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Country Guitar Chords and Accompaniment: Your Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Country Rhythm-Guitar

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Written for the beginning guitarist, "Country Guitar Chords and Accompaniment" provides a thorough introduction into the country music guitar world. The book consists of six chapters with the first chapter covering the basics of the guitar, tuning, notation, major scales, and chords. The second chapter gets deeper into the guitar and music theory and covers slash notation, major triads, dominant 7, minor triads, barre chords, and shifting techniques. Next comes a chapter on the 12-bar blues and use of a capo. All of these first three chapters are the foundation of all guitar playing and should be understood by anyone interested in learning to play the guitar. Starting with the fourth chapter Mr. Arakawa moves into the country music genre by covering the Carter Style of country music guitar. If there is one most important technique to understand to play country music, the Carter Style is it and this chapter gives a complete explanation with example songs. Chapter five covers fingerstyle country and Chapter six covers other country styles such as the use of riffs and open tunings. The book is well illustrated and easy to follow as you progress along a well-designed learning pathway. When it comes to country music you would be hard pressed to find a better beginner book that explains the basic concepts and the specifics of country style as well as this one. "Country Guitar Chords and Accompaniment" is a highly recommended read for the beginning guitarist wanting to learn country technique.

Country Guitar Chords And Accompaniment: Your Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Country Rhythm-Guitar is a thoroughly "student friendly", step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide to playing a Country-Rhythm guitar. Extensive diagrams and meticulous instructions allow for self-teaching, as well as the simple honing of skills already gained. Covering strumming, finger style, comping, riffs, and more, Country Guitar Chords And Accompaniment is a superb supplementary resource and a highly recommended reference for anyone seeking to improve their performance skill level on this widely popular instrument.

This book is, as the title suggests, a guide to rhythm guitar or accompaniment in country music. Beginning with an introduction to the guitar, the Chapter 2 continues with lots of information about chords which is thankfully integrated with lots of information about strumming patterns. One could stop with this information and be able to pound out a passable country accompaniment to most songs. However, if you want to add detail and variety to your accompaniment Chapter 3 covers the 12 bar blues, Chapter 4 the Carter style, Chapter 5 fingerstyle (or fingerpickin'), and Chapter 6 concludes with some new chords, country riffs, and open tunings. There is information for beginning to intermediate, if not advanced, players.