The Advancing Guitarist: Applyng Guitar Concepts & Techniques

Veteran musician and educator Mick Goodrick presents practical information for guitarists who want to improve their playing technique and style and simply become better musicians. Includes basic fingerboard mechanics, modes, scales and chords, contemporary harmony, harmonica and overtone influences, being self-critical, improvising short pieces, different playing situations.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

I. The approach
-Introduction to fingerboard mechanics
-Fingerboard mechanics
-Playing up and down a single string (the science of the unitar)
-Modes; Chord-scales I
-Playing on two adjacent strings: Movable mini-positions
-Study of intervals: Melodic and harmonic (Poor Man's guide to counterpoint)
-The open position
-Position playing
-Combination playing: "The Realm of the Electric Ice-skating Rink"
-The approach: take 2, take 3
-What next?
-Next what next?

II. Materials
-Triads
-More to do with triads
-7th chords
-Intervals, triads, 7th chords, others (C Major scale, C melodic minor scale, C harmonic minor scale)
-Diatonic four part chords: I, II, III, IV
-Modes; Chord scales II
-Chord types; Modes
-Process
-Triads over bass notes I
-Triads over bass notes II
-Pentatonic scales
-Note Math / Finger Math
-Fragments (Mosaics)
-Voicings from the symmetrical diminished scale
-A picture is worth a thousand words

III. Commentaries
-The guitar's complexity
-The evolution
-Contemporary harmony
-About tuning and tuners
-Harmonics and overtone influence
-Feeling "stale"?
-Silence is golden
-On being self-critical
-Words. Terms
-No one knows what's next
-Improvising short pieces (Use of the tape recorder)
-Time. Rhythm
-Tuning into time headquarters
-Tempo. Movement
-Some thoughts on technique
-Different playing situations
-Playing versus improvising
-Selected short subjects
-In it, what's in it. No regrets
-Conclusions