Acoustic Guitar Styles

by Larry Sandberg

Overview

"Acoustic Guitar Styles" introduces the most popular traditional styles for the acoustic guitar. The step-by-step approach, using a small repertoire of well-known songs, enables the student to explore various styles that can be adapted to play personal favorites. Although a basic knowledge of the guitar is assumed, even the beginner will benefit from this progressive approach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136804656
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Larry Sandberg has been teaching guitar for over forty years. He is the author of the Acoustic Guitar Guide (2001) and co-author of the Folk Music Sourcebook. He is a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, as well as other guitar publications. He teaches guitar as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado and is on the faculty of the Denver Folklore Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Acknowledgments, Part I: Preliminaries, 1. How to Use This Book, 2. Basic Chord Shapes, 3. Chord-Progression Practice, 4. Basic Picking and Plucking Patterns, 5. Using Alternating Bass Notes to Vary Picking and Strumming Patterns, 6. Songs to Learn, 7. More Flat-picking and Fingerpicking Patterns, Part II: Guitar Styles, 8. Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Early Country Styles, 9. Melodic Fingerpicking, 10. Country Blues, 11. Song Gallery

Editorial Reviews

For many, the acoustic guitar is basic to their favorite music. For others, playing acoustic guitar is a way of reducing stress and promoting well-being. For either group, this book will be of interest. Tailoring his text to those who have mastered acoustic guitar rudiments, know a few chords, and are learning how to make changes cleanly, experienced instructor Sandberg (The Acoustic Guitar Guide) teaches more advanced solo techniques in old-time music styles (e.g., country, blues, ragtime, and bluegrass). Suggestions for practice appear throughout. While the text is clear and helpful, it is the notation, along with the accompanying CD (to which this reviewer did not have access), that best conveys the sense of how the music should sound, including the proper phrasing of passages and approaches to single-note soloing. What sets this guide apart from others are its focus on old-time music and the CD. Given that the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack, which showcases American roots music, won Album of the Year at this year's Grammy Awards, this book could prove to be quite successful. Recommended. Eric C. Shoaf, Brown Univ. Lib., Providence Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

"Acoustic Guitar Stylesn provides beginners with easily followed instructions and practice pieces which are real songs, not just finger exercises. Instructions are demonstrated through an accompanying CD plus both guitar tabulature and standard notation, while a variety of musical styles are probed." — The Bookwatch
"While the text is clear and helpful, it is the notation along with the accompanying CD ... that best conveys the sense of the proper phrasing of passages and approaches to single-note soloing. What'sets this guide apart from others are its focus on old-time music and the CD... Recommended." — Library Journal

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