Review: Musical Multi-Tasking - Neat!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2013
I play the guitar fairly well (having been classically trained on several instruments) but I have never had the imagination or skill to sing while playing. I have always been the accompanist as others sang at family gatherings. When I saw the title of this book, I thought, "Wow, maybe I CAN learn this." Believe me, I have tried. The results... not so good.I have read through the book and recognize the beauty of the 11 steps presented. They are similar to breaking down a complicated piano piece into many small chunks, learning each chunk (left/right hand, notes, rhythm, chords, etc.) and then putting it all together. In these 11 steps, you do the same thing. You pick a song, and then independently learn the words, rhythm, and chords. Then you record each part, and practice multi-tasking while listening to the recording. For instance, you might record the rhythm, and practice humming over it, or "talking out" the words to the song, not bothering with singing at first.All in all a very neat approach that I can definitely validate from my classical musical training. The book assumes you have some skill playing the guitar and can carry a tune (no matter how poorly). If you've got those skills, then you should easily be able to learn to play the guitar and sing at the same time using this sweet methodology!