The Story
The guitar is one of the most versatile of musical instruments, and can be used to play a huge variety of musical styles, such as folk, country, blues, rock, pop, jazz, classical, and even flamenco. Learning to play it can be complicated, but it neednt be, as THE BEGINNERS GUIDETO PLAYING GUITAR so expertly shows.In the experienced teaching hands of Douglas J. Noble, players who havent touched a guitar before, nor have any prior musical knowledge, can easily learn the basics. All the musical examples included here have been written to be played by a total neophyte, with easytounderstand notation and straightforward timing.Chapters include: Getting Started Guitar Music Notation Major and Seventh Chords Minor Chords and Seventh Chords Minor Chords and Ear Training The Twelve Bar Blues Classical Guitar Completing the Open String Chords Barre Chords Music Theory The Blues Scale Jazz Discography GlossaryThough the book does contain some actual songs, it concentrates on material written specifically to improve a certain aspect of playing. Readers will work progressively through a variety of stylesfrom classical to rock, blues to jazzwith the end in mind that each style influences the other.Advocating a practice routine of ten to fifteen minutes a day, Noble stresses a basic, nononsense approach that will have even the tonedeaf strumming away in days.
Description
The guitar is one of the most versatile of musical instruments, and can be used to play a huge variety of musical styles, such as folk, country, blues, rock, pop, jazz, classical, and even flamenco. Learning to play it can be complicated, but it neednt be, as THE BEGINNERS GUIDETO PLAYING GUITAR so expertly shows.In the experienced teaching hands of Douglas J. Noble, players who havent touched a guitar before, nor have any prior musical knowledge, can easily learn the basics. All the musical examples included here have been written to be played by a total neophyte, with easytounderstand notation and straightforward timing.Chapters include: Getting Started Guitar Music Notation Major and Seventh Chords Minor Chords and Seventh Chords Minor Chords and Ear Training The Twelve Bar Blues Classical Guitar Completing the Open String Chords Barre Chords Music Theory The Blues Scale Jazz Discography GlossaryThough the book does contain some actual songs, it concentrates on material written specifically to improve a certain aspect of playing. Readers will work progressively through a variety of stylesfrom classical to rock, blues to jazzwith the end in mind that each style influences the other.Advocating a practice routine of ten to fifteen minutes a day, Noble stresses a basic, nononsense approach that will have even the tonedeaf strumming away in days.
