guitar

A primary prelude to the guitar, including what the string instrument looks and sounds like, basic instructions on how to play it, and the kinds of music that feature it.

Discusses the history of handmade music and the new movement reviving this practice, with nine step-by-step projects to make guitars and accompaniments, like the washtub bass, soup can diddly bow, stomp box and washboard.

Describes the importance of the guitar in Mexico, especially in Paracho, a town which is becoming the center of the Mexican guitar industry.

Provides step-by-step instructions for playing the guitar; covering buying equipment, playing the blues, using picks and fingers, playing in sixths, harmonics, and more.

Jamal, a little boy from the inner city, gets the guitar he longs for with the help of his guardian angel, Benjamin.

Provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams for learning to play the guitar.

While sharing stories of their Mexican-American family's past, a father gives his young son the guitar he received from his own father.