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Guitar Style Resource, The

SKU: 00-39292

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You've learned the basics of guitar, so now it’s time to explore new styles and techniques to help you become a well-rounded and more knowledgeable player. With The Guitar Style Resource, you will be exposed to a variety of musical influences that will help you create a unique, original, and exciting sound. Using examples based on actual songs, you will learn the essential elements of various styles. Learn about important players and understand what goes into creating a great guitar part. Dig in and explore new concepts that will unleash your inner musical potential. The included CD clearly demonstrates the musical examples in the book.* Explore a wide variety of styles from rock and reggae to classical and funk* Learn about the styles and recordings of pioneering players* Master techniques such as fingerstyle, palm muting, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and bending* Covers acoustic and electric guitar technique* Includes sample licks and tips on soloing

SKU
00-39292
Composer
Green, Raleigh
Voicing
Guitar
Manufacturer
ALFRED
Barcode
038081439846

  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • INTRODUCTION

  • Basic Notation and Theory

  • CHAPTER ONE: The Guitar Styles Toolbox

  • Lesson 1: Simplifying the Fretboard

  • Lesson 2: The Octave Pattern

  • Lesson 3: The CAGED System

  • Lesson 4: Simplifying the CAGED System

  • Lesson 5: Movable Fretboard Shapes

  • Lesson 6: Using Scale Degrees to Build Chords

  • CHAPTER TWO: Rock Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Palm Muting

  • Lesson 2: Rock Chords

  • Muting and Barring on the Fretboard

  • Lesson 3: Rock Chord Shapes

  • Lesson 4: Rock Chord Progressions

  • Voice-Leading Labyrinth

  • Three-String Strum

  • Sweet Molasses

  • Lesson 5: Rock Chord Embellishments

  • Frost

  • Lesson 6: Soloing in a Rock Style

  • CHAPTER THREE: Blues Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Roman Numerals

  • Lesson 2: The 12-Bar Blues

  • Basic 12-Bar Blues

  • The Chile's Gone

  • Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle

  • The Troubled 8-Bar Shuffle

  • Stevie's Shuffle

  • Lesson 4: The 12/8 Blues

  • Cloudy Day Blues

  • Lesson 5: Soloing in a Blues Style

  • CHAPTER FOUR: Acoustic Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Slash Chords and the Bass/Strum

  • Afternoon Again

  • Absolutely

  • Lesson 2: The Quintessential Strum

  • Half a Strum to Play

  • A Twist of Lime

  • Lesson 3: The Muted Strum

  • Fret-Hand Mute

  • Take a Seat

  • Moments Like Those

  • Flap

  • Lesson 4: Tricky Strumming Simplified

  • Lesson 5: Acoustic Soloing

  • CHAPTER FIVE: Fingerstyle Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Pick Your Variation

  • Lesson 2: Fingerpicking Potential

  • Passenger Pigeon

  • Lesson 3: Travis Picking

  • Travis Rag

  • Lesson 4: Melodic Fingerpicking

  • Fingerpicking Paradise

  • CHAPTER SIX: Classical Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Posture and Positioning

  • Lesson 2: Classical Fingerpicking

  • Lesson 3: The Renaissance and Baroque Periods

  • Greensleeves

  • Cello Suite No. 1 (Prelude)

  • Minuet in G

  • Lesson 4: The Classical Period

  • Etude in A Minor

  • Allegro in G

  • Prelude in C

  • Lesson 5: Flamenco Guitar

  • Rapid Rasgueados

  • Flamenco Fingers Flying

  • CHAPTER SEVEN: Metal and Shred Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Metal Rhythm

  • Lesson 2: Tremolo Picking

  • Lesson 3: Drop D and Odd-Time Riffs

  • Lesson 4: Neo-Classical Metal

  • Malmsteen Madness

  • Lesson 5: Shredding Tricks

  • CHAPTER EIGHT: Reggae and Ska Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Reggae Chord Voicings

  • Lesson 2: Reggae Rhythm Chops

  • Lesson 3: Single-Note Syncopations

  • Rastafari Police

  • Lesson 4: Third Wave Ska

  • Don't Come Toasting

  • More Than Inspired

  • Dr. Bosstone

  • Sub-Lime

  • Reel Big Sale

  • CHAPTER NINE: Funk Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Single-Note Funk Lines

  • Funky Strut

  • Lesson 2: The Chicken Scratch

  • Feeling Funky

  • Lesson 3: Building Chord Extensions

  • Lesson 4: Funky Rhythm Guitar

  • Theme Park Funk

  • Bag of Potatoes

  • Funk Machine

  • Super Funky

  • CHAPTER TEN: Jazz Guitar

  • Lesson 1: Jazz Chord Progressions

  • How New the Key

  • Chords in the Afternoon

  • Some Keys You Play

  • Lesson 2: Soloing Over ii-V-I Progressions

  • Lesson 3: Jazz Blues & Walking Bass

  • Bop Blues Stroll

  • Lesson 4: Soloing Over a Jazz Blues

  • Bebop Blues Solo

  • Lesson 5: Jazz Chord Inversions

  • Fall Inversions

  • Lesson 6: Adding Color to Your Chords

  • Lesson 7: Latin Jazz

  • How Syncopated

  • Lesson 8: Modal Jazz

  • Modal Impression

  • Lesson 9: Modal Jazz Soloing

  • Tonal Modal

  • Lesson 10: Jazz Soloing Strategies

  • Maybe

  • Outward Inclination

  • Yellow Noon

  • Not Just Acquaintances

  • Conclusion

  • Guitar Fretboard Chart

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