Guitar All-in-One For Dummies (eBook)

Hal Leonard Corporation is a United States music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker. Currently headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it is the largest sheet music publisher in the world. Jon Chappell is a multi-style guitarist, composer, arranger, and best-selling author. He holds a master's degree in music composition from DePaul University, served as editor-in-chief of Guitar Magazine, and was the founder and first editor-in-chief of Home Recording magazine. He is the author of several books. Mark Phillips is a guitarist, arranger, and editor with more than 30 years in the music publishing field. He earned his bachelor's degree in music theory from Case Western Reserve University, where he received the Carolyn Neff Award for scholastic excellence, and his master's degree in music theory from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, the most prestigious U.S. honor society for college and university music students. While working toward a doctorate in music theory at Northwestern, Phillips taught classes in theory, ear-training, sight-singing, counterpoint, and guitar. Desi Serna has built a substantial online platform as an engaging and approachable guitar guru-a guitar player and teacher with more than 10,000 hours of experience providing private guitar lessons and classes. Serna is hailed as a "music-theory expert" by Rolling Stone magazine.

Introduction 1

Book I: Guitar 101 5

Chapter 1: Guitar Anatomy and Tuning 7

Chapter 2: Get ting Ready to Play 21

Chapter 3: Buying and Stringing a Guitar 33

Chapter 4: Deciphering Music Notation and Tablature 59

Book II: Sounds and Techniques 75

Chapter 1: Basic Major and Minor Chords 77

Chapter 2: Adding Spice: Basic 7th Chords 95

Chapter 3: Power Chords and Barre Chords 109

Chapter 4: Right-Hand Rhy thm Guitar Techniques 123

Chapter 5: Playing Melodies in Position and in Double-Stops147

Book III: Getting to Know Guitar Theory 163

Chapter 1: Navigating the Fretboard and Building Triads 165

Chapter 2: Getting to Know the CAGED System 189

Chapter 3: Playing Snazzier Chords with Chord Tones andExtensions 211

Chapter 4: Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers 229

Chapter 5: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes 241

Chapter 6: Dominant Function and Voice Leading 271

Book IV: Rock Guitar 283

Chapter 1: I Know, It's Only Rock Guitar, but I Like It285

Chapter 2: Playing Lead 301

Chapter 3: Groovin' on Riffs 323

Chapter 4: Going Up the Neck and Playing the Fancy Stuff 333

Chapter 5: The Care and Feeding of Your Electric Guitar 355

Book V: Blues Guitar 377

Chapter 1: Introducing the Blues and Playing Blues Rhythm379

Chapter 2: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves 405

Chapter 3: Musical Rif fs: Bedrock of the Blues 427

Book VI: Classical Guitar 443

Chapter 1: Introducing the Classical Guitar 445

Chapter 2: Playing Easy Pieces in Open Position 467

Chapter 3: Combining Arpeggios and Melody 481

Book VII: Exercises: Practice, Practice, Practice 501

Chapter 1: Putting the Major Scales to Use in Your Playing503

Chapter 2: Adding Major Scale Sequences to Your Repertoire517

Chapter 3: Tackling the Three Minor Scales 531

Chapter 4: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises561

Appendix A: 96 Common Chords 587

Appendix B: Accessing the Video Clips and AudioTracks 591

Index 599