어쿠스틱 기타 연주에 관심있는 사람이라면 누구나 바로 시작할 수 있게 구성된 책+온라인 음원 교본입니다.
Beginnig, Intermediate, Mastering 세 권이 한 권으로 묶여 기본에서부터 고급 테크닉까지 어쿠스틱 기타에 필요한 모든 것이 총망라되어 있는 종합 교본입니다.

초보자들을 위한 오른손과 왼손의 테크닉, 악보 보는법, 기초 임프로바이즈, 바레 코드, 피킹 테크닉, 베이스 라인의 연주, 기본 어레인지 등의 내용이 실려있습니다.

중급 연주자들을 위한 얼터네이트 튜닝, 스케일, 핑거보드 하이 포지션에서의 연주, 어쿠스틱 펑크/뉴 올리언즈/집시 스윙/켈틱/블루그라스/케이준 등의 다양한 스타일이 담겨있습니다.

상급 연주자들을 위한 '기관총 스트럼(machine gun strums)', 오른손 뮤팅, 슬랩, 태핑, 슬랩 하모닉스, 트레몰로 등의 내용과 함께 레게, 아프리칸/브라질리언, 노르테뇨, 콘훈토 등의 다양한 스타일이 수록되어 있습니다.

어쿠스틱 기타를 배우기 시작하는 사람이나 자신의 연주를 더 향상시키도 싶은 고급 연주자들 모두에게 이 책은 아주 좋은 교본 및 자료입니다.
예제의 모범연주 음원이 온라인으로 제공되며 책 첫 페이지에 나온 사이트와 코드로 스트리밍 또는 다운로드 가능합니다.


- Contents -

Acoustic Guitar Method - Beginning

About The Author
Introduction

Chapter 1 - Getting Started
Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Tools
Lesson 2: The Notes on the Fretboard
Lesson 3: Play Some Tunes
   Cows That Boogie on My Lawn
   This One's Got Spots
   Mary Had a Border Collie
Lesson 4: Your First Chords - D,A and G
   Canadian Campfire Song
Lesson 5: Changing Chords
Lesson 6: More Chords - E and C
   Rock'n'Roll Wonder Dog
   You Move My Boogie Machine

Chapter 2 - Reading Music
How to Use This Chapter
Why Read Music?
Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff
Lesson 2: The Notes on the 1st String
Lesson 3: The Notes on the 2nd String
Lesson 4: Time
Lesson 5: Notes on the 3rd and 4th Strings
Lesson 6: Rests
Lesson 7: Eighth Notes
Lesson 8: Notes on the 5th and 6th Strings
Lesson 9: Eighth Rests and Dotted Notes
Lesson 10: Adding Sharps and Flats
Lesson 11:Reading Key Signatures
Lesson 12: 1st and 2nd Endings
   Line Dancing on Mars

Chapter 3 - More New Chords
Lesson 1: Minor Chords
   Heavy Fog
   Heavy Fog, It Makes Me Happy
Lesson 2: The Bluegrass G Chord and a C Chord to Match
   The One-Human Garage Band
Lesson 3: The Art of Strumming
   Train of Dreams
Lesson 4: Country and Bluegrass Strumming
   Boil that Cabbage Down
   Shady Grove
Lesson 5: Country and Bluegrass Flatpicking
   Sail Away Ladies
Lesson 6: Syncopated Strumming
Lesson 7: Waltz Time
Amazing Grace

Chapter 4 - Basic Fingerpicking
Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position
Lesson 2: First Fingerpicking Patterns
Lesson 3: Alternating Bass Patterns
   California Flood
Lesson 4:Fingerpicking in Waltz Time

Chapter 5 - Improvisation
Lesson 1: The Major Scale
Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths
Lesson 3: Major Scale Fingerings
Lesson 4: Major Scale-Degree Exercises
Lesson 5: Improvising with the Major Scale
Lesson 6: Intervals
Lesson 7: Fingerings for Intervals
Lesson 8: Harmony and Chords
Lesson 9: Getting Started with Improvisation

Chapter 6 - The Blues
Lesson 1: The Twelve-Bar Blues
Lesson 2: Memorizing the Twelve-Bar Blues
Lesson 3: Blues Rhythm
   Shufflin' Through the Blues in A
Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 5: Beginning Blues Improvisation
Lesson 6: Bending
Lesson 7: New Chords - The Dominant 7th
   7 Chord Blues
Lesson 8: More 7th Chords - Blues in E
   The Twelve-Bar Blues in E
Lesson 9: Minor Blues
   A Minor Blues
Lesson 10: Minor 7th Chords
   Minor 7 Blues

Chapter 7 - New Techniques
Lesson 1: Switching Chords Mid-Measure
Lesson 2: Split Strumming
   I Know How it Feels
Lesson 3: The Mute Stroke
Lesson 4: The Other Folk Strum
   Fluttering in the Breeze
Lesson 5: Transposition
Lesson 6: Power Chords
   Rage Against the Gumball Machine
Lesson 7: Barre Chords
   Passing the Barre
   Can I Barre a Dollar?
Lesson 8: Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
   Blue Noodles on an E Chord
Lesson 9: Walking the Bass
   Free Little Bird

Chapter 8 - Musical Expression And Arranging
Lesson 1: Phrasing and Dynamics
Lesson 2: Creating an Arrangement
   Song of the Elusive Beach Moose

Appendix
The Wonderful Capo, the Terrible Capo
To Fingerpick or Not to Fingerpick
Buy a Metronome!
Help with Tuning
Finger Strength Builders
How to Practice
Inspirational Listening


Acoustic Guitar Method - Intermidiate

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Reading Music and TAB
Lesson 1: Picth
Lesson 2: Time
Lesson 3: Tablature

Chapter 2 - New Colors and Textures
How to Use This Chapter
Why Read Music?
Lesson 1: Flatpicking Arpeggios
   Love and Trains
Lesson 2: Suspended Chords
   Suspension Bridge
   Not a Solution,Just a Suspension
Lesson 3: Dominant 7 Chords
Lesson 4: Secondary Dominants
Lesson 5: Harmonics
   The Bells Of Whimsy
   Drystal Chords
Lesson 6: Tuning with Harmonics
Lesson 7: Slides
Lesson 8: Bending Strings
   Swamp Grease

Chapter 3 - New Grooves and Styles
Lesson 1: Acoustic Funk Strumming
   Funk on the Cue-Stick Tip
Lesson 2: Acoustic Funk Split Strumming
Lesson 3: Funk With Open Strings
   Open for Bidness
Lesson 4: Creating a Monster Funk Groove
   Whatchyoo Talkin''Bout?
Lesson 5: A Taste of Swing
   Still a Minor at 32
   Still a Minor at 32,Souped-Up Hep-Cat Version
Lesson 6: The Grooves of New Orleans
   Elysian Fields Boogaloo
Lesson 7: Modern Celtic Rhythm Guitar
   The Rocky Road to the Foggy Cliffs of Erin's Green Shamrock Shore
Lesson 8: One Tune in Three Traditions-Old-time. Bluegrass and Cajun
   Fall on My Knees-Carter Family Style
   Fall on My Knees-Buegrass Backup Style
   Fall on My Knees-Bluegrass Lead Style
   Fall on My Knees-Cajun Backup Style
   Fall on My Knees-Cajun Lead Style
Lesson 9: Delta Blues
   Baby Blue Blues

Chapter 4 - Working Your Way up the Neck
Lesson 1: Major Scale Positions
Lesson 2: Connecting Scale Positions Up the Neck
   Sample Solo

Chapter 5 - Harmony
Lesson 1: Major Triads Up the Neck
   Windchimes and Bottlecaps
Lesson 2: Minor Triads Up the Neck
   Skanking the Triads
Lesson 3: Major Scale Harmony
   Brutha T's Vision
Lesson 4: Double Stops
   Oaxaca Juan's Waltz
   6th Sense


Chapter 6 - Pentatonic Scales
Lesson 1: Minor Pentatonic Scale
   Return of the Son of Still A Minor at 32
Lesson 2: Major Pentatonic Scale
   Eight Ball in the Corner Blues-Solo #1
   Eight Ball in the Corner Blues-Solo #2
   Eight Ball in the Corner Blues-Solo #3


Chapter 7 - Introducing Alternate Tunings
Lesson 1: Getting Creative with Open Strings
   Spare Change for a New Chord
   Shufflin' Succotash
Lesson 2: Drop D Tuning
   Drop D Noise,Drop D Funk
   Beggars Can't Be Choosers
Lesson 3: Improvising with Drop D Tuning
Lesson 4: Double Drop D Tuning
   Free Cinnamon Buns in Paris
   Sprinkles ad Jimmies
Lesson 5: Open G Tuning
   Bats in the Barrelhouse
Lesson 6: Open D Tuning
   Don't Talk to Strangers




Acoustic Guitar Method - Mastering

Introduction

Chapter 1 - New Techniques
Lesson 1: Building Speed and Agility
Lesson 2: Using Pedal Toes
   Pedal to the Metal
   Splash Into the Pool
   Isn't it Fine. Scandanavian Pine
   The Riseand Fall of the Uncoordinated William
   I'll Pedal,You Steer
Lesson 3: Slapping and Tapping
   Astral Connections

Chapter 2 -New Chords
Lesson 1: 7 Chords
   Mellow Groovin' Phat Daddy-o Dude
Lesson 2: Augmented and Diminished Chords
   Too Early for Breakfast
Lesson 3: Add9 Chord and More
   Wandering Ghosts
Lesson 4: dominant 9 Chords
   Mellifluous Tones
Lesson 5: Dominant 11 and 13 Chords
   Hypertension Funk Blues
Lesson 6: Using Tensions and
   Alterations to Improvise Blues
   Hypertension Funk Blues Solo

Chapter 3 - Advanced Rhythm
Lesson 1: Odd Time Signatures
   Pentagroove in D
   Pentagroove in D Solo
   My Right Hand Has Seven Fingers
   My Right Hand Has Seven Fingers Solo
Lesson 2: Working in Multiple Time Signatures
   June Bug Wings
Lesson 3:Introducing Polyrhythms

Chapter 4 - Introducing the Modes
Lesson 1: Generating the Modes from a Parent Scale
   The Relative View
Lesson 2: The Parallel View

Chapter 5 - The Mixolydian Mode
Lesson 1: The Two Views
Lesson 2: Distinguishing Features of the
   Moxolydian Mode
   No Ex-Temptations
   No Ex-Temptations Triad Solo
Lesson 3: Mixing Modes in One Song
   Over the Waterfall
Lesson 4: Improvising in the Mixolydian Mode
   (The Jerry Garcia Effect)
   Franklin's Mower
   Franklin's Mower Solo


Chapter 6 -The Dorian Mode
Lesson 1: The Two Views
Lesson 2: Distinguishing Features of the Dorian Mode
   Walk,Don't Drive
Lesson 3: Improvising in the Dorian Mode
   Como Va-Va Vamp
   Como Va-Va Vamp Solo
Lesson 4: An Irish Jig in the Dorian Mode
   Scatter the Mud

Chapter 7 - Aeolian Mode
Lesson 1: The Two Views
Lesson 2: Distinguishing Features of the Aeolian Mode
Lesson 3: Improvising in the Dorian Mode
   Down on My Knees
   Down on My Knees Solo
Lesson 4: Improvising in a Relative Major/Minor Context
   Paradox Found
   Paradox Found Solo
   From the Horse's Mouth
   From the Horse's Mouth Solo
Lesson 5: Variations on the Aeolian Mode
   The Melodic Minor
   Souup du Jour Stomp
    Soup du Jour Stomp Solo
Lesson 6: Variations on the Aeolian Mode
   The Melodic Minor
   Minor Funk B Melodic
   Minor Funk B Melodic Solo

Chapter 8 - Musical Expression And Arranging
Lesson 1: Cross-String Scales in Open G
   Simple Gifts
Lesson 2: D Minor Tunig
   Going Back to Aberdeen
Lesson 3: Open C Tuning
   John Henry

Chapter 9 - Sus4 Tunings
Lesson 1: DADGAD
   Bonaparte's Retreat
   Road Music for Time Travelers
Lesson 2: Sawmill Banjo Tuning
   Pretty Polly

Chapter 10 - Radical Alternate Tunings
Lesson 1: Hybrid Tunings
Lesson 2: Unison Tunings
   Keep Drivin'
   The Rock'n'Roll Tree Elf
A Great Big List of Alternate Tunings

Chapter 11 - Building a Piece
Lesson 1: Getting Your Materials Together
   Ohio Nights(Verse)
   Ohio Nights(Chorus)
Lesson 2: Fleshing out the Form
   Adding Contrasting Elements
   Ohio Nights(Bridge)
   Ohio Nights(Instrumental Hook)
Lesson 3:Putting it All Together
   Ohio Nights