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| 2393.1 | The Advancing Guitarist | STRAT::JENSEN | Tone == touch | Wed Dec 04 1991 10:01 | 64 |
| I get to start. The book I'll describe is:
The Advancing Guitarist - Applying guitar concepts and techniques
by Mick Goodrick, 1987
Published by Hal Leonard books, ISBN: 0-88188-589-4
Several months ago a fellow named Mick Goodrick started a column in
Guitar Player. I like the column quite a bit and noticed he had
written a book about guitar concepts and techniques. A few months ago
I ordered the book. I think it is absolutely fantastic!
The book is divided into 3 general sections; "The Approach",
"Materials", and "Commentaries". The approach has you doing the
following things:
a. Playing up and down a single string (you won't *believe* how
much this can help you).
b. Playing on two adjacent strings
c. Study of intervals
d. The open position
e. Position playing
f. Combination playing
g. Repeat a-f for all keys.
The "Materials" section contains the music theory part of the book,
including a hole pile of exercises associated with it.
The "Commentaries" section contains Mick's thoughts on a number of
subjects. The following is under "feeling stale?":
Things to try when you feel stale (about your playing or music):
o Play on the tunes that you are currently playing, but at
least twice as slow. (And no double time!) This way, if
you start to play any of your "pet licks" (or your "beef
stew"), it will sound so bad to you that you'll probably
stop right in the middle and quite possibly actually start
to improvise, since, at the slower tempo, you'll have much
more time (and space) to think/hear/feel other kinds of
ideas.
o Ask yourself: "Is there anyting really important in music
that I've forgotten about?"
o Feed a loaf (or two) of bread to some pigeons, ducks, sea
gulls, or other types of birds.
o Imagine a time or circumstance where you could never play
the guitar again.
o Go for a long walk.
o Cry.
o Stop playing the guitar and/or listening to music for
1,2,3,4,5,6, or 7 days.
o Stop playing the guitar but listen to a lot of music for
1,2,3,4,5,6, or 7 days.
o Change the strings on your guitar and polish it.
o Send your guitar "back to the factory" to either be retuned
or recycled.
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| 2393.2 | my fave ... | GOOROO::CLARK | asymptotically normal | Wed Dec 04 1991 11:07 | 7 |
| Modern Chord Progressions for Guitar (I think that's the name of it)
by Ted Greene. The 'sequel' to Chord Chemistry. I learned a lot form
that book about jazz chords, chord-melody, and the wonderful, complex
world of jazz 'comping'. But it's a tough nut to crack; very little
text and LOTS of pages of nothing but chord diagrams.
- Dave
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| 2393.3 | My latest purchases... | CSAVAX::SANTINELLI | May is comming... | Wed Dec 04 1991 11:50 | 35 |
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In the last couple of weeks I have picked up the following books
and I personnally LOVE them!
The first one I got was Blues Guitar Inside and Out by Richard
Daniels. It starts out by telling a story about the blues. Its
great because it give you a backround to the long history of blues...
Then the book goes into blues scales, and works into blues cords...
A definate must have book.
It's funny, because I raved about it to two of my friends (one being
my bass player) and both guys ran out and bought the book! They
LOVE it also!
The second book I got was The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer.
The book starts out by giving a brief history of some great
guitarist of the past and present, then gets into music theory.
It gets into the Anatomy of electric and acoustic guitars, and
how they work and how they are built.
The book also covers Guitar maintenance and customizing, along
with a entire section on amplification.
Then the book covers recording. Home and studio.
And finally, it has a very complete chord dictionary.
Excellent book, I think. I like it alot because I played for about 7
years, then stopped for 4. Now I'm playing again, and this helps
me remember all those wonderful things from my past, and helps me
build a new future...
sms - Just my opinion...
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| 2393.7 | Mickey Baker is good for trad Jazz | CSC32::J_KUHN | Surf's up | Wed Dec 04 1991 18:51 | 7 |
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"Jazz Guitar I" By Mickey Baker is great.
You gotta know how to read music though for the lead
section though.
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| 2393.8 | Some recommendations (where I'm at now) | SMURF::BENNETT | Ask me about Guitar Lessons | Wed Dec 04 1991 19:04 | 30 |
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For music theory:
Norton Programmed Texts in Music Theory
"Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, Meter"
"Basic Harmonic Progressions"
John Clough & Joyce Conley - $16.95/ea
No nonsense theory texts using a self-paced method. You can get
'em at the Berklee Campus Bookstore (GO THERE!) on Mass. Ave.
a block from Tower Records in Boston.
For impoving sight reading:
Berkelee Press
Melodic Rhythms for Guitar - William Leavitt
Just finding all of the chords is an incredible adventure.
The reading exercises start hard and get harder.
For overall exploration:
Sher Press "The New Real Book" Jazz transcriptions.
The more time I spend learning Jazz, the easier it gets to Rock.
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| 2393.10 | Steve Morse Hot Licks casette | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Soaring on the wings of dawn | Thu Dec 05 1991 11:30 | 8 |
| I think the Steve Morse Hot Licks AUDIO tape has been extremely helpful
to me in a variety of areas - the most important being learning how
to learn guitar.
In a lot of ways, it's oriented towards an overall "approach" to being
a guitar player.
db
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| 2393.11 | here's 2: | GLDOA::REITER | | Thu Dec 05 1991 17:16 | 7 |
| re: .3(?) ditto on
"Blues Guitar Inside and Out" highly recommended
also the Guitar Handbook by [ ? ]
basic reference bible for any guitarist
\Gary
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| 2393.12 | dee bible | STAR::SALKEWICZ | It missed... therefore, I am | Thu Dec 05 1991 17:20 | 5 |
| Yeah,. I'll "third" the recommendation for the Guitar Handbook,..
published by "Knopf" I think
/Bill
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| 2393.13 | ISBN Numbers Please | RAVEN1::BLAIR | all or nothing | Thu Jan 09 1992 09:32 | 4 |
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Could someone please post an ISBN order code for the Guitar Handbook?
-pat
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| 2393.14 | Info You requested... | CSAVAX::SANTINELLI | May is comming... | Thu Jan 09 1992 10:52 | 25 |
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Pat -
Here is the info you requested. I will send you mail with the
info, but I'll also post it here in case anyone is interested:
The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer
ISBN: 394-71257-9
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Purchased: The Little Professor Bookstore in Milford, NH but
can be purchased from almost any bookstore.
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Blues Guitar Inside & Out by Richard Daniels
ISBN: 0-89-524-148-x
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music, Co.
Purchased: Daddy's Junky Music Store, Nashua, NH but they have
it in all there stores in NH.
Hope this Helps!
Steven
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| 2393.15 | 'preshate it, Steve! | RAVEN1::BLAIR | Bush: Japan should import Buuuuicks! | Thu Jan 09 1992 11:00 | 1 |
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| 2393.16 | For Six bux and a nickle change.. | HYDRA::BURGESS | Water dependent | Thu Aug 27 1992 10:40 | 21 |
| re <<< Note 2393.7 by CSC32::J_KUHN "Surf's up" >>>
> -< Mickey Baker is good for trad Jazz >-
> "Jazz Guitar I" By Mickey Baker is great.
I just realized that this is what I bought last night at the
music factory in Manchester NH. I wasn't looking for it by title,
just browsing and flipping through pages - it looked good until I saw
the price, then it looked even better - $5.95 (-:
> You gotta know how to read music though for the lead
> section though.
Yeah, well, its worth learning to read formal notation anyway (-:
R
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