모든 기타 플레이어들에게 필요한 백과사전입니다! The Guitar Handbook은 단순한 코드 연주에서부터 고난도의 즉흥연주에 이르는 모든 수준의 기타 연주에 대한 완전한 가이드입니다.
특이하게 고안된 레슨 프로그램은 단계별 800 가지가 넘는 쉽게 따라 할 수 있는 핑거링과 코드 사전, 데모 사진, 명확하고 간결한 설명을 결합하여 이해를 돕고 있습니다.
게다가 이 책은 기타 하드웨어와 공연 테크닉, 사운드 장비, 이펙터, 녹음 장비 등에 대한 이해하기 쉬운 메뉴얼이기도 합니다.
기타 관리의 모든 것과 리페어, 커스터마이징과 함께 20 여명의 세계적인 기타리스트들의 정보까지도 다루고 있습니다.
43페이지에 걸친 컬러 사진과 그림 섹션이 포함되어 있습니다.


- Contents -

Foreword

The Guitar Innovators
Django Reinhardt
Charlie Christian
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
BB King
Freddie King
Eddie Cochran
Duane Eddie
Eric Clapton
John Lee Hooker
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Steve Cropper
Pete Townshend
Syd Barrett
Stanley Clarke
Jeff Beck
Brian May
Jaco Pastorius
Andy Summers
Robert Fripp
Eddie Van Halen
Pat Metheny
Steve Vai

Acoustic Guitars
The anatomy of the acoustic guitar
How acoustic guitars are constructed
Classical and flamenco guitars
Steel string guitars

Electric Guitars
The anatomy of the electric guitar
Pick-ups and controls
Hollow-body electric guitars
The first solid-body electric guitars
Fender guitars
Gibson guitars
Bass guittars
Japanese and Far Eastern guitars
Other American guitars

Playing the Guitar
THE BEGINNER
   How the guitar is tuned
   Tuning methods
   Left-hand technique
   Right-hand technique
   Open chords
   The three-chord theory
   Further chord progressions
   Strumming and flatpicking
   Fingerpicking and fingerstyles
   Barre chords
   Analyzing and transposing songs

THE RHYTHM GUITARIST
   Tempo, rhythm and timing
   Time signatures
   Using chord charts
   Time values
   Rhythm charts
   Folk and country rhythms
   Blues and rock rhythms
   Soul, funk and reggae rhythms
   Spanish and Latin rhythms
   Jazz guitar styles

THE MELODIC GUITARIST
   Pitch
   The major scale
   The minor scale
   Key signatures
   Scales and modes
   Synthetic scales

THE HARMONIC GUITARIST
   Harmonics
   Intervals
   Interval inversions
   Triads
   Seventh chords
   Added ninths, suspended fourths, and sixths
   Extended chords
   Polychords
   Chord synonyms
   Modulation

THE ADVANCED GUITARIST
   Single-string lead techniques
   Blues and rock guitar licks
   Chord substitution
   Power chords and fret tapping
   Alternative tunings
   Bottleneck and slide guitar

Guitar Maintenance and Customizing
Strings
Fitting strings
Setting the action
Adjusting the neck
Fret care
Setting the intonation
Simple guitar repairs
Finishing
Guitar care and travel
Custom and customized guitars
A guide to guitar electronics
How electric guitars are wired
Testing components, connections and circuits
Humbucking pick-ups
Active guitar circuitry

Performance Technology
The role of the electric guitar amplifier
Sound processing
Mixing consoles
Microphones
Working on stage
Recording
Recording media
Guitar synthesizers

The Chord Dictionary
Index
Acknowledgments