The contemporary guitar
By: John Schneider
Edition: Revised and enlarged edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781442237889; 9781442237896
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Guitar; Tone color (Music); Guitar music; History and criticism
Notes: Includes access to online audio companion web site for exploring audio examples and the notation to perform them.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-339) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background. Overview : 1800 to the present; title: The instruments. The acoustic guitar ; The electric guitar ; New developments; title: The music. Timbre and notation ; Pitched sounds ; Microtones : the well-tuned guitar ; Unpitched sounds ; Electronics ; Conclusion; title: Appendix A. Repertoire : select chronology since 1900; title: Appendix B. Triadographs; title: Appendix C. Permissions; title: Audio examples.