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81) GUITAR Mechanics
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If you have ever wondered why music is constructed the way it is, or why the guitar and other stringed instruments are made the way they are, then GUITAR Mechanics is the book is for you. Packed with facts and little known information, in addition to the specifically guitar related information, the book also contains many references to sources of useful accessories for the guitarist, mandolin and banjo player, such as strings, capos, picks and slides....
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Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound tells the tale of this extraordinary company on its 50th anniversary, weaving together the American success story of the company founder, the role of key inventors and inventions, and the development of innovative music equipment products all against the backgrounds of American pop music and corporate competition in the music industry. Many Ampeg endorsees are profiled, including: Johnny Smith, James Jamerson, Donald...
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Foreword by C.F. Martin IV. This comprehensive guide explains how to buy and maintain the guitar that matches your needs. From its beginning in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, country, and all the way to rock, pop and folk, the acoustic guitar's versatility is remarkable. This book covers all types of models with an emphasis placed on steel-string flattops, archtops and classical guitars. Topics covered include:...
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Do you think you would like to play guitar? Are you a beginner? Did you buy a guitar that is now collecting dust under your bed? Have you learned a few chords but now seem stuck in a rut? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Shades of Play is a must read. It is THE prerequisite to becoming a guitar player. You are either a guitar player or you are not, there is no grey area. Exposure to the simple instructions Bill and Mark explain in Shades...
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Argentine musician, educator, and composer Guillermo Marigliano has released a new guitar method book. For individuals who desire to learn how to play Tango music, this book serves as a learning manual. It is not a solo guitar arrangement book. This book explains several techniques to accompany a vocalist or oneself, from the most basic tango rhythm to the most complex. Beginning with basic traditional rhythms, we move through the styles of some of...
86) Ukulele Handbook
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Our newest ukulele book and vital for every ukulele player. The Ukulele Handbook starts right from the basics: chords, strums, melodies, tablature, songs, music theory and more. Perfect for beginning and intermediate players and a great gift to give to your ukulele pals. All content is paced according to Aaron and Nicole's extensive experience as music educators and ukulele players. All 44 pages are handwritten and illustrated by Nicole, of course....
87) The Rogers Book
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In this book, author Rob Cook gives the complete history of the Rogers Drum Company, whose drums, in the words of Not-So-Modern Drummer editor John Aldridge, were "the Cadillac of the 1960s... (whose) innovations in hardware design have been copied by almost every drum manufacturer in existence." The Rogers Book covers the company's east coast beginnings, the Covington, OH era, English Rogers, the CBS era, and much more. It includes a list of Rogers...
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Simple approach to play Christmas standards on the guitar. Easy melodies combined with guitar chords. Written in both TAB and music notation. In minutes you can be performing your favorite Christmas songs. Uncomplicated arrangements that still bare the melodies and aura of each Christmas song. Songs include: O Christmas Tree, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, What Child Is This, The First Noel, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark...
89) Rickenbacker
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This book gives a complete and illustrated history of the development of Rickenbacker instruments from 1931 to the present. Rickenbacker is the only book of its kind to chronicle the history of the company who in 1931 introduced electric instruments to the world. The book provides information and full-color photos of the many artists who have used and are using Rickenbacker instruments. Rickenbacker collectors will find this book invaluable as it...
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The Freestyleguitar Method is a collection of golden chords that can only be found by using alternate tuning's on the guitar. There are many alternate tuning books, and all the one's I've bought were full of generic blah blah chords. However, this book contains lessor known, rich and thick chords that are truly beautiful. In addition, these chords are easy to play. Many are two-note and three-note fingered chords. These chords are not available anywhere...
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A unique and comprehensive drum book, including topics as, rhythmic reading, technique - coordination, musical styles, odd time signatures, ideas for solos, chart reading. Appropriate for the beginner and for the professional drummer, as well. Also useful for teachers.
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A 1959 New Yorker profile captured the inspired risk-taking and raw creative spark of a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal: Sasha leaped from his chair and with violin held aloft, played the passage with exaggerated schmalz, like a street fiddler in Naples. Kroyt... stopped playing and started singing a Russian song.... Mischa Schneider thereupon performed a number of stupendous triads on his cello.... Only Roisman went quietly on with his part, untouched...
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Many books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments...but few have touched on why. This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends, and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the "King of the Cigar Box Guitar," brings the making of music and musical instruments back to its roots. From a simple...
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An advance guitar instructional. With 100 uniquely musical guitar riffs in the key of Am. These pieces of original music are based on performing experience, both live and in the studio. These are not the basic math equation-type music designed from music college graduates but a refreshing approach based on lifetime study of the guitar. Each piece of music has a variety of approaches: Harmonics, multiple chords, open strings, tension building notes,...
95) The Bass Book
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The Bass Book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. The bass guitar is undoubtedly one of the most significant instruments of this century, yet this book is the first to study its history. Features original interviews with bass makers past and present, dozens of unusual, specially commissioned color photos, and a reference...
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To many vintage guitar fans, it seems inconceivable that Gibson dumped the Sunburst Les Paul in 1960 and, during the following year, introduced a completely new design, the one that we know now as the SG ("solid guitar").
At the time, however, it made good business sense. Sales of the Les Paul were faltering, and Gibson decided to blow a breath of fresh air through its solidbody electric guitar line. The company described the result as an "ultra-thin,...
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Why does an electric archtop sound so different from a solidbody guitar when they have the same strings and pickups? Why does Eric Clapton use a vibrato Stratocaster with the vibrato arm removed and the mechanism blocked off with a piece of wood? Why does a strings-through-body guitar sound brighter than an instrument with the strings anchored at the bridge? The sound of an electric guitar is the sum of many parts. Every component, from the wood in...
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The very best and lowest priced music book for Clarinet available worldwide. The only book designed to have you playing Clarinet as quickly as possible from a master teacher with proven success. Includes the EasyWay to learn all your chords in one beautiful easy exercise along with exclusive Clarinet solos and very rare extreme altissimo register fingerings. Part I takes away all fear from learning about music and how to play the Clarinet. As a master...
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This is the comprehensive, must-own owner's or collector's manual for any Gretsch fan. It uncovers the history of the guitars through pages of color photos, hundreds of black & white photos, and forewords by Fred Gretsch, George Harrison, Randy Bachman, Brian Setzer, and Duane Eddy. It contains 30 chapters covering each Gretsch model in depth and a section of patent numbers and drawings for collectors. Find out what makes the essential rockabilly...
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Through a series of exercises of various difficulties, the player develops his technique on the instrument by playing along with a real band rather than just practicing on a metronome. The first chapter of the book contains valuable information and advice which is necessary for the young musician. The rest of the book is covered with tons of exercises written both in standard notation and tablature.
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