"A complete guide for the aspiring bass player! Everything from how to hold the bass, all the way to virtuoso tricks like slap and pop funk ideas and advanced fretboard tapping. Practical music theory, ear training, and how to play in a band are all covered - this book can make you into a complete bass player with everything you need to know to play music in the real world!"--Back cover.

A 112 page bible for the aspiring guitar player! This book takes the absolute beginner on a journey from holding the guitar all the way to rhythm and lead playing, creating searing and memorable solos and rhythm parts and figuring out any song you want to learn! Stage 1 - Holding the guitar, open strings rhythm and fretting exercises Stage 2 - Basic chords and strumming patterns, introduction to the 12 bar blules Stage 3 - More advanced rhythms, minor and suspended chords, dynamics Stage 4 - Movable chord shapes and the chromatic scale Stage 5 - Rock Essentials! Power chords, rock rhythm guitar tricks, 12 bar boogie patterns, minor and major pentatonic scales Stage 6 - Soloing secrets - how to improvise Stage 7 - Basic music theory: Major and minor scales, harmonising, the Nashville Numbering System, the CAGED system. Stage 8 - How to learn songs, recognising structures, common chord sequences, key etc.

The book "Guitar Shapes Navigator" deals with the determination of the positions of characteristic points, lines, distances and shapes of parts of the guitar as a whole. In contrast to technical drawings, "Guitar Shapes Navigator" does not use classic dimensions, but mainly the coordinates of the positions of the end points, center points, etc. Everything takes place in the X and Y coordinates of the normal Cartesian system. The third dimension, the Z coordinate, is used as needed. And the main role is played by the origin, the Z E R O P O I N T - actually invisible under the bridge.

If you understand basic mathematics and know how to program with Python, you’re ready to dive into signal processing. While most resources start with theory to teach this complex subject, this practical book introduces techniques by showing you how they’re applied in the real world. In the first chapter alone, you’ll be able to decompose a sound into its harmonics, modify the harmonics, and generate new sounds. Author Allen Downey explains techniques such as spectral decomposition, filtering, convolution, and the Fast Fourier Transform. This book also provides exercises and code examples to help you understand the material. You’ll explore: Periodic signals and their spectrums Harmonic structure of simple waveforms Chirps and other sounds whose spectrum changes over time Noise signals and natural sources of noise The autocorrelation function for estimating pitch The discrete cosine transform (DCT) for compression The Fast Fourier Transform for spectral analysis Relating operations in time to filters in the frequency domain Linear time-invariant (LTI) system theory Amplitude modulation (AM) used in radio Other books in this series include Think Stats and Think Bayes, also by Allen Downey.

This book includes: 1.introduction,2.types of guitars,3.chord and anatomy,4.lesson for beginners,5.learning string notes,6.self composing with guitar pieces,7.tips of finger position,8.techniques of playing guitars,9.cultures of guitars

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In the 21st Century, the guitar, as both a material object and tool for artistic expression, continues to be reimagined and reinvented. From simple adaptations or modifications made by performers themselves, to custom-made instruments commissioned to fulfil specific functions, to the mass production of new lines of commercially available instruments, the extant and emergent forms of this much-loved musical instrument vary perhaps more than ever before. As guitars sporting multiple necks, a greater number of strings, and additional frets become increasingly common, so too do those with reduced registers, fewer strings, and fretless fingerboards. Furthermore, as we approach the mark of the first quarter-century, the role of technology in relation to the guitar's protean nature is proving key, from the use of external effects units to synergies with computers and AR headsets. Such wide-ranging evolutions and augmentations of the guitar reflect the advancing creative and expressive needs of the modern guitarist and offer myriad new affordances. 21st Century Guitar examines the diverse physical manifestations of the guitar across the modern performative landscape through a series of essays and interviews. Academics, performers and dual-practitioners provide significant insights into the rich array of guitar-based performance practices emerging and thriving in this century, inviting a reassessment of the guitar's identity, physicality and sound-creating possibilities.