Guitar Atlas
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Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780739055632
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Africa
Author: Banning Eyre
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780739024744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Banning Eyre, a recognized expert in African guitar music, guides you through a variety of important styles, including congolese, mbira, Malian blues, and juju. Learn about the history of this music, the pioneering musicians that developed each style, and the dominant characteristics and techniques necessary to play this remarkable music. All material is presented in standard notation and TAB. A CD demonstrating examples and compositions in the book makes learning easy and trouble-free for all players.
Flamenco
Author: Dennis Koster
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780739024782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Guitar Atlas series continues with a vivid exploration of Flamenco guitar. Dennis Koster, one of New York's most sought after teachers for over 25 years, guides you through distinctive rhythms such as soleares, alegras and buleras along with important techniques like rasgueado, tremolo and golpe. Features like standard notation and TAB as well as an accompanying CD demonstrating all examples and compositions in the book are sure to make learning this passionate style both easy and fun.
Guitar Fretboard Atlas
Author: Joe Charupakorn
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1495001741
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(Guitar Educational). Mastering the guitar neck has always been a challenge, even for very experienced players. The diagrams in Guitar Fretboard Atlas will help you quickly memorize scales and chords that may have previously seemed impossible to grasp. You'll be able to easily see and understand how scale and chord shapes are laid out and how they connect and overlap across the neck. This is a collection of roadmaps for the most important scales and chords. The material is presented in all 12 keys, using complete 24-fret neck diagrams with color-coded displays of the most common fingerings.
Percussive Acoustic Guitar
Author: Chris Woods
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1480349445
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(Guitar Educational). Turn your acoustic guitar into a full band with this comprehensive book/video set by guitar virtuoso Chris Woods. Providing detailed, step-by-step instruction on a variety of percussive guitar techniques, this book includes warm-ups, exercises, full pieces, and pracitcal "how-to" training that will get you slapping, tapping, and enjoying your guitar like never before. The high-definition video reinforces all the material in the book and features Chris Woods himself as your personal instructor. No matter what style of music you play, Percussive Acoustic Guitar will change, enhance, and progress your entire approach to the guitar! Covers: string slapping, body percussion, tapping, harmonics, alternate tunings, standard notation and tab, and more, with lots of exercises and full pieces to play!
Foundations for Guitar
Author: Mark Wein
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-04-01
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 061519883X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Foundations for Guitar is a modern method for learning to play the guitar. Beginning and Intermediate guitarists will learn "foundation skills" that are usable in all styles of music. Topics covered include: Music Theory Rhythm Theory Note Reading Single Note Guitar Skills Open Chords Power Chords Barre Chords Partial and other movable chord shapes 7th and 9th Chords Chart reading Rhythm Guitar Strumming in Eighth and Sixteenth Note Rhythms Arpeggiated or "Broken" Chords Alternate Picking
India
Author: Sanjay Mishra
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780739036006
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Guitar Atlas series is your passport to a new world of music. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques of some of the world's most remarkable guitar music, discovering the history, origins, and pioneering artists of distinctive styles from around the globe. Whether you play jazz, rock, blues, or any other style, the beautiful musical language of India will infuse your playing with a new, unique flavor. Explore ornamentation, modes, and rhythms of folk music from Darjeeling, Assam, Bengal and other regions. Learn how ragas are structured, and discover the subtle, graceful improvisational art form of Hindustani music. The examples and compositions throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and TAB and demonstrated on an enclosed CD. In November 2006, Guitar Atlas: India and its author Sanjay Mishra were featured on NPR radio's "Sanjay Mishra: A Cross-Cultural Exploration in Music."
Japan
Author: Burgess Speed
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780739043035
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →To most of us, Japan is an exotic and faraway land. When we see images of Shinto shrines, pagodas, geishas, and Kabuki actors in face paint, our imaginations are immediately captured. Now you can experience this rich and mysterious culture through its music. In addition to arrangements of classic folk tunes such as Sakura" and "Edo Komori-uta," Guitar Atlas: Japan teaches about Japanese scales, modes, and tunings, and traditional instruments such as the shamisen, koto, shakuhachi. Learn guitar techniques to emulate the sounds of these exotic instruments. Discover the fascinating world of Kabuki music, including a style of shamisen playing called ozatsuma. The book also informs about the Bon odori, or bon dances, held during the summer festival of Bon. This exciting introduction to the music of Japan offers new and interesting music to add to your repertoire, and teaches techniques, theory, and traditions that will enhance your playing and enrich your spirit. A CD demonstrating all examples and compositions is included."
Cuba
Author: Jeff Peretz
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780739043011
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The signature sound of Cuban music is popular throughout the world. At its heart is the clave---the underlying groove that defines the music of Cuba. In Guitar Atlas: Cuba, author Jeff Peretz breaks down this fundamental rhythm and shows that the clave can be played by any guitarist. For those who do not play Cuban music, the concepts in this book improve sense of rhythm and syncopation in any style. In addition to teaching the music itself, this book also explores the background of Cuban music, including African and European cultural influences as well as the impact of the political events of the 20th century. You'll learn about the different styles of music from all over the island and the musicians who popularized them, and explore the unique instruments of Cuba. A CD with demonstrations of all examples and compositions is included.
Lion Songs
Author: Banning Eyre
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2015-05-01
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0822375427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle and cultural identity. Mapfumo was born in 1945 in what was then the British colony of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The trajectory of his career—from early performances of rock 'n' roll tunes to later creating a new genre based on traditional Zimbabwean music, including the sacred mbira, and African and Western pop—is a metaphor for Zimbabwe's evolution from colony to independent nation. Lion Songs is an authoritative biography of Mapfumo that narrates the life and career of this creative, complex, and iconic figure. Banning Eyre ties the arc of Mapfumo's career to the history of Zimbabwe. The genre Mapfumo created in the 1970s called chimurenga, or "struggle" music, challenged the Rhodesian government—which banned his music and jailed him—and became important to Zimbabwe achieving independence in 1980. In the 1980s and 1990s Mapfumo's international profile grew along with his opposition to Robert Mugabe's dictatorship. Mugabe had been a hero of the revolution, but Mapfumo’s criticism of his regime led authorities and loyalists to turn on the singer with threats and intimidation. Beginning in 2000, Mapfumo and key band and family members left Zimbabwe. Many of them, including Mapfumo, now reside in Eugene, Oregon. A labor of love, Lion Songs is the product of a twenty-five-year friendship and professional relationship between Eyre and Mapfumo that demonstrates Mapfumo's musical and political importance to his nation, its freedom struggle, and its culture.
