The acoustic guitar is the instrument of the people and Play Acoustic tells the people how to play it. This detailed and beautifully illustratedbook explores the history of the acoustic guitar, from the jazz age to the folk revolutions of the early 1960s and late 1990s to the current rebirth of bluegrass and the singer-songwriter boom of the past decade. Skilled professional musicians and experienced tutors coach the reader through 11 styles, using exercises suitable to novice players new to each style and working up to full pieces and advanced techniques. Entire chapters are devoted to folk, rock and pop, blues, country, bluegrass, jazz, and more, with detailed guidance through both musical notation and tablature, diagrams, and explanatory text. An accompanying CD also offers listening examples of the most crucial of these exercises, to help players master each style.

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Composer
Publisher	Backbeat Books
Series
Pages	252(07)
Language
Instrument	Guitar
Category	Reference
SubCategory1	Biographies
SubCategory2
Medium	Softcover/CD
ISBN13	9780879308537
ISBN13	0879308532
Dimensions	279x241