Guitar for Dummies

Name: Guitar for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780764599040

ISBN-10: 0764599046

ISBN-13: 9780764599040

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell

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The 500,000-copy bestseller, now revised with 25 percent new material and an all-new interactive CD Guitar sales are on the rise, jumping from 1.7 million sold in 2000 to nearly 2 million in 2003. Now revised and updated, this is the perfect introductory guide for all those novice acoustic and electric guitar players. It offers easy, step-by-step instruction on fingering chords, strumming and picking, using specialized techniques like the slide, and playing in a wide range of guitar styles--from rock and blues to folk and classical--plus tips on selecting the right guitar, maintaining it, and finding the best accessories. For this new edition, the authors provide expanded coverage of guitar…

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List price: $24.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Jon Chappell is a multistyle guitarist, arranger, and author. He grew up in Chicago, attended Carnegie-Mellon University, and earned his master's degree in composition from DePaul University. He was Editor-in-Chief of Guitar magazine and played and recorded with artists such as Big Walter Horton, Billy Branch, Pat Benatar, Judy Collins, Graham Nash, and Gunther Schuller. Jon has also contributed numerous musical pieces to TV and film. Jon served as Associate Music Director of Cherry Lane Music, where he transcribed, edited, and arranged the music of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Bonnie Raitt, and Eddie Van Halen, among others. He has more than a dozen method books to his name and is…



Introduction


About This Book


Finding a guitar


Playing the guitar


Caring for your guitar


Not-So-Foolish Assumptions


What You're Not to Read


Conventions We Use in This Book


How This Book Is Organized


Icons Used in This Book


Where to Go from Here



So You Wanna Play Guitar



Guitar 101


Anatomy of a Guitar


How Guitars Work


String vibration and string length


Using both hands to make a sound


Frets and half steps


Pickups



Turn On, Tune In


Counting on Your Strings and Frets


Everything's Relative: Tuning the Guitar to Itself


The fifth-fret method


In Deference to a Reference: Tuning to a Fixed Source


Taking a turn at the piano


Tuning your guitar with a pitch pipe


Sinking your teeth into the tuning fork


Experiencing the electronic tuner


Using your CD



Ready, Set...Not Yet: Developing the Tools and Skills to Play


Hand Position and Posture


Settling in to a sitting position


Standing position


Left-hand position: Fretting made easy


Right-hand position


You Don't Have to Read Music to Understand Guitar Notation


Getting by with a little help from a chord diagram


Reading rhythm slashes


Taking a look at tablature


How to Play a Chord


Fingering a chord


Avoiding buzzes



So Start Playing: The Basics



The Easiest Way to Play: Basic Major and Minor Chords


Playing Chords in the A Family


Fingering A-family chords


Strumming A-family chords


Playing Chords in the D Family


Fingering D-family chords


Strumming D-family chords


Playing Chords in the G Family


Fingering G-family chords


Strumming G-family chords


Playing Chords in the C Family


Fingering C-family chords


Strumming C-family chords


Playing Songs with Basic Major and Minor Chords


Having Fun with Basic Major and Minor Chords: The "Oldies" Progression



Playing Melodies without Reading Music!


Reading Tablature While Listening to the CD


Top or bottom?


Right or left?


Getting a Grip on Left-Hand Fingering


Using Alternate Picking


Playing Songs with Simple Melodies



Adding Some Spice: Basic 7th Chords


Dominant 7th Chords


D7, G7, and C7


E7 and A7


E7 (four-finger version) and B7


Minor 7th Chords - Dm7, Em7, and Am7


Major 7th Chords - Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Amaj7, and Dmaj7


Playing Songs with 7th Chords


Fun with 7th Chords: The 12-Bar Blues


Playing the 12-bar blues


Writing your own blues song



Beyond the Basics: Starting to Sound Cool



Playing Melodies in Position and in Double-Stops


Playing in Position


Playing in position versus playing with open strings


Playing exercises in position


Shifting positions


Building strength and dexterity by playing in position


Double-Stops


Understanding double-stops


Playing exercises in double-stops


Playing Songs in Position and in Double-Stops



Stretching Out: Barre Chords


Playing Major Barre Chords Based on E


Finding the right fret


Playing progressions using major barre chords based on E


Playing Minor, Dominant 7th, and Minor 7th Barre Chords Based on E


Minor chords


Dominant 7th chords


Minor 7th chords


Playing Major Barre Chords Based on A


Fingering the A-based major barre chord


Finding the right fret


Progressions using A-based major barre chords


Playing Minor, Dominant 7th, Minor 7th, and Major 7th Barre Chords Based on A


Minor chords


Dominant 7th chords


Minor 7th chords


Major 7th chords


Wailing on Power Chords


Fingering power chords


How you use power chords


Playing Songs with Barre Chords and Power Chords



Special Articulation: Making the Guitar Talk


Getting the Hang of Hammer-Ons


Playing a hammer-on


Getting idiomatic with hammer-ons


Getting Playful with Pull-Offs


Playing pull-offs


Getting idiomatic with pull-offs


Getting Slippery with Slides


Playing slides


Playing idiomatic licks using slides


Getting the Bends


Playing bends


Getting idiomatic with bends


Varying Your Sound with Vibrato


Getting Mellow with Muting


Creating a thick, chunky sound as an effect


Preventing unwanted string noise


Playing idiomatic licks using muting


Playing a Song with Varied Articulation



A Cornucopia of Styles



Rock


Classic Rock 'n' Roll


Rhythm guitar


Lead guitar


Modern Rock


Sus and add chords


Slash chords


Alternate tunings


Country-rock and Southern-rock lead


Playing Songs in the Rock Style



Blues


Electric Blues


Blues rhythm guitar


Blues lead guitar


Acoustic Blues


General concepts


Specific techniques


Turnarounds


Playing Blues Songs



Folk


Playing Fingerstyle


Fingerstyle technique


Right-hand position


Using the Capo


Arpeggio Style


Playing arpeggio style


"Lullaby" pattern


Thumb-Brush Style


Simple thumb-brush


Thumb-brush-up


Carter Style


Travis Picking


Playing the pattern


Accompaniment style


Solo style


Open tuning


Playing Folk Songs



Classical


Getting Ready to Play Classical Guitar


How to sit


The right hand


Left-hand position


Free Strokes and Rest Strokes


Playing free strokes


Playing rest strokes


Arpeggio Style and Contrapuntal Style


Combining free strokes and rest strokes in arpeggios


Point/counterpoint


Playing Classical Pieces



Jazz


Introducting a Whole New Harmony


Extended chords


Altered chords


Rhythm Comping


Inside chords


Outside chords


Full chords


Playing Solo: Chord-Melody Style


Making substitutions


Faking it with three chords


Taking the Lead: Jazz Melody


Scales with altered tones


Approaching target notes


Making melodies from arpeggiated chords


Playing Jazz Songs



Purchasing and Caring for Your Guitar



Perfectly Good Guitars


Before Breaking Out Your Wallet


Beginner Guitars


Models for a Particular Style


The Second (And Third...) Guitars


Construction


Materials


Workmanship


Appointments (cosmetics)


Buying an Ax to Grind


Bringing along an expert


Meeting the salesperson


The art of the deal



Guitar Accessories


Amps


Getting started with a practice amp


Powering up to a performance amp


A Case for Cases


Hard cases


Soft cases


Gig bags


Capos


Effect Pedals and Devices


Picks


Strings


Straps


Electronic Tuners


Some Other Helpful (But Nonessential) Goodies



Getting Strung Along: Changing Strings


Restringing Strategies


Removing Old Strings


Stringing a Steel-String Acoustic Guitar


Changing strings step-by-step


Tuning up


Stringing Nylon-String Guitars


Changing strings step-by-step


Tuning up


Stringing an Electric Guitar


Changing strings step-by-step


The special case of the Floyd Rose bridge



Staying Fit: Basic Maintenance and Repairs


Cleaning Your Guitar


Removing dirt and grime


Caring for the finish


Protecting Your Guitar


On the road


In storage


Providing a Healthy Environment


Temperature settings


Humidity


Do-It-Yourself Repairs


Tightening loose connections


Adjusting the neck and bridge


Replacing worn or old parts


Having the Right Tools


Ten Things That You Can't Do Yourself



The Part of Tens



Ten Guitarists You Should Know


Andres Segovia (1893-1987)


Charlie Christian (1916-42)


Chet Atkins (1924-2001)


Wes Montgomery (1925-68)


B.B. King (1925- )


Chuck Berry (1926- )


Jimi Hendrix (1942-70)


Jimmy Page (1944- )


Eric Clapton (1945- )


Eddie Van Halen (1955- )


Guitarists Who May Be on Someone Else's Top Ten List



Ten Guitars You Should Know


D'Angelico Archtop


Fender Stratocaster


Fender Telecaster


Gibson ES-335


Gibson J-200


Gibson Les Paul


Gretsch 6120


Martin D-28


Ramirez Classical


Rickenbacker 360-12



Appendixes



How to Read Music


The Elements of Music Notation


Reading pitch


Reading duration


Expression, articulation, and miscellaneous terms and symbols


Finding Notes on the Guitar



96 Common Chords



How to Use the CD


Relating the Text to the CD


Count-offs


Stereo separation


System Requirements


Audio CD players


Computer CD-ROM drives


Using the CD with Microsoft Windows


Using the CD with Mac OS


What You'll Find on the CD


CD audio tracks


Digital music


Troubleshooting


Index