Guitar Reading Workbook [Paperback]

Barrett Tagliarino (Author)

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Product Description

Learn to read standard music notation on the guitar with this easy step-by-step book! Great for beginners or more-experienced "by ear" players who want to start reading, it explains notation reading in detail, relating notes on the staff to guitar fingerboard diagrams and tablature. Practice routines and over 100 written exercises (with a complete answer key included) help you steadily and painlessly develop from an absolute beginner into a real reading and writing musician. You'll learn to recognize larger patterns as you progress, working with scales, chords, arpeggios, key and time signatures, chart directions, and complete rhythmic vocabulary from dotted whole notes down to tied sixteenths. From the author of The Guitar Fretboard Workbook and Chord Tone Soloing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Behemoth Publishers (December 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980235308
• ISBN-13: 978-0980235302
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #34,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

  #30 in	Books > Entertainment > Music > Theory, Composition & Performance > Techniques
  #46 in	Books > Entertainment > Music > Instruments & Performers > Guitar
  #7 in	Books > Entertainment > Music > Theory, Composition & Performance > Exercises

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars helps guitarists to be true professionals......., December 10, 2008

By	Rick Fortenberry "Sandpiper Guitar Studios" (Cape Cod, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Guitar Reading Workbook (Paperback)

The ability to write and read music notation is essential for any "serious" musician, particularly the guitarist. Virtually every instrument other than guitar requires fluency in the language of music, to include music reading and the concepts of rhythm, intervals and other facets of music theory. Acquiring this fluency can be a daunting task for guitarists because, unlike other instruments, one can 'get by' for a long time playing the guitar using just a few chord forms, one or two scales and little or no formal training.

However, entering music school or executing well in a studio environment without the ability to sight-read music is virtually impossible. Most music colleges -- like it or not -- require sight-reading ability, along with knowledge of music theory, as prerequisites to the entrance audition. So where does a guitarist who wants to get "serious" go for these important skills?

Barrett's material, studied in conjunction with a competent teacher, will help prepare a guitarist to enter music college or become a music reader skilled enough to function in a professional/studio setting, goals well worth pursuing for the professional guitarist. These clear, concise, well-presented and often humorous(!) workbooks fill a big gap in a guitarist's essential musical education and I recommend --and use--Barrett's workbooks on a daily basis in my teaching practice. They work well for my students and have more than prepared a number of them.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for all!, April 21, 2008

By	Homero Campos (Amarillo, Tx) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Guitar Reading Workbook (Paperback)

The guitar reading workbook is a great tool for any guitar player interested in learning to read and notate music. The book starts from the very beginning with the basics and progresses through to advanced topics. I like the fact that it includes various excersises in both music notation and reading. I think the book is great and very well organized, I plan on using it for all of my students and guitar classes.
The guitar reading workbook will be a great teaching tool for any guitar instructor as well as a great learning tool for students.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much Needed Workbook for Guitarists, July 7, 2009

By	MBM "therockshoponline" (Lancaster,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Reading Workbook (Paperback)

As a young musician playing trumpet, I learned to read,but not to write it down. In fact all through band in school we only read music. We did not study theory,and we did not write music. This book will teach the guitarist both. It is paced well,and can benefit any guitarist. We will be using this book at our school (Mel Booker Music) and we are excited about it. There has been a need for this for a long time. Get this book.