Teach Yourself - Guitar

Name: Teach Yourself - Guitar
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ISBN: 9780071429788

ISBN-10: 0071429786

ISBN-13: 9780071429788

Edition: 2004

Authors: Dale Fradd

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From buying a guitar, to tuning it, to reading guitar music and actually playing it, Teach Yourself Guitar covers all the basics for aspiring guitarists with no or minimal experience. Designed to get you playing with confidence in the shortest possible time, it avoids wordy, theoretical discussions, providing instead dozens of practical exercises and examples accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs. This new edition features a large format that stays open easily while your hands are busy playing and an accompanying CD with 60 minutes of audio instruction.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Dedication	p. iv
Acknowledgements	p. iv
Introduction	p. vii
The classical guitar	p. 1
Parts of the guitar	p. 1
Points to look for when choosing a guitar	p. 2
Buying a guitar	p. 4
Miscellaneous extras	p. 4
Starting off	p. 6
Naming the strings and tuning the guitar	p. 6
How to replace a string	p. 10
Textures in sound	p. 11
Scales, chords and arpeggios	p. 11
The right hand	p. 13
Fingernails	p. 13
The two basic movements--apoyando and tirando	p. 15
How the fingers are numbered	p. 15
Apoyando	p. 16
The position of the right hand and simple exercises	p. 16
Tirando	p. 21
How to play arpeggios, broken chords and chords	p. 21
Suggested easy studies for the right hand	p. 30
Simple theory	p. 31
Note reading	p. 31
Tones and semitones	p. 34
Accidentals--sharps, flats and naturals	p. 35
Fretwork	p. 36
How to find the notes on the guitar	p. 36
The left hand	p. 40
Position of the left hand--how the fingers are numbered	p. 40
Hands together	p. 44
How to play scales--finding the notes	p. 44
Common faults	p. 48
Making music	p. 49
How to play chords--starting to read music	p. 50
Your first piece	p. 54
A sense of rhythm	p. 57
Note values	p. 57
Beats and bars	p. 59
How to count the beats	p. 60
Time signatures	p. 62
First problems	p. 65
Barree playing	p. 65
Suggested easy studies for left hand	p. 67
Enriching the sound	p. 68
Glissando	p. 68
Vibrato	p. 68
Tone colour	p. 69
Understanding keys	p. 70
Construction of major scales	p. 70
Key signatures	p. 71
Construction of minor scales	p. 72
Key signatures	p. 73
Technical names	p. 74
Understanding chords	p. 75
Tonic triads and inversions	p. 75
Cadences	p. 76
Musical shorthand	p. 78
Ornaments	p. 78
Arpeggios	p. 81
Repeat signs	p. 81
Expression marks	p. 82
Advanced techniques for the right hand	p. 84
Tremolo	p. 84
Pizzicato	p. 85
Rasgueado	p. 86
Percussion	p. 87
Golpe	p. 87
Advanced techniques for the left hand	p. 88
Slurring	p. 88
Harmonics	p. 91
Fingering	p. 95
Examples and suggestions of how to finger a new piece	p. 95
Communication	p. 102
Phrasing	p. 102
Interpretation	p. 103
Practising	p. 106
Selective practising	p. 106
Technique--scales, arpeggios and studies	p. 107
Sight reading	p. 109
Mechanical aids--metronomes, tape recorders and CDs	p. 110
Moving on	p. 111
Examinations and competitions	p. 111
Performing	p. 111
Memorising	p. 112
Playing with others	p. 113
Duets and trios for guitars	p. 113
Chamber music	p. 114
Accompaniment	p. 115
Historical outline	p. 117
Repertoire	p. 122
Glossary	p. 124
Taking it further	p. 127
Websites	p. 127
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