30-Day Guitar Workout [Paperback]

Jody Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1998

A hit with teachers and students alike, this great collection of exercises and technical studies breaks up the tedium of doing the same old routine every day. Includes daily warm-ups, lessons on right- and left-hand technique, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882848461
• ISBN-13: 978-0882848464
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,499,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent work on conditioning and fundamentals, June 12, 2008

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Aubrey (MN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 30-Day Guitar Workout (Book & DVD ) (Paperback)

Jody Fisher is a good teacher. Patient, methodical, not assuming you already know things, he walks you through basics, from how to sit to how to hold each hand and finger and how to pick, and he provides and demonstrates exercises which have been very good practice for me in fundamental technique.

Like many older guys taking up guitar again, and having learned in a pretty casual manner, I am weak on fundamentals and have bad habits which impede my progress and even caused tendonitous in my left elbow - very painful, I don't recommend it! Jody is the man, I feel better and play better. Thanks, Jody!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Technique Builder, July 20, 2010

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thedukewestern - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30-Day Guitar Workout (Book & DVD ) (Paperback)

I am a professional guitar teacher and performer. The four warmups in here are excellent, and the "workouts" themselves are also excellent. This book helped me break alot of new ground in my technique, and through the excercises develop, as jodi refers to it, a more balanced set of hands. I started with this book four years ago and revisit it often, and use the warmups religiously before gigs.

Being originally a drummer by education, a guitarist would compare the chromatic excercises in this book to "rudiments", as they often force you to perform unusual position shifts and picking/ finger combinations. The "Chordiac" workouts, (chord drills) are the 2nd part of each workout and are also excellent, each one building upon the last and opening up new harmonic ground on the instrument. This book has and still helps me eliminate technical and musical learning gaps in my playing.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but the DVD is incomplete, January 10, 2010

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harrythompson (Fort Knox Rox) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30-Day Guitar Workout (Book & DVD ) (Paperback)

Very few of the examples in the book are demonstrated. The DVD focuses more on developing correct picking technique and only demonstrates several of the 50 or so exercises. However this is still a good book as is Jazz Chops by Buck Brown.
I would say that Jody concentrates much more on chords than single lines in this workout book, as the single lines are mindless permutations for beginners while the chords are at an intermediate level. Strange mix of ideas here. Maybe Im biased because Im considered a lead guitar player though I believe that is a polite way of saying my rhythm is weak.