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The complete idiot's guide to playing the guitar
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New York : Alpha Books, [1998].
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Book
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xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Explains how to select a guitar, understand chords and melodies, how to read notes, explore different musical styles, and details how guitar music is written.

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0028649249, 9780028649245

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-246), videography (pages 246-247), and index.
Description
Explains how to select a guitar, understand chords and melodies, how to read notes, explore different musical styles, and details how guitar music is written.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Noad, F. M. (1998). The complete idiot's guide to playing the guitar. New York, Alpha Books.

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Noad, Frederick M. 1998. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Guitar. New York, Alpha Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Noad, Frederick M, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Guitar. New York, Alpha Books, 1998.

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Noad, Frederick M. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Guitar. New York, Alpha Books, 1998.

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W. Fosdick) -- Some New Chords -- The Half Bar -- "Waltzing Matilda" (A. B. "Banjo" Patterson) -- A First Solo -- "Andantino" (Ferdinando Carulli) -- The Least You Need to Know -- Rhythm Practice -- Advanced Counting -- Sixteenth Notes -- Smaller Note Values Do Not Always Equal Greater Speed -- Mixed Rhythms -- "William Tell" -- "Leaves So Green" -- "Humoresque" -- Triplets -- The Least You Need to Know -- Slur Techniques -- The Upward Slur (Hammer-On, Ascending Ligado) -- Upward Slur Exercise -- The Downward Slur (Pull-Off, Descending Ligado) -- Slurs on Inside Strings -- Downward Slur Exercise -- Practice for Upward and Downward Slurs -- Rhythm of Soleares -- Exercise for Left-Hand Solo -- The Least You Need to Know -- The Full Bar -- Playing a Full Bar -- Chord Sequences -- 12-bar Blues -- "Dream a Little Dream of Me" -- The Least You Need to Know -- Making Notes -- Why Learn Notation? -- The Music Staff -- Notes Above and Below the Staff -- Tones and Half Tones -- The Octave -- The Notes on the Staff -- The Notes on Each String -- Notes on the First String -- Notes on the Second String -- Notes on the Third String -- Notes on the Fourth String -- Notes on the Fifth String -- Notes on the Sixth String -- The Least You Need to Know -- The Scale -- Sharps and Flats -- Accidentals -- Tunes from Notation -- "Plaisir d'Amour" -- "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)" -- The Least You Need to Know -- Music in Multiple Voices -- Independent Voices -- "Andante" (Fernando Sor) -- Study Notes -- "Bouree" (J. S. Bach) -- Study Notes -- "Country Dance" (Frederick Noad) -- Study Notes -- The Least You Need to Know -- Regional Styles -- Elements of Travis Picking -- Syncopation -- "Careless Love" -- The Least You Need to Know -- Folk and Country -- Keeping It Steady -- Basic Chord Shapes -- Picking a Country Song -- Playing a Solo: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" -- The Least You Need to Know -- Introducing Flamenco -- The Flamenco Forms -- Development of the Solo Art -- Technique -- Right-Hand Techniques -- The Flamenco Downstroke -- Damping -- Flamenco Damping -- The Upstroke -- The Rhythmic Tap (Golpe) -- The Rasgueo -- Downward Rasgueo -- Developing the Fingers -- Four-Finger Rasgueo -- Study Note -- Down and Up Rasgueo -- Rhythm of Soleares -- Study Notes, Soleares -- Farruca -- Study Notes, Farruca -- The Least You Need to Know -- Latin Rhythms -- Tango -- Rumba -- The Beguine -- The Bossa Nova -- Carnavalitos -- The Least You Need to Know -- The Blues -- Taking Measure of the 12-Bar Blues -- Seventh Chords -- Getting Down to the Blues -- The Least You Need to Know -- Rock and Roll -- The Boogie Bass -- A High-Note Solo -- The Least You Need to Know -- Taking Off -- Chord Formation -- Chord Families -- Related Chords -- The Relative Minor -- Other Useful Chords -- The Diminished Seventh -- Sixths, Ninths, and Major and Minor Sevenths -- Transposing with the Chord Clock -- The Least You Need to Know -- Moving up the Fingerboard -- The Positions of the Guitar -- Ways to Change Position -- The Guide Finger -- The Portamento -- The Slide (Arrastre) -- Notes of the Fifth Position -- Equivalent Notes -- Natural Harmonics -- Study in E minor (Francisco Tarrega) -- Study Notes -- Plegaria (Guillermo Gomez) -- Study Notes -- The Least You Need to Know -- Classical Virtuoso Secrets -- Tone Production -- Vibrato -- Tremolo -- Dividing your Practice Time -- Additional Study -- The Least You Need to Know -- Putting It All Together -- Study in B Minor (Fernando Sor) -- Study Note, Study in B Minor -- Romance Anonimo (Anonymous Romance) -- Study Notes, Romance Anonimo -- The Least You Need to Know -- Works by Frederick Noad -- Books -- General Instruction -- Chords and Theory -- Flamenco -- Rock and Blues -- Country, Folk, and Fingerpicking -- Jazz -- Videos -- Basic/Introductory Videos -- Rock -- Classical and Flamenco -- Blues -- Fingerstyle -- Flatpicking -- Guitar Gods -- Guitar Talk.
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