what are people's favorite guitar books?
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> I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar playing > forever.
Some great books, though not necessarily for beginners, are: Ralph Denyer’s book "the guitar handbook". It is a small reference book that you’ll probably return to over and again for many years. Howard Robert’s Book "the Accelerator" as well as the 3 vol. set "the Guitar Compendium". Some of Howard’s books require sight reading and some don’t. The accelerator doesn’t. The compendium is a large reference book (set of books), that you can use for quite some time. Ted Greene’s books as mentioned elsewhere " Chord Chemistry", "Modern Chord Progressions", and "Single note soloing" vols 1 and 2. Just about anything by Arlen Roth would be appropriate after much of the initial books that get mentioned here all the time (guit for dummies, etc.) Arlen’s examples and exercises utilize standard notation and TAB as well as chord diagrams. Joe Pass has some excellent books if you can read standard notation. A biography on Robert Fripp turned me onto Gamelan music, and went through the theory behind several of King Crimson’s songs (forget the name at the moment). At the moment I’m teaching using the "Christopher Parkening method" and finding that really useful for a number of different outcomes. I’ve also taught with Fredrick Noad’s books, and Aaron Shearer’s books, which i still recommend if you’re looking to learn to sight read. Mick Goodrick has a good book , i think the name is the "Advancing guitarist" Almost all of these books are a little dated, and can be tweaked by a teacher or student who knows what they’re doing to retrieve even more info out of them than is explicitly taught, but these are the best ones IMHO that come to mind. Hope this helps, Christopher Roberts http://members.aol.com/snglstringtheory/guitar/index.html
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Mel Bay’s Guitar books Maribeth
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Hi folks. Well, two books that come to mind would be ‘Approaching the Guitar’ by Gene Bertoncini. Also ‘The Advancing Guitarist’ by Mick Goodrick. I do realize that this is a ‘beginner’ newsgroup but the philosophy in these books can ‘blow you away’ and change the way you look at the instrument. No doubt. (IMHO, that is) > Mel Bay’s Guitar books > Maribeth > I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar playing > forever.
– Jazz Guitarist/Educator http://www.rickdelsavio.com
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spake: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar > > > playing forever. > > Definitely NOT a beginners book… but a book that changed my playing > > was Chord Chemistry by Ted Green. An oldy, written in the 70’s but > > still published today because it is just so useful. > Dude, > You should check out a book called "THE DIRT: confessions of the > worlds most notorious bock band" its about Motley Crue. It’ll blow you > away and change how you look at music forever. > Todd LaRoc > http://profiles.yahoo.com/toddlaroc >So the pictures blew you away? Or was the book written at a 4th grade level, >so you could understand it? Probably both, I’m assuming. >BTW, Motley Crue is certainly not even the world’s most notorious rock band, >never mind "the world’s most notorious bock band". Bock? Is that what you >guys are playing in Bensonhurst?
The world’s most notorious Bach band? 
Todd
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I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar playing forever.
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Paco Pena : Toques Flamenco Made me choose flamenco guitar 15 years ago, still use it sometimes! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar playing > forever.
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I found the book called Rhythm Guitar, by Music Institute to be a pretty good book for learning.
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I can’t say I ever read a book that changed my playing a lot, but Tom Wheeler’s "American Guitars" and Dan Erlewine’s "Guitar Player Repair Guide" are the two most *valuable* guitar books I own. The Old Guy —-== Posted via Newsfeed.Com – Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==—- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups —= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers – Total Privacy via Encryption =—
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The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer. The only book that I still go back to again and again. And my 13 year old son who’s just picking up a guitar has whipped it off my bookshelf and won’t give it back. — Dave MacLeod http://www.bandfamilytree.com for music and musicians
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Definitely NOT a beginners book… but a book that changed my playing was Chord Chemistry by Ted Green. An oldy, written in the 70’s but still published today because it is just so useful. — Mike LaFountain
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> > I mean books you’ve found that blew you away changed your guitar > playing forever. > Definitely NOT a beginners book… but a book that changed my playing > was Chord Chemistry by Ted Green. An oldy, written in the 70’s but > still published today because it is just so useful.
Dude, You should check out a book called "THE DIRT: confessions of the worlds most notorious bock band" its about Motley Crue. It’ll blow you away and change how you look at music forever. Todd LaRoc http://profiles.yahoo.com/toddlaroc
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So the pictures blew you away? Or was the book written at a 4th grade level, so you could understand it? Probably both, I’m assuming. BTW, Motley Crue is certainly not even the world’s most notorious rock band, never mind "the world’s most notorious bock band". Bock? Is that what you guys are playing in Bensonhurst? I fail to see how a band biography could change one’s playing forever. If that’s the case, take a read through the Three Dog Night biography. Written by their keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, I believe its called "One Is The Loneliest Number". They went through some heavy times. Oh, and I agree about the Ted Greene book. Stuff in there that can be used throughout one’s entire music career. — Mike C. "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." –Friedrich Nietzsche P.S. How’s them Yankees, Dud?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->BTW, Motley Crue is certainly not even the world’s most notorious rock band, >never mind "the world’s most notorious bock band". Bock? Is that what you >guys are playing in Bensonhurst? >I fail to see how a band biography could change one’s playing forever. If >that’s the case, take a read through the Three Dog Night biography. Written >by their keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, I believe its called "One Is The >Loneliest Number". They went through some heavy times. >Oh, and I agree about the Ted Greene book. Stuff in there that can be used >throughout one’s entire music career. >– >Mike C. >"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who >could >not hear the music." >–Friedrich Nietzsche >P.S. How’s them Yankees, Dud?
LOL, Man you guys crack me up. Fu*k’n Motley Crue! Dooh!, make the coffee stop spraying out my nose. Rich
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