Teach Yourself Guitar Books

blueburst · 12-28-2007, 07:52 PM

Hey guys,

Interested in expanding my knowledge of the guitar. So far I've been playing a few years and doing mostly covers of songs I like. Nothing to complicated and never bothered with solos too much (don't have the finger speed). I want to get as much information as I can that will let me start to get away from solos and go more towards writing my own stuff. Any books you guys would recommend for guitar theory or techniques. Need to work on my techniques as well. Looking for a book with some great exercises.

Thanks

blueburst · 12-29-2007, 04:05 PM

Anyone ever try the Carl Fischer Guitar Grimoire series.

Big_dawg · 12-31-2007, 05:28 AM

pretty much anything by david mead, taught me a lot in those books, including alternate picking...

fjminor · 12-31-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by blueburst

.....Nothing to complicated and never bothered with solos too much (don't have the finger speed)......

Dont sell yourself short my friend....one can do alot with one note - just listen to Hendrix

808 · 12-31-2007, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by blueburst

Anyone ever try the Carl Fischer Guitar Grimoire series.

I have two of his dvds. He teaches alot of music theory but the dialogue is cheesey as hell!

I don't know what style of music you play but I just picked up a great blues book w/cd. It shows basic rhytym, rhytym comping, chord and inversions, chord turnarounds, single line turnarounds, minor scale, blues scale, major scale, mixolydian, mixing major and minor, and it has soloing exercises.

Cantu · 01-01-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 808

I have two of his dvds. He teaches alot of music theory but the dialogue is cheesey as hell!

I don't know what style of music you play but I just picked up a great blues book w/cd. It shows basic rhytym, rhytym comping, chord and inversions, chord turnarounds, single line turnarounds, minor scale, blues scale, major scale, mixolydian, mixing major and minor, and it has soloing exercises.

What's the name of it????

808 · 01-01-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantu

What's the name of it????

Real Blues Guitar by Kevin Chipkin

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blueburst Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Teach Yourself Guitar Books Hey guys, Interested in expanding my knowledge of the guitar. So far I've been playing a few years and doing mostly covers of songs I like. Nothing to complicated and never bothered with solos too much (don't have the finger speed). I want to get as much information as I can that will let me start to get away from solos and go more towards writing my own stuff. Any books you guys would recommend for guitar theory or techniques. Need to work on my techniques as well. Looking for a book with some great exercises. Thanks __________________ Airman are to be seen and not heard so shut the #%@$ up - Tsgt Brown

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blueburst Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Teach Yourself Guitar Books Anyone ever try the Carl Fischer Guitar Grimoire series. __________________ Airman are to be seen and not heard so shut the #%@$ up - Tsgt Brown

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