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Post by Martin on Sept 3, 2013 14:37:51 GMT
I always try to google for a better price when faced with buying most things. Sorry if I've annoyed a couple of you I saved £50 on a bike for my daughter's birthday last week by checking online
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pegleghowell
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Post by pegleghowell on Sept 4, 2013 13:06:22 GMT
When learning clawhammer banjo many moons ago,this book ,by Miles Krassen, was invaluable to me.Great tunes with nice arrangements.Well written tab.. An excellent learning tool.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 13:45:21 GMT
Though nothing at all to do with playing the guitar, I bought this book by Rupert White whilst at the Cornwall Folk festival: www.facebook.com/FolkInCornwallHe even signed it for me. Its a strangely addictive account of the folk movement in Cornwall in the 60's, and gives interesting and sometimes amusing accounts of the goings on in Cornwall by the likes of Beatniks like Wizz Jones, Ralph McTell and Donavan. Robbie
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Post by Martin on Sept 4, 2013 13:52:51 GMT
View AttachmentWhen learning clawhammer banjo many moons ago,this book ,by Miles Krassen, was invaluable to me.Great tunes with nice arrangements.Well written tab.. An excellent learning tool. I have a copy of that book, but haven't given it as much attention as my others. Looks like I'll have to give it another look
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gwmpy
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My main instrument is: 12 string guitar, B bender tele's c'hammer banjo
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Post by gwmpy on Sept 4, 2013 15:25:51 GMT
Having just started to learn CH banjo, I have the Miles Krassen book, along with the old John Burke book. Taken me 40 odd years to start looking at it Some great reading is, Jaco. life story of Jaco Pastorius. Sad. Still Inside - Tony Rice Blind But Now I see -Doc Watson. Also the Joni Mitchell biography is a good read. Again, get the Jaco book. Gwmpy
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maninashed
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Post by maninashed on Oct 8, 2013 12:11:44 GMT
I quite enjoyed this, a music journalist with no playing experience decides he wants to perform 'Anji' at a live gig so sets about learning how to play it and learns a lot more about the guitar besides. Some interesting insights into the folk scene, a meeting with Davey Graham in particular was quite surprising.
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Post by pnut on Oct 11, 2013 23:56:46 GMT
I really like "How to write songs on guitar" by Ricky Rooksby, a huge resource of common popular songs and their chord progressions and what makes them work. I love the page where he says look as a songwriter by the 1980s you'd have probably thought every single combination of GCD had been explored and exploited so what's the point, then The Las come out with "there she goes" I think it's a great book, what really makes a great song still fascinates me. Have just watched synth Britannia on bbc4 was funny seeing OMD moaning about how people thought synths wrote songs and Andy McLusky saying look if there was a button saying hit single we'd all have pushed it and saved hours of slogging!! Reminds me of an interview I read with John Frusciante of the chilli peppers who had a huge respect for the musicality of 80s guitarists with the synth pop grps of the 80s.
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leoroberts
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Post by leoroberts on Oct 12, 2013 7:49:49 GMT
When learning clawhammer banjo many moons ago,this book ,by Miles Krassen, was invaluable to me.Great tunes with nice arrangements.Well written tab.. An excellent learning tool. no CD; no use to them's as can't read dots LOL
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windminstrel
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Post by windminstrel on Nov 6, 2013 15:43:07 GMT
+1 on "Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar" by Doug Young.
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Post by Martin on Nov 6, 2013 16:14:04 GMT
+1 on "Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar" by Doug Young. He should do a companion book: "Understanding Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar" Maybe I'm just thick (okay, more than maybe), but I struggle to get past the easy stuff at the beginning
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maninashed
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Post by maninashed on Nov 7, 2013 9:58:21 GMT
+1 on "Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar" by Doug Young. He should do a companion book: "Understanding Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar" My finger keeps hovering over the 'Add To Basket' button but then I 'Look Inside' again and put it off for later. Most of it looks way beyond my comprehension.
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windminstrel
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Post by windminstrel on Nov 7, 2013 15:51:45 GMT
I have not had the book long, but although it appears at first hand to be a little daunting it's not too bad. Believe me, i'm no expert in 'any' tuning, but I have found it to be of great value. I am new to DADGAD and have always loved improvisation, which this tuning automatically encourages (don't want to just sit and strum), so this book seemed to be the best of the ones I saw on Amazon with good reviews, even I reviewed it and have never done an Amazon review before. The CD has 98 examples on it, although I have not heard any because I have not taken it out of the plastic wallet yet. I have quite a few guitar books and I would say this is probably the best of the bunch. I am just taking my time working through it. The only bug-bear with this, and many other guitar books is that it is not spiral-bound so it would lay flat. All in all it's a good resource, ....even if it is American. Author's Website: Doug Young
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Post by missclarktree on Feb 15, 2014 17:42:36 GMT
I've just bought the guitar book of my dreams - the Eric Roche Acoustic Guitar Bible. I've been struggling for ages with a lack of knowledge, no sense of direction and a feeling of frustration without knowing why. I've made no progress with other books such as the Brett Duncan 'Complete Learn to Play Fingerpicking Guitar Manual', because I look at the exercises and think, "What's the point of doing that?". I learn a tune on the Seagull and then think, "Why am doing this?" Any mention of theory causes a big breezeblock wall with barbed wire on top to appear at the front of my brain.
Well, the Roche book looks like the answer to life, the universe and everything. It arrived this morning, and immediately I was engrossed in suspended chords and all that. He makes you want to learn a bit of theory. It's not just that the book is well-written. It's that it gives all the whys and wherefores, giving an incentive to learn. There's so much in it, and I feel really motivated.
Pity I had to tear myself away and spend the afternoon with my fingers submerged in freezing mortar.
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Post by vikingblues on Mar 29, 2014 9:17:53 GMT
I'd like to add my recommendation of a book previously mentioned. Rob MacKillops "The Scottish Guitar. 40 Scottish tunes for fingerstyle guitar". link hereThe pieces are in Open D, DADGAD and Open G. The first guitar book I've bought in a long time that has really engaged my interest and enthusiasm. A real fascination for me is in hearing how the often basic looking pieces on paper are transformed into beautiful guitar playing on the included CD - even a simple arpeggio can be transformed into something magical. Not many CDs included with these sort of books have that sort of quality about them. Rob says in his introduction to the book that there is an internal flow of the melody as well as the external pulse of the beat, and he has chosen pieces which have subtle nuances which cannot be forced into a metronomic rhythm. Which makes for a book and CD package that is is all very informative, inspiring, and sometimes disheartening or intimidating. Not sure in what proportions! Mark
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brianr2
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Post by brianr2 on Mar 29, 2014 11:44:41 GMT
I'd like to add my recommendation of a book previously mentioned. Rob MacKillops "The Scottish Guitar. 40 Scottish tunes for fingerstyle guitar". link hereThe pieces are in Open D, DADGAD and Open G. The first guitar book I've bought in a long time that has really engaged my interest and enthusiasm. A real fascination for me is in hearing how the often basic looking pieces on paper are transformed into beautiful guitar playing on the included CD - even a simple arpeggio can be transformed into something magical. Not many CDs included with these sort of books have that sort of quality about them. Rob says in his introduction to the book that there is an internal flow of the melody as well as the external pulse of the beat, and he has chosen pieces which have subtle nuances which cannot be forced into a metronomic rhythm. Which makes for a book and CD package that is is all very informative, inspiring, and sometimes disheartening or intimidating. Not sure in what proportions! Mark I could not agree more. He can extract so much music from so few notes. Even his superficially straightforward tunes can be very moving. There is always something new to find in his arrangements and I never tire of them. My "Desert Island" guitar book! Brian
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