The Advancing Guitarist: Applying Guitar Concepts & Techniques(Reference). 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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this is the book...... THE book... you can improve your playing and overall vision of the fret board
by reading this book without even having the guitar in your hand... this book is as much philosophy as
it is music.. i have laughed... i've cried... i've advanced.....
>>>atkins
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Contents
I THE APPROACH | 9 |
Playing Up and Down a Single String The Science of the Unitar | 11 |
I | 16 |
Moveable Minipositions | 17 |
Melodic and Harmonic Poor Mans Guide to Counterpoint | 18 |
The Open Position | 24 |
Position Playing | 27 |
The Realm of the Electric Iceskating Rink | 30 |
Pentatonic Scales | |
Note MathFinger Math | |
Fragments Mosaics | |
Voicings From The Symmetrical Diminished Scale | |
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words a Taste a Thousand Pictures | |
COMMENTARIES | |
Contemporary Harmony | |
Harmonics and Overtone Influence | |
Take 2 Take 3 | 32 |
What Next? | 37 |
Next What Next? | |
II MATERIALS | |
More to Do with Triads | |
7th Chords | |
Intervals Triads 7th Chords Others Major Scale | |
Intervals Triads 7th Chords Others Melodic Minor Scale Real Melodic Minor or Jazz Minor | |
Intervals Triads 7th Chords Others Harmonic Minor Scale | |
Part I | |
II | |
Chord Type | |
Process | |
I | |
II | |
Silence is Golden | |
On Being SelfCritical | |
No One Knows Whats Next | |
Improvising Short Pieces Use of the Tape Recorder | |
TimeRhythm | |
A Mental Emotional and Verbal Improvisation | |
TempoMovement | |
Some Thoughts on Technique | |
Different Playing Situations | |
Playing vs Improvising | |
Selected Short Subjects | |
In It Whats In It No Regrets | |
Conclusion | |
Common terms and phrases
4th Voicings 8va 8va 8va 9 qa qa AbM7 adjacent strings Aeolian Altered Dominant approach arpeggio augmented triads bass notes chord symbols chord-scale Common Tone Counterpoint diminished scale Dorian Eb F G Eb F# Eb G Eb+M7 F Cycle fingerboard four notes G Bb G Eb G F Eb gigs guitar guitarists half steps hammer-ons harmonic minor scale hybrid important improvising listen Locrian Lydian Augmented Lydian Chromatic major 3rd major 7th chords major pentatonic scale major scale melodic minor scale metronome minor 3rd minor 7th Mixolydian modal vamps o4 TT open position P4 P4 TT P4 TT P4 perfect 4th Phrygian play the guitar position playing possible qa 3 qa qa qa 9 QUARTAL HARMONY single string strings 8va tempos things triads over bass TT o4 TT P4 P4 TT P4 TT twelve whole tone scale