Veteran musician and educator Mick Goodrick presents practical information for guitarists who want to improve their playing technique and style and simply become better musicians. Rather than a step-by-step method book, the information is presented in a general essay format, discussing ways that the various techniques covered may be applied by the advancing guitarist to enhance his/her own style of playing, some of the areas discussed include: basic fingerboard mechanics * modes, scales and chords * contemporary harmony * harmonica and overtone influences * being self-critical * improvising short pieces * different playing situations.
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58 of 62 people found the following review helpful
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"This is a guitar method that ridicules guitar methods. It's a self-help book that does not claim to ever help anyone. It covers everything, and at the same time leaves it up to you to figure everything out. If you don't have a solid way to come up with a good practice routine for yourself, this book is not for you. However, there are plenty of pointers inside on how to develop a practice routine.
Paradox is the true path to learning your instrument."
I imagine if Mr. Goodrick were to write a review of his own book, it would read something like the paragraph above. If I were Mr. Goodrick (and perhaps also a strict disciplinarian), I'd leave it up to you to figure out the content of this book and say no more.
Truth be told, The Advancing Guitarist is really a good kick in the behind to every slacker out there who knows what he ought to be learning but chooses to take shortcuts instead. The overall tone boils down to, "You want to know how to advance on guitar? Have you tried this? Well, why the heck not?? Oh, so you have... in every combination, everywhere you go, in every style, with every scale in every key, in all possible variations? No? And you dare ask me how to advance?" While the tone is poking and prodding, it's usually more encouraging than condescending.
It is my impression that such a book is excellent for a unionized-type musician-for-hire guitarist who needs to learn how to do everything and has time to sit down with it. While, within its 110 or so pages of no-nonsense text, all things about music cannot be outlined, the philosophy (of which there's plenty) and the examples that are given (also plentiful) give enough for someone who's serious and dedicated to excel at his craft. Many things are left unsaid, but quite a few of those are tacitly understood, and increasingly more will be understood with time.
There's no tablature in this book - everything is in standard guitar notation, similar to the way classical guitar music is scored. I find this beneficial for any musician; Mr. Goodrick would probably tell you to go tab everything out with a blindfold while playing your guitar left-handed, for an interesting learning experience.
Of course, if you don't want to do anything of what the author recommends or insinuates, it's still a good read. As another reviewer mentioned, great bathroom book on the subject of guitar.
Sections are:
* Approach - mechanics of playing guitar
* Materials - music theory as applicable, general and guitar-specific
* Commentaries - philosophy and discussion
First two sections build in a logical fashion; last section is broken down into topics that are self-contained and don't relate to each other in any structural way.
I like this book, I read it for leisure and for practice hints, I use it for reference, I use it for reflection, I use it for self-evaluation. It's good for educators who are looking for new approaches to teaching, and it's good for students of all levels. Recommended highly.
Paradox is the true path to learning your instrument."
I imagine if Mr. Goodrick were to write a review of his own book, it would read something like the paragraph above. If I were Mr. Goodrick (and perhaps also a strict disciplinarian), I'd leave it up to you to figure out the content of this book and say no more.
Truth be told, The Advancing Guitarist is really a good kick in the behind to every slacker out there who knows what he ought to be learning but chooses to take shortcuts instead. The overall tone boils down to, "You want to know how to advance on guitar? Have you tried this? Well, why the heck not?? Oh, so you have... in every combination, everywhere you go, in every style, with every scale in every key, in all possible variations? No? And you dare ask me how to advance?" While the tone is poking and prodding, it's usually more encouraging than condescending.
It is my impression that such a book is excellent for a unionized-type musician-for-hire guitarist who needs to learn how to do everything and has time to sit down with it. While, within its 110 or so pages of no-nonsense text, all things about music cannot be outlined, the philosophy (of which there's plenty) and the examples that are given (also plentiful) give enough for someone who's serious and dedicated to excel at his craft. Many things are left unsaid, but quite a few of those are tacitly understood, and increasingly more will be understood with time.
There's no tablature in this book - everything is in standard guitar notation, similar to the way classical guitar music is scored. I find this beneficial for any musician; Mr. Goodrick would probably tell you to go tab everything out with a blindfold while playing your guitar left-handed, for an interesting learning experience.
Of course, if you don't want to do anything of what the author recommends or insinuates, it's still a good read. As another reviewer mentioned, great bathroom book on the subject of guitar.
Sections are:
* Approach - mechanics of playing guitar
* Materials - music theory as applicable, general and guitar-specific
* Commentaries - philosophy and discussion
First two sections build in a logical fashion; last section is broken down into topics that are self-contained and don't relate to each other in any structural way.
I like this book, I read it for leisure and for practice hints, I use it for reference, I use it for reflection, I use it for self-evaluation. It's good for educators who are looking for new approaches to teaching, and it's good for students of all levels. Recommended highly.
44 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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I am a performer, teacher and composer for the classical guitar. While I am always striving to improve my technique, I've always felt that technique was a means to an end, which is to make the best music that one can. Therefore, I am not one of the most disciplined technicians of the six-string siren, but I really play from the soul.
When my students get too hung up on Segovia Scales, Giuliani Arpeggios and Classical-era etudes, I give them one and only one tidbit from Mick Goodrick's book to chew, savor, ruminate, in the hope that they will find the muse again.
This book will help any guitarist who is dedicated to understanding music, not just the guitar. The guitar is merely a tool, a pontential conduit for the essence of your musical being to pass from you, through an audience, then back through you with their blessings.
Mick's book contains the seeds for a lifetime of musical growth. This compilation of musical Pandora's Boxes is best understood conceptually. If you're getting bogged down with what finger goes where, positions beyond open, etc., please, do not give up on this book! Work harder on the basics until your mind can begin to make some informed musical connections.
The beauty of Mick's work is that, if you dig deep, you can't help but begin to uncover what excites you, the player, about choosing the guitar to make music on. Not every exercise is for everyone's taste, and is not intended to be. I learned this lesson in college. I use to hate Renaissance music. After years of hating it, I realized that the reason was I couldn't play it convincingly. Now, I love it, and work harder than ever on it. Mick's book will help you to help yourself, to tackle those aspects of guitar that you probably hate because they are too difficult for you at this point in your training.
Yes, you need to be able to read music to learn from this book. A fundamental knowledge of modes derived from the major scale, and how triads are built from scales, will make the exercises in this book a seemingly endless array of playground activities.
Mick's book does what most books on playing the guitar do not: it makes you wonder. I consider wonder, especially a child's wonder, the ultimate key to making self-fulfilling music. While he does not say it aloud, Mick, in my opinion, speaks of many Zen-like concepts.
As does another great teacher of guitar, Pepe Romero. For those who are interested in reading about Pepe's teachings, I will gladly and freely send you an e-mail transcript of notes I took from a master class that I participated in with Pepe, in Corboba, Spain at La Festival Internacional de la Guitarra in 1998. Combined, I think you'll hear in Pepe's thoughts and Mick's ideas the sound of one hand clapping in the woods...
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Some books are great to read in the bathroom... you just open them to any random page, and brilliance pours out. This book is like that. Now, this book is NOT for the vast majority of guitarists out there, the ones trying to figure out how to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn with a $50 fuzz box. But if you're one of those determined to find *your* voice on the guitar, i have not seen a better book. Mick Goodrick's approach is to smash your preconceptions, and help you to keep yourself fresh. It's not something he does for you, because NO ONE can do that for you.
This isn't education from the professor at the head of the classroom. This is wisdom from the old man on the mountain, who will answer all your questions with a single question of his own, and send you away to contemplate.
Thank you, Mick.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
So Many Great Concepts and Ideas... Indispensible
I've been playing guitar for 28 years and this book is very different from most other guitar books. It doesn't start with "play this" or "here's the guitar theory to...". Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ed G
Complete Nonsense
Ever hear of the story the Emperor's clothes? In my opinion everyone must just be saying this book is good because someone else said so. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Review Guy
Couldn't be better
The book, ( The Advancing Guitarist,By Rick Goodrick ) arrived in great condition. It is a recommended source from Ron Block,( banjo/guitar player with Alison Kraus) I can see why... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Stockbridge C. Spence
For those who want to "really" know!
If you don't really know anything about music this book will be usless. This ins't for a strummer who thinks he'd like to learn jazz. This isn't for the casual player. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rod Paulette
one sentence
This is much more than a book of methodology for playing the guitar; it's more accurately described as a work of philosophy that happens to center around the peculiar difficulties... Read more
Published 14 months ago by vurnt22
Good, but...
If you can't read music I wouldn't get this book. And as the title suggests, you should be a fairly advanced player. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jer
One of the most useful sheet music books out there
It's a great product, really. As a professional guitarist, I can highly recommend this one. It has loads of guidelines and helpful tips on almost anything one would want to know... Read more
Published 15 months ago by RoyCohn
great product
This was a really good product and it helped me alot of learning the guitar. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!
Published 15 months ago by rbnich2
It will take you several lifetimes to do all exercises in this book
This is very different guitar tutor book. Mick calls it - do-it-yourself book and it is exact definition.
Ordinary guitar tutorials are step-by-step books. Read more
Ordinary guitar tutorials are step-by-step books. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Uldis Ulmanis
Best Guitar Book I've Ever Used
I've used Goodrick's concepts of the Unitar and modal playing for years in my practice, using the knowledge gained in my guitar and banjo playing with Alison Krauss and Union... Read more
Published 16 months ago by R. Block
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triads over bass notes, modal vamps, harmonic continuity, part voicings, combination playing, melodic minor scale, adjacent strings, position playing, major pentatonic scale, harmonic minor scale, altered dominant, minor pentatonic scale, note groupings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lydian Chromatic, Finger Math, Twelve Pentatonic Scales New!
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