guitars

A guide to playing the guitar that provides information on reading music, the basic techniques and cords, famous guitar styles, creating a home recording studio, and other related topics.

Provides information to new rock bands on how to succeed in the music business, featuring descriptions of acoustic, electric, and bass guitars, and other stringed instruments, and including a look at amplifiers and effects pedals.

Photographs and text highlight a variety of electric guitar models from the 1950s and discusses its influence upon musicians and transformation of modern music.

Companion volume to: Acoustic guitars and other fretted instruments. Traces the electric guitar from the mid-1930s to the present.

After his mother is severely injured in an accident and his father kicks him out of the house, fourteen-year-old Travis attempts to survive on his own until he meets a guitar maker and some musicians who take him in and help him regain his confidence so that he can try to patch his family back together.

Contains seventeen lessons designed to teach beginners to play guitar by ear, and includes a CD with audio demonstrations, as well as chords and lyrics for nineteen songs.

Designed for self-instruction in basic folk guitar techniques. Includes music for applying each lesson.

A photograhic history of American fretted instruments, tracing the evolution of the mandolin, banjo, and guitar from the 1800s through the 1990s.

An illustrated, step-by-step guide to learning to play the guitar, providing an introduction to the instrument, offering advice on buying a guitar, discussing tuning and maintenance, and explaining how to hold a guitar, read music, play songs and chords, picking technique, and more advanced skills.

Describes the production of guitars, along with the history of their craftsmanship, marketing, and distribution; and also examines their impact on the environment.