Name: Acoustic Guitar Styles By Larry Sandberg
SKU: 9780415937276
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Acoustic Guitar Styles by Larry Sandberg

Acoustic Guitar Styles introduces the most popular traditional styles for the acoustic guitar. The step-by-step approach, using a small repertoire of well-known songs, enables the student to explore various styles that can be adapted to play personal favorites. Although a basic knowledge of the guitar is assumed, even the beginner will benefit from this progressive approach.

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Acoustic Guitar Stylesn provides beginners with easilyfollowed instructions and practice pieces which are realsongs, not just finger exercises. Instructions aredemonstrated through an accompanying CD plus both guitartabulature and standard notation, while a variety ofmusical styles are probed. -- The Bookwatch
While the text is clear and helpful, it is the notation along with the accompanying CD ... that best conveys the sense of the proper phrasing of passages and approaches to single-note soloing. What sets this guide apart from others are its focus on old-time music and the CD... Recommended. -- Library Journal

About Larry Sandberg

Larry Sandberg has been teaching guitar for over forty years. He is the author of the Acoustic Guitar Guide (2001) and co-author of the Folk Music Sourcebook. He is a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar magazine, as well as other guitar publications. He teaches guitar as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado and is on the faculty of the Denver Folklore Center.

American Roots Guitar Styles * Introduction * Acknowledgments Part I: Preliminaries 1. How to Use This Book Basics * Notes and Tablature * Setting Your Pace * Finding Your Place and Using the CD * Listening * Tuning 2. Basic Chord Shapes 3. Chord Progression Practice Chord Progressions * Making Chord Changes * Practicing Chord Progressions * Chord Progressions for Practice 4. Basic Picking and Plucking Patterns 5. Using Alternating Bass Notes to Vary Picking and Strumming Patterns Hammering 6. Songs to Work With Transposition * Singing * The Songs 7. More Flatpicking and Fingerpicking Patterns Brushing and Strumming * Pattern Picking Part II. Guitar Styles 8. Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Early Country Styles Carter Style Melody Playing * Breaking the Rules with Bass Notes * Conclusion to Carter Style Playing 9. Melodic Fingerpicking Preparation for Melodic Fingerpicking * Playing Melodies * Conclusion to Melodic Fingerpicking 10. Country Blues The Blues Sound * The Blues Form: 12-Bar Blues * Transposing the Blues * Blues Tracks *Conclusion to the Blues 11. Song Gallery Crawdad Song-Carter Style * On Top of Old Smoky-Carter Style * This Little Light of Mine-Carter Style * Railroad Bill-Carter Style * Hello Blues-Fingerpicked * Crawdad Song-Fingerpicked * This Little Light of Mine-Fingerpicked * Generic Rag * Saint James Infirmary

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GOR004338958

ISBN 13

9780415937276

ISBN 10

0415937272

Title

Acoustic Guitar Styles by Larry Sandberg

Author

Larry Sandberg

Condition

Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

20020419

Number of pages

128

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Acoustic Guitar Styles Larry Sandberg

Acoustic Guitar Styles by Larry Sandberg

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