An edition of Basic guitar (1988)

Basic guitar

Rev. ed. / edited by Helen Casabona.
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Rev. ed. / edited by Helen Casabona.
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English
Pages
132

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Cover of: Basic guitar
Basic guitar
1988, H. Leonard Books, GPI Publications
in English - Rev. ed. / edited by Helen Casabona.
Cover of: Basic Guitar
Basic Guitar: The New and Revised Edition (The Guitar Player Basic Library)
December 1, 1988, GPI Publications
Paperback in English - Revised edition

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Table of Contents

Forward. Les Paul
Page IV-V
Introduction. Helen Casabona
Page VI
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Buying Your First Guitar.
Page 2
Stringing And Fretting.
Page 4
Chapter 2. Reading Music
How To Read Music.
Page 12
Tablature: Alternative Musical Notation.
Page 14
Chapter 3. Chords
Chord Construction Primer.
Page 18
Chord Patterns And Inversions.
Page 24
Chord Substitution.
Page 27
The Transposition Chart.
Page 31
Chapter 4. Playing Backup
Edward Van Halen On Rock Rhythm.
Page 34
Partial Chords And Struming Patterns.
Page 37
The Traditional Flatpick Rhythm.
Page 38
Backing Up Vocals.
Page 43
Chapter 5. Guitar Techniques
Vibrato.
Page 46
Damping And Muting.
Page 48
String Bending On Electric.
Page 51
Playing Harmonics.
Page 55
Harmonics And The Wammy Bar.
Page 58
Chapter 6. Playing Lead
Edward Van Halen: My Tips For Begineers.
Page 64
Horizontal And Vertical Movement.
Page 70
Lead Licks.
Page 72
Chapter 7. Fingerpicking
Fingerpicking Backup for Vocals.
Page 78
Fingerpicking In An Open Tuning.
Page 81
The Three Finger Roll.
Page 84
Chapter *. Flatpicking
Flatpicking Insights.
Page 88
Carter Style-Picking.
Page 89
Blue Grass For Beginers.
Page 91
The Craft Of Cross Picking.
Page 94
Chapter 9. Playing The Blues
The Blues An Improvisors Best Friend.
Page 98
Alternative Blues Progressions.
Page 99
Basic Blues Improvisations.
Page 100
Blues Licks.
Page 103
Slide Guitar Basics.
Page 108
Electric Slide: Muddy Waters-Style.
Page 114
John Hammonds "Drop Down Mama".
Page 117
About The Authors. A Small Sentence About The 19 Authors
Page 121

Edition Notes

Published in
Milwaukee, WI, Cupertino, Calif
Series
The Guitar player basic library
Other Titles
Guitar player., Frets.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
787.87/193
Library of Congress
MT580 .B38 1988, MT580.B38 1988

Contributors

Foreword
Les Paul
Introduction
Helen Casabona

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 132 p. :
Number of pages
132

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2246708M
Internet Archive
basicguitar00casa
ISBN 10
0881889067
LCCN
89121384
Library Thing
5408074
Goodreads
1992193

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL17829147W

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