(Guitar Educational). Finally, a guitar method solely for south paws! This comprehensive book covers: chords, scales, riffs and strumming; rock, blues, fingerpicking and other styles; tuning, theory and other fundamentals; reading standard notation and tab; and lots more. Includes lots of photos, diagrams and grids designed especially for the left-handed player.
Let’s face it – in the music world, guitars set the standard for cool. Since the 1950s, many of the greatest performers in rock ‘n’ roll, blues, and country have played the guitar. Playing electric guitar can put you out in front of a band, where you’re free to roam, sing, and make eye contact with your adoring fans. Playing acoustic guitar can make you the star of the vacation campfire sing-along or allow you to serenade that special someone. And playing any kind of guitar can bring out the music in your soul and become a valued lifetime hobby. Guitar For Dummies delivers everything the beginning to intermediate guitarist needs. The information has been carefully crafted so that you can find exactly what you want to know about the guitar. This clearly written guide is for anyone who wants to know how to Strum basic chords and simple melodies Expand your range with advanced techniques Play melodies without reading music Choose the right guitar Tune, change strings, and make simple repairs Figure out how to play anything from simple chord progressions to smokin’ blues licks. Guitar For Dummies also covers the following topics and more: Hand position and posture Basic major and minor chords Adding spice with basic 7th chords and barre chords Playing melodies in position and in double-stops Different styles including rock, blues, folk, and classical Buying a guitar and accessories Taking care of your guitar Guitar For Dummies also contains a play-along audio CD that contains all 97 songs and exercises from the book. Whether you’re contemplating a career as a heavy metal superstar or you just want to strum a few folk songs for your friends, this friendly book-and-CD package makes it easy to pick up the guitar and start playing. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Contains chord forms for all of the most commonly used chords. Chords include major, minor, altered 7ths, diminished, augmented and many more. All forms are shown in picture and diagram form for the left-handed guitarist.
(Guitar Method). 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 it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.
This book is a complete, step-by-step course for beginners on how to play djembe. Right from the start you'll be learning interlocking parts for some of the most popular West African rhythms: Kuku, Djole, Kassa, Madan, Suku, Sunguru Bani, and Tiriba. While you learn the patterns, you'll also learn how to make each of the basic strokes--bass, tone, and slap--with proper playing technique. We use life-like illustrations to show how each stroke looks from the outside and give detailed descriptions to explain how each stroke feels from the inside. The book also has easy-to-read box charts and a friendly writing style that creates the feel of private lessons. Please note: audio files of the CD that comes with the print version of this book are not included in this ebook version (but are available separately).
(Essential Elements Guitar). Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction and get beginning guitar students off to a great start. This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; ensemble playing; and much more! Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * Every Breath You Take * Hey Jude * Hound Dog * Let It Be * Ode to Joy * Rock Around the Clock * Stand By Me * Surfin' USA * Sweet Home Chicago * This Land Is Your Land * You Really Got Me * and more!
2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.
6 Strings is the unique new system of chord diagrams from Moran Education. All chords are displayed in a horizontal grid, rather than the vertical one employed in most guitar books. This system is proven to optimize your learning, allowing chord patterns to be learnt and digested much faster. This special edition of our most popular title caters for those who play left-handed guitars. With over 500 chords, in a pocket-sized A5 format, this book is small enough to be carried in your guitar case, yet big enough to be the only guitar chord book you'll ever need.
Just for Lefties! Unlock Your Imagination and Start Making New Music - YOUR music - with Complete Knowledge of How Chords, Scales and Melodies Are All Related. Seeing Music on the Left-Handed Guitar is the first book of its kind: Using an easy, visual method to teach practical music theory so you can make new music with confidence. Learn music, FAST! Step inside the mind of successful guitar players. Great guitarists develop an ability to "see" the music they play on the fretboard of the instrument. They see their music as a simple relationship of shapes and locations. As easily as you already can distinguish a triangle from a square or a circle, guitar players see music on the fretboard of their instrument. It's this EASY: Just as you can draw the basic shapes of triangle, square or circle from memory, guitar players visually "draw" chord shapes on their fingerboards, then move those shapes easily, creating new music. MASTER your music: Guitarists find this "visual roadmap" on the fretboard a powerful tool, making improvisation or transposing a song to another key quite easy. Your fingers will follow these roadmaps to get to the music. Seeing Music on the Left-Handed Guitar will show you how to see music as simple shapes and use these shapes to quickly and confidently create and play music. AUDIO BONUS: Loads of audio examples from the book for free download to get you learning FAST! Download free MP3s of the lessons at SeeingMusicBooks.com Have you learned some chords but lack the knowledge to take them further? Want to create new and interesting music but feel stuck? You're not alone! Most musicians find themselves search for answers to the "Hows" and "Whys"? How can I build new chords for my music? Why do some chords sound better together? Learn the secrets of how scales, triads and chords are all related. Once you've seen the connection between the elements of melody and harmony, you'll never be the same. Because the concepts are fundamental, you will be applying them to any music, any style and at every level of musicianship. The best part? There's very little to memorize. Music (like everything else) is built on fundamentals. Here, you'll learn those harmonic basics the fast and easy way to create music for a lifetime. In Seeing Music on the Left-Handed Guitar, you will learn: How Major, Minor and Blues scales are built Why chords use particular notes How to learn the entire fretboard QUICKLY How to play ANY chord in the universe! How to create your own chords and music How to leverage scales and chords to improvise How to transpose any song EASILY Complete Chapter Listing: Getting Started Fretboard Diagrams Fretboard Basics Major Scales, Triads and Chords Intervals More Major Scales and Chords Seeing the Whole Fretboard Minor Scales, Triads and Chords Chord Progressions 7th Chords Transposing Chord Progressions Extended Chords Basic Improvising Creating Your Own Chords Creating Your Own Progressions Chord Reference Expand your musical horizon and begin your mastery of music with new confidence to put you ahead of the pack. You don't need a degree from music school to have knowledge of music theory. Unlock the door to your imagination and start to create ANY music you like. Click and buy it now. There's free delivery with Amazon Prime. 108 pages, 8 1/2" by 11" paperback, SeeingMusicBooks.com
