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Exercises (Guitar Reference Guides) 1 review
Cherry Lane Music, 2001
Excellent book for self-disciplined guitarists
This book is pushing the limits of my guitar playing, helping me to learn what I've avoided for years. Not only am I learning the fret board, I have memorized four scales across the entire instrument. My dexterity improves steadily with daily practice. Just as promised in the book, I memorized the ...
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Jazz Guitar Technique 11 reviews Andrew Green
Andrew Green, 2004
A thorough approach to common jazz techniques
+ Remodel Your Playing Technique + The best series out there + I'm working through it + Eat your spinach if you want to grow up big and strong
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The Guitar Grimoire- A Notated Intervallic Study Of Scales 2 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music, 1997
music and math
An excellent book for the advanced guitar player. It brings to life the close connection between math and music. Fascinating. I recommend it to all those who are interested in playing the guitar in a far more creative and enlightened way.
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Fretboard Logic SE: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete ... 96 reviews Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards Publishing, 1997
Breaking through the fretboard barrier
+ Great book for intermediate to advanced guitarists + Fretboard Logic SE + Fretboard Patterns not theory. + Fretboard Books
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Sheets of Sound for Guitar 7 reviews Jack A. Zucker
Jack A. Zucker, 2005
Pick which exercises to use when you buy this bbok
+ There is still hope + Amazing lines...
I am a professional guitarist and guitar teacher. I just got this book and I think its great and can really improve your playing. Its also a HUGE book with many pages. I am posting this review so anyone who buys it knows that one good way to approach it is to pick the exercises that you need to ...
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Jazz Guitar Structures 10 reviews Andrew Green
Andrew Green, 2004
boost your soloing with these structures
+ must have for any modern player + Clever and clear + A comprehensible approach for the advanced player + An excellent resource
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A Modern Method for Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, 3 Complete 28 reviews William Leavitt
Berklee Press Publications, 1999
The most comprehensive guitar method ever!
+ Great For Learning How To Sightread! + The one and only, all in one place. + Great method for beginners and classic guitar players who want to learn pick technique
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Fretboard Logic III Applications: Creative and Analytical 9 reviews Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards Publishing Corp., 2004
MIND AND SOUL
+ Fretboard Books + Fretboard Logic + Well worth the time and effort + Good add on to Fretboard I and II
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Mel Bays Complete Book of Harmony Theory and Voicing 2 reviews Bret Willmott
Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 1994
MINDBLOWING!
+ Advanced jazz guitar harmony
this is the work of an obvious GENIUS. i never heard the man play but he sure can open up the concepts like no other. MINDBLOWING WORK OF ART is what i call it. it has helped me a lot though i think i'll take a few years to fully assimilate the book. non of that bullshit play jazz guitar in 3 ...
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Chord Tone Soloing: A Guitarist's Guide to Melodic Improvising in Any Style 17 reviews Barrett Tagliarino
Musicians Institute Press, 2006
Great Book
+ Chord Tone Soloing + Excellent! + Great Guide! + Exactly what I was looking for
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The Guitar Grimoire- Chord Encyclopedia 3 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music, 1997
Great!
+ Every Chord Helps + guitar grimoire
This book is fantastically cool.
It shows nearly every chord in 3 forms: Movable, Open, and in the Intervallic form. Every single chord is noted on staff AND shown in a diagram. Great for reference and also great for getting readers into music notation-reading; it gives an easy way to translate ...
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Keyboard Grimoire: A Complete Guide for the Guitarist and Keyboardist 6 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music Dist, 1993
Someone finally did it right!
+ Scales and Modes + Chords and Voicings + Keyboard = Keyboard Grimoire + Good for learning more about scales and chords + A Complete Guide For the Guitarist and Keyboardist + This book is excellent for the guitarist.
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The Guitar Grimoire: The Exercise Book 5 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music, 1999
Intense.
+ Good exercises to get you familiar with the basics... + It'll make your hand hurt a little.
This has got to be one of the highest regarded books in my collection, and certainly my favorite of the Guitar Grimoire series.
On it's outer shell, it may seem like another book about chromatic scales and coil exercises, but if you actually take a minute to sit down and DO the exercises you ...
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The Guitar Grimoire: A Compendium of Guitar Chords and Voicings 6 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer, 1993
This is the one.
+ Great Find! One of the better Guitar Grimoire Books. + Adam Kadmon is GREAT! + Holy Substitutions, Batman! + Pure Info
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Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method) 28 reviews Tom Kolb
Hal Leonard, 2005
Excellent
+ Well-Structured Book, Wealth of Material + gonna be very helpful + Theory for Guitarists + Excellent Resource
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Technique Exercises for Guitar: Lessons and Licks for Improving Your Speed, Power and Clarity 2 reviews Jean Marc Belkadi
Musicians Institute Press, 2006
Practice Routine for the Advanced Guitarist
+ Intermediate Level
Being a serious guitarist with a day job, it is always a challenge to make your practice time as valuable and efficient as possible. It was with this in mind that I purchase this book. Warning; this book, like all of the books I have used written by this author, is not for beginners; it is ...
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Guitar Fretboard Workbook 78 reviews
Musicians Institute Press, 2003
Excellent systematic method for learning the fretboard
+ The fretboard is your friend + Guitar Fretboard Workbook Works + Just what I was looking for. + Get plenty of "AHA!" moments
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Guitar Grimoire Progressions & Improvisation 7 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music Dist, 1998
Grimoire Madness
+ For all musicians + The last section was worth the $27.95 price
For me, this book has been great. I am at a level that I am just starting to get into the theory side of music, and really interested in finding a way to explore improvisation without sounding like i'm just noodling or whatever. Anyways, as you've no doubt read in the other reviews, this book is ...
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The Advancing Guitarist 40 reviews Mick Goodrick
Hal Leonard Corporation, 1987
The Advancing Guitarist (or how to learn all those things you should have learned years ago!)
+ Guitar Method? + great book + Excellent, but not a technique or beginner's book + A GOOD BOOK FOR THE INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED PLAYER
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Fingerpicking Book 5 reviews Adam Kadmon
Carl Fischer Music Dist, 2000
"The Exercise Book" for Fingerstyle!
+ Guitar Grimoire, Fingerpicking + Nothing less than brilliant!! + could use a cd of material!
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