Got myself a guitar book:

Posted on Jul 25, 2009 08:51 pm
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We were at Barnes&Noble picking up a book for Heather, and I was perusing the music section thinking about grabbing a guitar lesson/technique book to get myself back into learning.

I found a few of em, and had my fiancee look them over (she used to play classical guitar, and had better feeling for straightforward-ness than me)

Anyway, ended up settling on "The Guitar Handbook" by Ralph Denyer. It contains a forward by Robert Fripp, and is a pretty thorough book. Everything from chords/tabs to correct posture and fingering techniques, to working with the electronics in an electric guitar, and setting up the amps/pickups/effects pedals, etc. etc.

Good book so far, and the layout is very straightforward. It starts with a brief history of guitars, and different makes/models/brands, as well as some select musicians. Then it goes onto the lessons and such. In the back there is also a "tab quick-reference"

It's a good book so far, and I've already corrected myself on a number of things (particularly left-hand fretting and position) I'm looking forward getting back into learning while I do my job hunting.

Let the callous-building commence!!! :D

-J

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