The complete idiot's guide to playing the guitar

The complete idiot's guide to playing the guitar

Frederick M. Noad

Book - 2002

Explains how to select a guitar, understand chords and melodies, how to read notes, explore different musical styles, and details how guitar music is written.

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Subjects
Guitar > Methods > Self-instruction.
Guitar > Instruction and study.
Published
Indianapolis, IN : Alpha c2002.
Language
English
Main Author
Frederick M. Noad (-)
Edition
2nd ed
Item Description
"Includes audio CD with 83 tracks and 125 practice pieces including verbal instructions, page reference, and identifying title for each piece"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description
xvi, 267 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-246), videography (p. 246-247), and index.
ISBN
9780028642444
  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Book
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. Preparing to Play
  • 1. The Guitar: A Noteworthy History
  • The Ancient Roots of the Guitar
  • Early Guitar Masters
  • The Guitar in America
  • The Folk Revival
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 2. What Is a Guitar?
  • The Parts of the Guitar
  • Guitar Styles
  • More Guitar Talk
  • Selecting a Guitar
  • Guitar Variants
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 3. Buying a Guitar
  • Before Shopping
  • How Much to Spend
  • Acoustic vs. Electric
  • New vs. Used
  • Shopping Tips
  • Sound Advice
  • Fitting an Instrument to You
  • Common Guitar Brands
  • Japanese/Asian Makers
  • American Makers
  • Spanish Makers
  • What Will a Dealer Do for You?
  • Mail Order
  • Accessories
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 4. Strings and Things
  • About the Fingers
  • The Playing Action
  • Strings
  • Changing Strings
  • Choosing Strings
  • Raising the Dead
  • String Brands
  • Tuning
  • Tuning to the Piano
  • Relative Tuning
  • Electronic Tuning
  • String Stretch
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Part 2. Getting Started
  • 5. Beginning to Play
  • Playing Position
  • Sitting Correctly
  • The Left Hand
  • Chords
  • Changing Chords
  • Why These Chords?
  • Minor Chords
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 6. The Right Hand
  • Right-Hand Playing Position
  • Preparing the Nails
  • Right-Hand Chord Technique
  • Rhythmic Variety
  • Further Practice
  • Quick Review
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 7. Advanced Right Hand Techniques
  • The Rest Stroke
  • Alternation
  • Practical Work
  • The Free Stroke
  • Arpeggios
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Part 3. Tunes and Tablature
  • 8. How Guitar Music Is Written
  • Guitar Tablature
  • Rhythm and Counting
  • Time Signatures
  • How to Count Time
  • Ties, Rests, and Damping
  • Some Familiar Tunes
  • "Au Clair de la Lune"
  • "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"
  • The Eighth Note
  • Nursery Rhyme
  • Counting Beats with Fractions
  • "The Ash Grove"
  • More about Dotted Notes
  • "Greensleeves"
  • "Muss I Denn"
  • Irish Air: "Endearing Young Charms"
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 9. Varied Accompaniments
  • Playing Chords and Arpeggios in Tablature
  • "Down in the Valley" (Folk Song from Kentucky)
  • "The Riddle Song"
  • "The Streets of Laredo" (Traditional Cowboy Song)
  • "Aura Lee" (George Poulton, Lyrics by W. W. Fosdick)
  • Some New Chords
  • The Half Bar
  • "Waltzing Matilda" (A. B. "Banjo" Patterson)
  • A First Solo
  • "Andantino" (Ferdinando Carulli)
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 10. Rhythm Practice
  • Advanced Counting
  • Sixteenth Notes
  • Smaller Note Values Do Not Always Equal Greater Speed
  • Mixed Rhythms
  • "William Tell"
  • "Leaves So Green"
  • "Humoresque"
  • Triplets
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 11. Slur Techniques
  • The Upward Slur (Hammer-On, Ascending Ligado)
  • Upward Slur Exercise
  • The Downward Slur (Pull-Off, Descending Ligado)
  • Slurs on Inside Strings
  • Downward Slur Exercise
  • Practice for Upward and Downward Slurs
  • Rhythm of Soleares
  • Exercise for Left-Hand Solo
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 12. The Full Bar
  • Playing a Full Bar
  • Chord Sequences
  • 12-bar Blues
  • "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Part 4. Making Notes
  • 13. How to Read Notes
  • Why Learn Notation?
  • The Music Staff
  • Notes Above and Below the Staff
  • Tones and Half Tones
  • The Octave
  • The Notes on the Staff
  • The Notes on Each String
  • Notes on the First String
  • Notes on the Second String
  • Notes on the Third String
  • Notes on the Fourth String
  • Notes on the Fifth String
  • Notes on the Sixth String
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 14. The Scale
  • Sharps and Flats
  • Accidentals
  • Tunes from Notation
  • "Plaisir d'Amour"
  • "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)"
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 15. Music in Multiple Voices
  • Independent Voices
  • "Andante" (Fernando Sor)
  • Study Notes
  • "Bouree" (J. S. Bach)
  • Study Notes
  • "Country Dance" (Frederick Noad)
  • Study Notes
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Part 5. Regional Styles
  • 16. Elements of Travis Picking
  • Syncopation
  • "Careless Love"
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 17. Folk and Country
  • Keeping It Steady
  • Basic Chord Shapes
  • Picking a Country Song
  • Playing a Solo: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 18. Introducing Flamenco
  • The Flamenco Forms
  • Development of the Solo Art
  • Technique
  • Right-Hand Techniques
  • The Flamenco Downstroke
  • Damping
  • Flamenco Damping
  • The Upstroke
  • The Rhythmic Tap (Golpe)
  • The Rasgueo
  • Downward Rasgueo
  • Developing the Fingers
  • Four-Finger Rasgueo
  • Study Note
  • Down and Up Rasgueo
  • Rhythm of Soleares
  • Study Notes, Soleares
  • Farruca
  • Study Notes, Farruca
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 19. Latin Rhythms
  • Tango
  • Rumba
  • The Beguine
  • The Bossa Nova
  • Carnavalitos
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 20. The Blues
  • Taking Measure of the 12-Bar Blues
  • Seventh Chords
  • Getting Down to the Blues
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 21. Rock and Roll
  • The Boogie Bass
  • A High-Note Solo
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Part 6. Taking Off
  • 22. Chord Formation
  • Chord Families
  • Related Chords
  • The Relative Minor
  • Other Useful Chords
  • The Diminished Seventh
  • Sixths, Ninths, and Major and Minor Sevenths
  • Transposing with the Chord Clock
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 23. Moving up the Fingerboard
  • The Positions of the Guitar
  • Ways to Change Position
  • The Guide Finger
  • The Portamento
  • The Slide (Arrastre)
  • Notes of the Fifth Position
  • Equivalent Notes
  • Natural Harmonics
  • Study in E minor (Francisco Tarrega)
  • Study Notes
  • Plegaria (Guillermo Gomez)
  • Study Notes
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 24. Classical Virtuoso Secrets
  • Tone Production
  • Vibrato
  • Tremolo
  • Dividing your Practice Time
  • Additional Study
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • 25. Putting It All Together
  • Study in B Minor (Fernando Sor)
  • Study Note, Study in B Minor
  • Romance Anonimo (Anonymous Romance)
  • Study Notes, Romance Anonimo
  • The Least You Need to Know
  • Appendices
  • A. Further Study
  • Works by Frederick Noad
  • Books
  • General Instruction
  • Chords and Theory
  • Flamenco
  • Rock and Blues
  • Country, Folk, and Fingerpicking
  • Jazz
  • Videos
  • Basic/Introductory Videos
  • Rock
  • Classical and Flamenco
  • Blues
  • Fingerstyle
  • Flatpicking
  • B. Guitar Gods
  • C. Guitar Talk
  • Index

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