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Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop Bcd/Dvd Set

Catalogue No: MLB20184SET
ArrangementGuitar (Fingerpicking)
Product FormatSheet Music/CD/DVD
£20.99
Awaiting restock from UK distributor, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
Pages96
ISBN9780786671038 (0786671033)

Direct from the master of guitar clinics, this 96-page book contains a plethora of topics based on Richard Gilewitz's experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar and sound seminars for nearly a decade in a variety of settings worldwide. Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from players of all ages and skill level, with topics supported by written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, charts, and photographs.Recommended for players and teachers of both 6 and 12-string guitar, this book provides encouragement and new avenues for growth for all students wishing to improve upon their life-long craft. The companion CD and83-minute DVD provide a guide to discussion on learning slide, how to select a guitar, capos, metronomes, tuners, strings, composition, hand positions, practice methods, touring and recording tips, standard and open tunings, picking patterns, and more. Original compositions offered in tablature and notation include "Dirt To Dust" with the new "Gypsy Minor" introduction, "Bilingual Fantasy", "Jamaicalina", "Pre Dawn Mourning", "Echoing Gilewitz", "Mrs. Firecracker's Place", and "The Maison Blanche Exit Song".- 96-page book contains topics based on author's experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar seminars for nearly a decade- Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from students- Topics supported by companion CD, DVD, written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, and charts

Contents

  1. Here's What Folks Are Saying
  2. About the Author
  3. Chapter One: Why Write a Guitar Workshop Book?
  4. Chapter Two: Questions
  5. Chapter Three: Selecting a Guitar
  6. Chapter Four: The 12-String Guitar
  7. Chapter Five: String Gauges/Options
  8. Chapter Six: Capos
  9. Chapter Seven: Slide and Techniques for Playing Slide
  10. Chapter Eight: Practice Routine
  11. Chapter Nine: Burnout, Inspiration, and Rekindling
  12. Chapter Ten: Influences
  13. Chapter Eleven: Composing
  14. Chapter Twelve: Education Background
  15. Chapter Thirteen: Amplification of an Acoustic Guitar
  16. Chapter Fourteen: What Is It Like to Perform Live?
  17. Chapter Fifteen: Studio Tips
  18. Chapter Sixteen: Touring Tips and Road Stories
  19. Chapter Seventeen: Alternate Tunings
  20. Master Tuning Diagram
  21. Chapter Eighteen: Fingernails and Fingerpicks
  22. Chapter Nineteen: Speed Playing
  23. Chapter Twenty: Don't You Run Out of Breath and Get Tense?
  24. Chapter Twenty One: Right-Hand Attack and Position
  25. Chapter Twenty Two: Words of Encouragement
  26. Chapter Twenty Three: Picking Pattern Study Notes
  27. Chapter Twenty Four: Historical Notes
  28. Arpeggio Exercise
  29. Tremolo Exercise
  30. Picking Patterns
  31. Extra Patterns
  32. Echoing Gilewitz Patterns
  33. Echoing Gilewitz
  34. Maison Blanche Patterns
  35. The Maison Blanche Exit Song
  36. Mrs. Firecracker's Patterns
  37. Mrs. Firecracker's Place
  38. Pre-Dawn Mourning
  39. Jamaicalina
  40. Bilingual Fantasy
  41. Gypsy Minor/Dirt to Dust
MLB20184SET