Acoustic Guitar Styles

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
• Published by: Routledge
• Edition: 1st Edition April 19, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0415937272
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415937276
• Book Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 10.4 ounces

From Library Journal
For many, the acoustic guitar is basic to their favorite music. For others, playing acoustic guitar is a way of reducing stress and promoting well-being. For either group, this book will be of interest. Tailoring his text to those who have mastered acoustic guitar rudiments, know a few chords, and are learning how to make changes cleanly, experienced instructor Sandberg (The Acoustic Guitar Guide) teaches more advanced solo techniques in old-time music styles (e.g., country, blues, ragtime, and bluegrass). Suggestions for practice appear throughout. While the text is clear and helpful, it is the notation, along with the accompanying CD (to which this reviewer did not have access), that best conveys the sense of how the music should sound, including 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. Given that the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack, which showcases American roots music, won Album of the Year at this year's Grammy Awards, this book could prove to be quite successful. Recommended. Eric C. Shoaf, Brown Univ. Lib., Providence
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Product Review
Acoustic Guitar Stylesn provides beginners with easily followed instructions and practice pieces which are real songs, not just finger exercises. Instructions are demonstrated through an accompanying CD plus both guitar tabulature and standard notation, while a variety of musical styles are probed.
–The Bookwatch, December 2002

Acoustic Guitar Stylesn provides beginners with easily followed instructions and practice pieces which are real songs, not just finger exercises. Instructions are demonstrated through an accompanying CD plus both guitar tabulature and standard notation, while a variety of musical styles are probed.
–The Bookwatch, December 2002

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



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

Reader Reviews
I originally found this book at my local library. After checking it out and working with it and the CD, I just had to buy this book! It's a keeper. I had been learning the guitar twenty some odd years ago, and wanted to pick it up again. I knew most of the basic chords, but couldn't put them into anything that sounded "musical." This book works through a variety of techniques: hammer-ons, pull-offs, bass runs, plucking, travis picking, and carter style strumming. I love Bluegrass music, but the styles learned here can be applied to any style of music on the acustic guitar. The songs that can be learned are pretty good too: Railroad Bill, The Cuckoo, Wildwood Flower, and several others. One neat thing is that the author plays each song in a different musical style as you learn it! There is also a short Blues section too. I wouldn't say this is the only book to have, but it's a great one to Begin with if you are just starting out.