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50 Essential Guitar Techniques For All Styles - 62 pages - 1 Audio CD

Being a great guitar player is all about having great technique.
Two guitar musicians can each play the exact same piece of music, same notes and all, and the player who has great technique is going to make it sound 100 times better than the player who doesn't. This is probably true for guitar even more than a lot of other instruments. Awesome technique on the guitar is what brings the music to life, it's what wows and moves the listener, and it's part and parcel of great music making. Just knowing how to play the guitar is not really going to be good enough. All players know how to find the notes, play the chords, and produce the music on their guitars. But the really great players are the ones who are able to draw emotion and energy and spirit with their playing. They are able to wring loads of feeling out of each and every single note they play. A lot of players mistakenly think if they buy the guitars, amps, and gear that the guitar stars use, they will sound more like these stars. But deep down, we know that's not really true. In interviews of great guitar players, when asked about their good sound, and how much their guitars and equipment have to do with it, many of them will respond that their sound and tone comes from their hands. What they are also saying is that they have great technique. In other words, their technique is so good, that they will sound great whether they are playing a $3,000 guitar or a $99 guitar.

And that story kind of leads us into the value of learning good technique when you play the guitar, and also the value of this book and CD course of 50 Essential Guitar Techniques. As you learn guitar, you'll want to place a lot of emphasis on learning to have the best technique you possibly can. And this is a book that can help to get you there. Let's take a look at what the book and CD course is like.

Because this book covers a full 50 guitar techniques, you have the benefit of learning about some of the more rare techniques that other guitar learning resources may not always cover. Koto picking, playing with your teeth, bending the neck. This is a nice complete course that will give you great insight into performing some of the more unconventional guitar techniques. As far as how you decide to work your way through this book, you have a couple of choices. You can work your way through from cover to cover, treating it as a tutorial. You can skip around and fill in the gaps in your personal guitar technique repertoire. And, as a long term use, after you've used the book initially in whatever manner you choose, you can keep it as a reference book, and consult it when you want a learn a new technique or get a refresher course in a certain technique.


Like the title of the book says, there are 50 guitar techniques taught and explained. Here is a sample of the techniques you'll be able to do after working with this book:


The book is organized into to two main sections: the first half of the book explains the guitar techniques that are accomplished with the left hand / fretting hand. And the second half of the course is devoted to all the guitar techniques that you typically perform with the right / picking / strumming hand.


Every piece of music presented as an example of the techniques is also included played as a track on the audio CD. Having an example to listen to is a vital part of your learning and mastering the guitar techniques presented in the course.