Guitar Cookbook

9780879306335

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Created for anyone who hungers to increase their command of the instrument, The Guitar Cookbook is a comprehensive reference guide that will help beginning, intermediate, and advanced players understand the mechanisms of music on the guitar. This collection of "recipes" unlocks the logic of the fingerboard with hundreds of musical examples and concepts that can be applied to any style of music. You'll increase rhythmic, melodic and harmonic awareness, develop a personalized musical vocabulary, and discover new flavors and fresh techniques that will make your playing sizzle. Beginners will gain solid grounding in the basics, while experienced players can break out of familiar patterns and cliches. Step-by-step, this user-friendly handbook covers all the ingredients for cooking up great music in any genre. The menu includes music notation, tuning and intonation, rhythm, melody, harmony, ear-training, technique, and improvisation-a cornucopia of musical information designed to unite the fingerboard. The Guitar Cookbook spices up the learning process by promoting individual taste and personal style. You create your own melodies and harmonies. You write your own chord book. You become your own teacher. Dig in and bon appetit!