How to improve at playing the guitar
By: Tom Clark
Series: How to improve at; How to improve at--; How to improve at-- (Tick Tock)
Publisher: Ticktock; TickTock Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848982208
Subjects: Guitar; Juvenile; Guitar music; Methods
Description: This guide shows how to improve one's playing of the guitar with helpful step-by-step instructions and diagrams.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Getting started. The guitar; title: Tuning; title: Playing positions; title: Strumming and picking; title: Musical notation; title: Warming up; title: Basic skills. Open chords; title: Chords and single notes; title: Rhythm; title: Musical styles; title: Basic plucking; title: Palm muting; title: Major and minor scales; title: Play-along songs; title: Intermediate skills. A spot of revision; title: Hammer-ons; title: Pull-offs; title: Legato and staccato; title: Building up speed; title: Fingerpicking; title: Barre chords; title: More scale exercises; title: Time signatures; title: Play-along songs; title: Advanced skills. Blues scale; title: Alternate picking; title: Pentatonic scales; title: Soloing techniques; title: Blues melodies; title: Rock melodies; title: How the famous do it. Significant players; title: Glossary.