arpeggios", "Melody with
Accompaniment", "Counterpoint" and "Florid or Virtuoso Etudes" each
contain text and examples that connect material to fingering
practices of composers and practice strategies to open a path to
interpretive freedom in performance. The Classical Guitar Companion
will serve as a helpful companion for many years of guitar study.
Containing over forty pieces, Guitar Basics Repertoire offers a
rich and varied mixture of folksongs from around the world (Aura
Lee, Sakura), classical tunes (Bizet - March of the Kings, J. S.
Bach - Minuet in G) and popular film music (including themes from
Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter), alongside evocative
originals (Falling Leaves, Havana Goodtime, Samurai Sword, Tudor
Dance) and established guitar repertoire by Sor and Carulli.
Designed both to consolidate the areas of study covered in Guitar
Basics and present new topics in the fun but clear style of the
popular method book, Guitar Basics Repertoire introduces
accidentals, moving up the neck, two part music, arpeggios and
plucked chords, as well as fun extended techniques that even a
beginner can master. Guitar Basics Repertoire contains both solo
and ensemble pieces, backing tracks for many of which are available
below, and is the perfect companion to Guitar Basics whether being
used for group teaching or to prepare students for graded
examinations. Both solo and ensemble repertoire is included, with
backing tracks and teachers' parts for many pieces available to
download online.
Learn classic blues rhythm guitar and soloing techniques, in the
style of the greats, such as B.B. King, Freddy King, Albert
Collins, T-Bone Walker, Robert Lockwood Jr., Jimmy Reed, Jimmie
Vaughan, and others. This book is the companion to Mike Williams'
first book degreeBerklee Blues Guitar Songbookdegree, featuring
technical explanations and exercises to help create solos and
rhythm parts in the style of classic blues artists. The CD includes
nearly 100 musical examples, most of which are performed by a
world-class rhythm section that demonstrates all techniques (full
band and play-along tracks).
In The New Guitarscape, Kevin Dawe argues for a re-assessment of
guitar studies in the light of more recent musical, social,
cultural and technological developments that have taken place
around the instrument. The author considers that a detailed study
of the guitar in both contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives
is now absolutely essential and that such a study must also include
discussion of a wide range of theoretical issues, literature,
musical cultures and technologies as they come to bear upon the
instrument. Dawe presents a synthesis of previous work on the
guitar, but also expands the terms by which the guitar might be
studied. Moreover, in order to understand the properties and
potential of the guitar as an agent of music, culture and society,
the author draws from studies in science and technology, design
theory, material culture, cognition, sensual culture, gender and
sexuality, power and agency, ethnography (real and virtual) and
globalization. Dawe presents the guitar as an instrument of
scientific investigation and part of the technology of
globalization, created and disseminated through corporate culture
and cottage industry, held close to the body but taken away from
the body in cyberspace, and involved in an enormous variety of
cultural interactions and political exchanges in many different
contexts around the world. In an effort to understand the
significance and meaning of the guitar in the lives of those who
may be seen to be closest to it, as well as providing a
critically-informed discussion of various approaches to guitar
performance, technologies and techniques, the book includes
discussion of the work of a wide range of guitarists, including
Robert Fripp, Kamala Shankar, Newton Faulkner, Lionel Loueke,
Sharon Isbin, Steve Vai, Bob Brozman, Kaki King, Fred Frith, John
5, Jennifer Batten, Guthrie Govan, Dominic Frasca, I Wayan Balawan,
Vicki Genfan and Hasan Cihat A-rter.
The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music
during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by
the advent of a new electric bass instrument. From the mid-1960s
and throughout the 1970s, a melismatic and inconsistent approach
towards the bass role ensued, which contributed to a major change
in how the electric bass was used in performance and perceived in
the sonic landscape of mainstream popular music. Investigating the
performance practice of the new, melodic role of the electric bass
as it appeared (and disappeared) in the 1960s and 1970s, the book
turns to the number one songs of the American Billboard Hot 100
charts between 1951 and 1982 as a prime source. Through interviews
with players from this era, numerous transcriptions - elaborations
of twenty bass related features - are presented. These are
juxtaposed with a critical study of four key players, who provide
the case-studies for examining the performance practice of the
melodic electric bass. This highly original book will be of
interest not only to bass players, but also to popular
musicologists looking for a way to instigate methodological and
theoretical discussions on how to develop popular music analysis.
EThe Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting
Great Sounds Updated EditionE brings fresh information to the table
to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their
amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds
on the popular original edition of the book first published in
2005.THCentral to the book's success is the way it walks musicians
through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and
component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs
helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or
choose new amps that are best suited to their needs.THEThe Guitar
Amp HandbookE reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's
top designers and builders and it debunks the hype used by the
marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling
specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The
book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on
inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated
and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation
ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative
publication on the subject to be found anywhere.
Contains some of the most popular pieces ever written for guitar,
including MalagueAa, El Testamento de Amelia, Lagrima and Recuerdos
de la Alhambra. Helpful playing tips and plenty of fingerings are
included, making this your ultimate source for Spanish guitar
pieces. Every piece is written in standard music notation and
easy-to-read tablature showing exactly where each note should be
played on the guitar.
(Guitar Book). One of the most common questions Pat is asked by
students is, "What kinds of things do you do to warm up before a
concert?" Over the years, in many master classes and workshops
around the world, Pat has demonstrated the kind of daily workout he
puts himself through. This book includes a collection of 14 guitar
etudes he created to help you limber up, improve picking technique
and build finger independence.
Chords, chords, and (almost) nothing but chords Guitar Chords For
Dummies is full of, well, guitar chords. This indispensable
reference is a must for guitarists of every ambition, skill level,
and musical genre, providing a key to the simplest and most complex
guitar chords--over 600 in all. Each chord is illustrated with a
chord diagram and a photo with guitarist's tips sprinkled
throughout the book. You'll also get a tiny bit of music theory, so
you know what's going on with all those symbols, and voicings for
each chord in each of the 12 keys. And it's even small enough to
fit in your guitar case. Add sparkle and range to your musical
repertoire. Learn the theory and techniques for playing guitar
chords Reference over 600 chords spread over 12 keys Easily try out
new chords, thanks to the portable, lay-flat format Go beyond the
basics with sustained, augmented, diminished, and flatted chords
Guitar Chords For Dummies is ideal for newbies just picking up the
guitar and seasoned musicians ready to expand their sound.
We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets
not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly
embody philosophical and religious values which shape the
contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with
Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values,
and offers a framework for how Christian moral theology should be
formed and lived-out within the emerging technoculture. Brent
Waters argues that technology represents the principal cultural
background against which contemporary Christian moral life is
formed. Addressing contemporary ethical and religious issues, this
book will be of particular interest to students and scholars
exploring the ideas of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Grant, Arendt, and
Borgmann.
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