This comprehensive book focuses on intermediate and advanced concepts for rock guitar. Topics include: assimilation of classical elements into blues/rock genres * scalar and modal theory * guitar electronics and construction * and much more. 190 information-packed pages.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A truely interesting and unique book,
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This review is from: The Art of Playing Rock Guitar (Paperback)
If you have several books already, and are looking for something interesting and unusual -- this could be what you are looking for. Written, illustrated and published by the author this book has more character than any I have previously encountered in a book (and that's a good thing). The book is looking a little dated now: funny clothes and hair styles in the black and white photographs. The author is rightly very proud of his work (and his playing), but the self-admiration becomes a little insufferable at times. There is some really good coverage of pick-ups configurations and various technical day-to-day aspects of guitar that are not well covered in other books. There is a lot of theory, and the author seems to have spent a lot of time thinking about this and refining his ideas. I haven't found it particularly useful so far, the amount of information (and fairy crude presentation) make it tough going -- but to be fair I did not buy this book to work through -I have other books for that. I bought this book as something to dip into from time to time when I get tired of the other books and magazines, when I need to look at something different. If you are starting out, buy a simpler more straight forward book to start off with -- this could be intimidating. Certainly check this one out later though.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Exactly what I was looking for in a Guitar book!,
By BRIAN KELLER (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Playing Rock Guitar (Paperback)
Richard Daniels book "The Art of Playing Rock Guitar" is by far the best guitar book I have studied from to date. I would highly recommend this book, especially to beginners. The book has adequate detail on all the topics discussed. I found that it takes a little while to get "into" the book (lengthy intro, etc.) but that these sections are necessary and once "in" its VERY informative and hard to put down. I would recommend this to someone who is a serious beginning guitar student! This book has helped me and will continue to as I finish it off. This book SHOULD be ranked up their with "The Guitar Handbook"!
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Everything a Guitarist Needs to Know about Theory!,
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This is not a book that will necessarily teach you how to be a better guitar player. Instead, it's a total and complete guide to all of the deep, deep music theory that an advanced guitarist needs to know. There are secrets in here which literally may take a lifetime to comprehend and put into practice. If you want to know the "why" of music, this is the book for you. Diligent study will reward you with a true understanding of all of the what's and whys of playing guitar. This, combined with a good instructional manual, is all you really need. If I could only have one book on guitar theory, THIS would be the one, even with the hokey late 80's illustrations. Not really reccomended for beginners... wait until you have a couple of years under your belt, your technical playing skills are fairly solid, and you're starting to wonder about all of the why's behind what you're doing. Highly, Highly recommended.
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This ROADMAP to The Art of Playing Rock Guitar is provided in order to give you an initial working understanding of the fretboard diagrams, charts, transcriptions and reference call systems used throughout the book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
root note fret, fret repeating pattern, major scale diagram, overtone nodes, blues scale pattern, major scale degrees, playing rock guitar, one piece maple neck, relative minor chords, major chord forms, scale harmonization, octave positions, adjustable polepieces, next transcription, base magnets, tonic center, major scale pattern, harmonic nodes, tremolo system, single coil pickups, fret pattern, singing string, transcription shows, universal blues, note blues scale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Universal Major Scale Diagram, Les Paul, Floyd Rose, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, Great Staff, Universal Diagram Series, Jimi Hendrix, The Golden Rule, The Strat, Universal Tonic Diagram, Yngwie Malmsteen, Hand Box, The Heavy Guitar Bible, Jimmy Page, Led Zepplin, The Art of Playing Rock Guitar, Universal Chromatic Scale Diagram, Leo Fender, Music Man, New York, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, Nicolo Paganini New!
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This ROADMAP to The Art of Playing Rock Guitar is provided in order to give you an initial working understanding of the fretboard diagrams, charts, transcriptions and reference call systems used throughout the book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
root note fret, fret repeating pattern, major scale diagram, overtone nodes, blues scale pattern, major scale degrees, playing rock guitar, one piece maple neck, relative minor chords, major chord forms, scale harmonization, octave positions, adjustable polepieces, next transcription, base magnets, tonic center, major scale pattern, harmonic nodes, tremolo system, single coil pickups, fret pattern, singing string, transcription shows, universal blues, note blues scale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Universal Major Scale Diagram, Les Paul, Floyd Rose, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, Great Staff, Universal Diagram Series, Jimi Hendrix, The Golden Rule, The Strat, Universal Tonic Diagram, Yngwie Malmsteen, Hand Box, The Heavy Guitar Bible, Jimmy Page, Led Zepplin, The Art of Playing Rock Guitar, Universal Chromatic Scale Diagram, Leo Fender, Music Man, New York, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, Nicolo Paganini New!
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- John Lennon (Pop Culture Legends) by Bruce W. Conord on page 56
- Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar (Guitar Educational) by Richard Daniels in Back Matter
- The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer on page 64
- Monterey Pop by Joel Selvin on page 51
- On the Sensations of Tone (Dover Books on Music) by Hermann Helmholtz on page 30
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