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A resource for those who want to get to grips with playing the guitar. It is packed with practical advice on how to tackle the basics, such as simple chords and finger-picking, right through to more complex power chords, slurs, bends and slides. It also includes tips on stagecraft and performing live as well as step-by-step guitar maintenance.

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The lives and works of the great classical composers.

After an introduction covering the history of the guitar, this book uses its super large format to look closely at the main types of guitars. Large format images are allied to information boxes covering guitar specifications, manufacturing companies, and famous guitarists, many with photographs in concert.

In this comprehensive guide to the evolution of the electric guitar, Jonathan Lister introduces 103 designers, from Anderson to Zemaitis, with photographs of their guitars, including some unconventional instruments such as Daisy Rock's guitars for girls and bespoke designs by Johnson Guitars, and some famous models in the hands of guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck. Plus a timeline history of the guitar since 1857 and a glossary of basic terms.

The quintessential Mod band, notorious for their theatricality and destructiveness on stage, The Who rate alongside the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones as one of the most successful and innovative rock bands of the sixties and seventies, who captured the voice of youth. This book covers all the major events in their 20-year career.

A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and voice as well as historical rare and non Western instruments. A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice, as well as historical rare and non-Western instruments. A history of music-making, beginning with man's first discovery of music and it's development in the ancie... read more

For forty years Rob Roth has collected rare examples of rock tour posters, advertising posters, rock memorabilia, original artwork and items of merchandise. His spectacular collection is so vast that it has never all been put on public display but when visitors to his spacious New York loft apartment - visitors like Elton John and Alice Cooper - caught a glimpse of some of the material Rob has collected over the years, they were amazed and urged him to let rock fans see the dazzling array of artifacts from the 70s and 80s. For many... read more

360 chords, organised as a chord per page, this is a flexible, comprehensive solution for anyone learning or playing the guitar at any level. This no-nonsense, easy to carry, wiro book will fit into a gig bag, flight case or hand bag with the minimum of fuss.

"How to Play Guitar" contains everything the new or intermediate guitar player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this most popular of instruments. Highly practical, it leads you from the basics of how to strum, pick and play simple chords, through the various elements of playing rhythm and melodies, to more complicated chords and tunings. It includes further techniques from slurs to harmonics, and a section on performing. The clear text is accompanied by illustrative photos and diagrams, and the guide is com... read more

This is the ideal guide for those who wish to get to grips with music to greater depth, to learn to play faster, more complicated scores, and to compose and arrange music. It provides everything you need to know, explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, and much more.