The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Guitar
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Learn to play the guitar using this quick and easy guide. Whether you dream of playing classical guitar, a B.B. King lick, or just the opening bars to "Stairway to Heaven," this book can get you there. This easy-to-use guide introduces the beginning guitarist to all styles of playing, from classical to jazz and pop. Using basic exercises and a selection of popular tunes, it shows how to do everything from reading tablature and chord diagrams to performing simple accompaniment. This book is designed for the child or adult beginner who wants a "user-friendly" introduction to the most popular musical instrument. It contains numerous sidebars and illustrations, making learning the guitar fun and easy. Z Features exercises in all styles from classical to rock and jazz Z Includes checklists of popular books, videos and instrument dealers, and tips on purchasing and maintaining your instrument. Frederick Noad is an expert guitar teacher and author of dozens of guitar methods, including The Virtual Guitarist, Solo Guitar Playing and Playing the Guitar, all from Schirmer Books. He is the inventor of Speed Score, the computer notation software and is universally known as a master teacher of the instument.
(NOTE: Chapters conclude with The Least You Need to Know.) I. PREPARING TO PLAY. 1. The Guitar: A Noteworthy History. The Ancient Roots of the Guitar. Early Guitar Masters. The Guitar in America. The Folk Revival. 2. What Is a Guitar? The Parts of the Guitar. Guitar Styles. More Guitar Talk. Selecting a Guitar. Guitar Variants. 3. Buying a Guitar. Before Shopping. Shopping Tips. Fitting an Instrument to You. Common Guitar Brands. What Will a Dealer Do for You? Mail Order. Accessories. 4. Strings and Things. About the Fingers. The Playing Action. Strings. Tuning. String Stretch. II. GETTING STARTED. 5. Beginning to Play. Playing Position. Sitting Correctly. The Left Hand Chords. 6. The Right Hand. Right-Hand Playing Position. Preparing the Nails. Right-Hand Chord Technique. Rhythmic Variety. Further Practice. Quick Review. 7. Advanced Right Hand Techniques. The Rest Stroke. The Free Stroke. Arpeggios. III. TUNES AND TABLATURE. 8. How Guitar Music Is Written. Guitar Tablature. Rhythm and Counting. Ties, Rests, and Damping. SomeFamiliar Tunes. The Eighth Note. Counting Beats with Fractions. More about Dotted Notes. 9. Varied Accompaniments. Playing Chords and Arpeggios in Tablature. Some New Chords. A First Solo. 10. Rhythm Practice. Advanced Counting. Sixteenth Notes. Mixed Rhythms. Triplets. 11. Slur Techniques. The Upward Slur (Hammer-On, Ascending Ligado). The Downward Slur (Pull-Off, Descending Ligado). Practice for Upward and Downward Slurs. 12. The Full Bar. Playing a Full Bar. Chord Sequences. IV. MAKING NOTES. 13. How to Read Notes. Why Learn Notation? The Music Staff. Tones and Half Tones. The Octave. The Notes on the Staff. The Notes on Each String. 14. The Scale. Sharps and Flats. Accidentals. Tunes from Notation. The Least You Need to Know. 15. Music in Multiple Voices. Independent Voices. “Andante” (Fernando Sor). “Bourie” (J. S. Bach). “Country Dance” (Frederick Noad). V. REGIONAL STYLES. 16. Elements of Travis Picking. Syncopation. “Careless Love” . 17. Folk and Country. Keeping It Steady. Basic Chord Shapes. Picking a Country Song. 18. Introducing Flamenco. The Flamenco Forms. Development of the Solo Art. Technique. Right-Hand Techniques. The Rasgueo. Farruca. 19. Latin Rhythms. Tango. Rumba. The Beguine. The Bossa Nova. Carnavalitos. 20. The Blues. Taking Measure of the 12-Bar Blues. Seventh Chords. Getting Down to the Blues. 21. Rock and Roll. The Boogie Bass. A High-Note Solo. @PARTHEAD - VI. TAKING OFF. 22. Chord Formation. Chord Families. Related Chords. The Relative Minor. Other Useful Chords. Transposing with the Chord Clock. 23. Moving up the Fingerboard. The Positions of the Guitar. Ways to Change Position. Notes of the Fifth Position. Equivalent Notes. Natural Harmonics. 24. Classical Virtuoso Secrets. Tone Production. Vibrato. Tremolo. Dividing your Practice Time. Additional Study. 25. Putting It All Together. Study in B Minor (Fernando Sor). Romance Ansnimo (Anonymous Romance). The Least You Need to Know. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Further Study. Appendix B. Guitar Gods. Appendix C. Guitar Talk. Index.
