The Rough Guide to Guitar (Rough Guide Reference Series)

✍ Scribed by Dave Hunter

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Series: Rough Guide Reference Series
• Edition: Original
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

«The Rough Guide to Guitar» is a one-stop shop for all your guitar-related needs - whether youre buying, playing, gigging, recording or a complete beginner. Covering everything from the basics a new player needs to hints and tips for experienced guitarists, and even how to successfully start a band. Written by Dave Hunter, one of the worlds leading guitar authors and contributor to «Guitar Player» and «Vintage Guitar» magazines

✦ Table of Contents

Contents iii......Page 5
Introduction 1......Page 7
The Basics 3......Page 9
The acoustic guitar 5......Page 11
The electric guitar 8......Page 14
Twenty-minute guitar tutor 10......Page 16
Notation, tabs & chord boxes 12......Page 18
The Instrument 19......Page 25
Acoustic guitars 21......Page 27
Classical guitars 29......Page 35
Archtop acoustics 33......Page 39
Electric guitars 35......Page 41
Buying a guitar 61......Page 67
Caring for your guitar 65......Page 71
Learning to Play 71......Page 77
Stringing & tuning 72......Page 79
The ergonomics of playing 81......Page 87
Picking & strumming exercises 83......Page 89
Open chords 86......Page 92
Barre chords 92......Page 98
Popular genres 102......Page 108
Advanced Playing and Techniques 119......Page 125
Fingerstyle 120......Page 126
Open & alternate tunings 125......Page 131
Slide (bottleneck) guitar 137......Page 143
Experiments in sound 148......Page 154
The Gear 159......Page 165
Strings ‘n’ things 160......Page 166
Guitar amplifiers 167......Page 173
Effects pedals & multi-FX units 184......Page 190
Buying guide to electronic gear 195......Page 201
Finding your Sound 199......Page 205
Superstar set-ups 200......Page 206
Forming a Band 225......Page 231
Getting going 226......Page 232
Rehearsing 228......Page 234
Getting the gig 235......Page 241
Recording as a band 240......Page 246
Recording 243......Page 249
The home studio 245......Page 251
Recording techniques 260......Page 266
History of the Guitar 273......Page 279
The rise of the guitar 274......Page 280
The major players 276......Page 282
Resources 289......Page 295
Chord diagrams 291......Page 297
Index 305......Page 311
Picture Credits 313......Page 319