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(Musicians Institute Press). Starting at the elementary level and progressing to advanced techniques, this comprehensive method is like a complete two-year guitar course in book form. It includes over 450 songs and examples, and covers notes, rhythms, keys, positions, dynamics, syncopation, chord charts, duets, scale forms, phrasing, odd time, and much more. Designed from an MI core curriculum program.
Read Music Reading for Guitar The Complete Method David Oakes 8601404993978 Books
"I was teaching my 18 year old grandson to play guitar. I started teaching him the major "C" and "F" scales on the 2nd and 1st string to give him the concept of whole and half tones. Then I gave him a few movable chords. He didn't read music and I didn't want him to learn in the 1st position and have no appreciation of the rest of the instrument. I searched Amazon for a music reading book which started in the 5th position. I found three that looked like they fit the bill and bought them. Music Reading was the perfect fit and I bought another for him. Although I sight read, I never really learned to read the rhythm. In other words, timing was lost to me. I could only play songs I knew how long to hold the notes I was reading. I'm now learning timing along with my grandson. This book teaches both aspects of music reading: notes and rhythm. It's perfect."
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Music Reading for Guitar The Complete Method David Oakes 8601404993978 Books Reviews
- i'll first say that i'm 33 and am an experienced guitarist - i'm also a good chord chart reader and alright rhythm chart reader. i bought three books all at the same time to help me with my sheet music reading insecurities Guitar Fretboard Workbook by Barrett Tagliarino, Guitar Reading Workbook by Barrett Tagliarino and this one. And actually I lucked out! Each of them progressively lead you into the next (sort of). The Guitar Fretboard Workbook was good for identifying note names on the fretboard, then the Guitar Reading Workbook was more of a beginner's guide to the world of reading music (for the guitarist), lastly this one give's you the more in-depth exercises without going overboard too fast. I know some music theory/reading books start off at a slow pace in the first 5 pages then slam with you with things above and beyond what you even want to learn. I would recommend this book as it starts off easy for beginners and moves slowly forward with good exercises and "real" musical excerpts/arrangements to play.
For guitar I see reading music split into two different disciplines Knowing to read the notes on the staff, and knowing where the notes are on the strings of the guitar. My point is, on say the piano, there's only one key on the keyboard that'll play the note you're looking at on the sheet music, while on the guitar you could possibly have 4 different options to play the same note (of course you'd have to take into consideration the technical feasibility of playing the note). So, as someone who's *very* proficient playing guitar (20 years in fact), I'd recommend even to get a supplementary book like the Guitar Fretboard Workbook to help you with being able to identify where the notes are on the strings, and this book here to help you put the two disciplines together.
Hope this helps! - This book has a lot of good info. However, if you don't already know how to read music, this book is very difficult, because it expects you to read his words about the rhythm and somehow deduce (not knowing how to read the music) how it should sound. This can be very difficult.
For example, already at the start of Chapter two, he introduces "Upbeat Eight-note attacks" and introduces syncopation. It would be Extremely helpful to have a CD so you could follow along to understand what he is trying to get across. He "explains" this sound by referencing "Creme's Sunshine of Your Love" and shows a brief series of notes supposedly from that song. Ok, but what if I don't know that piece, or know it but can't figure out how to make what I know fit into the brief line of notes? Then I don't get it. No amount of verbiage can take the place of a simple sound sample.
The same goes for many other sections. Once you've learned how these things sound somewhere else, you can read these sections usefully. But a simple CD would have been very useful. - For the purpose of 'calibrating' this review, I mention that my background includes several years of classical training in music theory and piano/keyboard. I am an intermediate player of classical and Prog rock on guitar. I am also a college Professor, so I recognize substance in training materials. I have spent months of study with the materials in this book.
This book is exemplary in the sense that it fills a very common void for people who learn guitar without a background in music theory. As you likely observe, many/most guitarists never transcend intermediate levels as they rely solely on playing cliche licks and the mechanical/habitual repetition of what catchy phrases they memorized from their favorite professional players. That can only get a person so far. Of course, many masters are/were so gifted that they can play whatever is in their hearts and minds without the written score. So if your name is Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton, you can stop reading this review. The rest of us are advantaged by instructions more substantive than "it's at the 5th fret, dude!" Mastery of how music is constructed will take you farther. To that purpose, I highly recommend this book. - I was teaching my 18 year old grandson to play guitar. I started teaching him the major "C" and "F" scales on the 2nd and 1st string to give him the concept of whole and half tones. Then I gave him a few movable chords. He didn't read music and I didn't want him to learn in the 1st position and have no appreciation of the rest of the instrument. I searched for a music reading book which started in the 5th position. I found three that looked like they fit the bill and bought them. Music Reading was the perfect fit and I bought another for him. Although I sight read, I never really learned to read the rhythm. In other words, timing was lost to me. I could only play songs I knew how long to hold the notes I was reading. I'm now learning timing along with my grandson. This book teaches both aspects of music reading notes and rhythm. It's perfect.
- Starts off with the basic premise that one can play the guitar, but knows nothing about Standard notation. Good place to start!
Works on rhythms and timing. Then the notes in the 5th position and works your way up to more notes and other positions. Simple stuff first, then more complex. Also does chord charts with clear explanations.
Already using it with two of my students with good success.
Recommend it strongly! - I think it is a great book but I'am not quite ready for it yet.
The beginning of the book says you should have at least two years experience.
I am sure it will be a great help eventually.
If you buy book on line it does not tell you that you should have at least two years experience. Did not know until after I received book.
A little disapointed but will eventually use it.
