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free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Playing Guitar Over-the-shoulder photos simplify finger placement Online audio content lets you hear how notes and chords should sound David Hodge www.ebook777.com Color highlights easily guide you on the strings free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com No one likes a know-it-all Most of us realize there’s no such thing— how could there be? The world is far too complicated for someone to understand everything there is to know So when you come across a know-it-all, you smile to yourself as they ramble on because you know better You understand that the quest for knowledge is a never-ending one, and you’re okay with that You have no desire to know everything, just the next thing You know what you don’t know, you’re confident enough to admit it, and you’re motivated to something about it At Idiot’s Guides, we, too, know what we don’t know, and we make it our business to find out We find really smart people who are experts in their fields and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work, asking lots of questions and thinking long and hard about how best to pass along their knowledge to you in the easiest, most-accessible way possible After all, that’s our promise—to make whatever you want to learn “As Easy as It Gets.” That means giving you a well-organized design that seamlessly and effortlessly guides you from page to page, topic to topic It means controlling the pace you’re asked to absorb new information— not too much at once but just what you need to know right now It means giving you a clear progression from easy to more difficult It means giving you more instructional steps wherever necessary to really explain the details And it means giving you fewer words and more illustrations wherever it’s better to show rather than tell So here you are, at the start of something new The next chapter in your quest It can be an intimidating place to be, but you’ve been here before and so have we Clear your mind and turn the page By the end of this book, you won’t be a know-it-all, but your world will be a little less complicated than it was before And we’ll be sure your journey is as easy as it gets Mike Sanders Publisher, Idiot’s Guides free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Playing Guitar by David Hodge A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com This book is dedicated to the memory of Thomas “Todd” Lange ALPHA BOOKS Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA  •  Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)  •  Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England  •  Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.)  •  Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd.)  •  Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India  •  Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore, Auckland 1311, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.)  •  Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) 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ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Contents Part Getting Your Gear .3 The Guitar—Past and Present The Three Types of Guitars Getting Your Guitar Classical Guitars Acoustic Guitars 10 Electric Guitars .12 Changing Strings on Classical and Acoustic Guitars 14 Changing Strings on Electric Guitars 16 General Maintenance and Care 17 Part Warming Up to Play 19 The What and Where of Notes .20 Getting in Tune 22 Holding the Guitar 24 The Right Hand 26 The Left Hand 30 Reading Guitar Tablature .32 Reading Rhythm Notation .34 Part Getting Good with Rhythm 37 Your First Easy Chords 38 More Easy Chords 40 Making Chord Changes in Rhythm 44 Root Notes and the “Bass/Strum” 48 Practice: Root Notes and Bass/Strum 50 Alternating Bass 52 Practice: Alternating Bass with Chord Changes 54 Practice: Alternating Bass Line 56 Strumming Eighth Notes .58 Practice: Eighth Note Strumming 60 www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Contents Practice: Alternating Bass with Eighth Note Strum .62 Simple Syncopation 64 Introducing Suspended Chords 65 Practice: Syncopation and Suspended Chords 66 Practice: Syncopated Strumming 68 Taking a Rest 70 Combining Alternating Bass, Syncopation, and Rests 71 Practice: Rests, Alternating Bass, and Syncopation .72 Strumming Sixteenth Notes 74 Practice: A Little Island Music .76 Triplets and Swing Rhythms 78 Double Stops and Shuffles 80 Practice: Shuffle Style 84 C and G Chords 86 Practice: C and G Chord Changes 88 Walking Bass Lines 90 Practice: Walking Bass Lines 92 3/4 Timing 94 Slash Chords 96 Practice: Slash Chords .98 Practice: 3/4 Time and Slash Chords 100 Part Growing Beyond the Beginner Stage 103 Half-Barre Chords 104 Practice: Half-Barre Chords 106 Practice: Song with F Chord 108 Percussive Strumming and String Muting 110 Left-Hand String Muting 111 Practice: Palm Muting 112 Practice: Percussive Strumming Techniques 114 Playing Arpeggios 116 Practice: Arpeggios with Chords Aadd9 and E7 118 iv Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Practice: Songs with Arpeggios 120 Basic Fingerpicking .122 Practice: Two Easy Classical Studies 124 Introduction to Travis-Style Fingerpicking 126 Practice: Basic Travis-Style Fingerpicking 128 Practice: Basic Travis-Style Fingerpicking with Pinching 130 Hammer-ons and Pull-offs 132 Strumming and Picking Hammer-ons and Pull-offs 134 Practice: Hammer-ons and Pull-offs 136 Slides and Bends 138 Practice: Slides and Bends .140 Practice: All Four Slurs 142 Part Adding Theory to Your Playing 145 The Major Scale 146 Intervals 147 How Chords Are Formed .148 Power Chords and Suspended Chords 150 Practice: Various Chords and Suspended Chords 152 Seventh Chords .154 Practice: Various Seventh Chords 156 Really Fancy Chords .158 Practice: Various Fancy Chords 160 Full Barre Chords 162 Practice: Full Barre Chords 166 Creating Different Chord Voicings 168 Practice: Various Chord Voicings 170 Keys, Key Signatures, and the Circle of Fifths 172 Diatonic Chords and Transposing 174 Using a Capo 176 Practice: Song for Two Guitars 178 Playing with a Slide .182 Contents www.ebook777.com v free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Alternate Tuning 184 Practice: Double Drop D Tuning 186 Practice: Celtic Song in DADGAD Tuning 188 Practice: Song in Unusual Alternate Tuning .190 Open Tuning 192 Practice: Open G Tuning .194 Practice: Rock Song in Open G Tuning 196 Practice: Hawaiian Slack-key Style in Open G Tuning 198 Practice: Open D Tuning 200 Practice: Fingerstyle in Open D Tuning .202 Practice: Blues Song in Open D Tuning with Slide 204 Crosspicking 206 Practice: Focusing on Crosspicking .208 Creating Fills 210 Practice: Fills Within a Song .212 Chord Melody 214 Practice: Simple Chord Melody 216 Getting Fancy with Chord Melody 218 Practice: Fancy Chord Melody .220 Playing in a Group 222 Practice: Playing in a Group—Second Guitar 224 Appendixes Glossary 226 Chord Charts 232 For Further Study 236 Index 238 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Introduction Making music on the guitar may seem nothing short of magical to you Guitarists seem to create emotions out of sound when they play—the harplike notes of a lullaby; the sad bending notes of a blues song; the pulsing, hard-edged drive of a rock anthem; or the cocky twang of a country tune Whatever kind of music you enjoy, you can play it on a guitar You can strum chords to sing over You can fingerpick mesmerizing melodies and harmonies and bass lines You can beat out exciting dance rhythms with your fingertips Learning to play the guitar is not hard The basics of playing are the same no matter what type of guitar you have or what type of music you want to play You don’t even have to be able to read music Idiot’s Guide: Playing Guitar is designed to get you started playing guitar right away, even if you’ve never even held a guitar before You’ll get a thorough step-by-step rundown of all the fundamentals of playing, and then learn to expand on those basic skills with more intermediate guitar techniques If you’ve always wanted to learn to play the guitar, then get ready to make some magic Get ready to make some music! How This Book Is Organized This book is divided into five parts: Part 1, Getting Your Gear, introduces you to the guitar and helps you understand which one might be best for you—at least as a first guitar! You’ll also learn to change your guitar’s strings and some basic maintenance tips Part 2, Warming Up to Play, teaches you how to tune your guitar as well as how to hold it properly to get the best playing out of both your left and right hand Part 3, Getting Good with Rhythm, gives you a solid foundation in the basics of making, strumming, and changing chords Part 4, Growing Beyond the Beginner Stage, builds on the skills you picked up in Part Here you’ll get introduced to playing half-barre chords and different styles of fingerpicking in addition to left-hand slurring techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs Your guitar playing will take a huge leap forward Part 5, Adding Theory to Your Playing, helps you take your skills even further You’ll learn about using capos and transposing, explore different guitar tunings, and discover some alternative picking styles www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Introduction You’ll also find that almost every topic in Parts 3, 4, and contains numerous musical examples and exercises, all designed specifically for this book to help you learn quickly and easily Plus you’ll get a number of songs that serve as examples for the different ideas and techniques you read about In fact, all the songs incorporate parts of the accompanying exercise as part of the arrangement You’ll find these bits taken from the exercises color-coded into the music of the songs Due to copyright issues, all the songs you’ll find in Idiot’s Guide: Playing Guitar are traditional songs in the public domain But each song has also been arranged specifically for this book in order to create fun, musically interesting pieces for you to play and enjoy But Wait! There’s More!  Throughout this book you’ll find songs and exercises with links to online audio tracks Wherever you see the headphones icon, point your browser to idiotsguides.com/playingguitar, click on the appropriate track, and listen to the sample exactly as it should be played! All these recordings have been produced professionally in a studio in order to give them the best possible audio quality Thanks to Todd Mack and Will Curtiss of Off the Beat-n-Track Studio in Sheffield, Massachusetts, for recording, mixing, and mastering the audio; and special thanks to my good friend Nick Torres for his great singing on many of these songs Acknowledgments As always, my first thanks go to my terrific agent, Marilyn Allen, for thinking of me when this project came up A huge thank you to the team at Alpha Books, with special acknowledgment to Tom Stevens and John Etchison, and especially to Brian Massey, who created the art design and whose ideas have shaped this book’s tutorial philosophy The exceptionally precise and clean photographs for the chord fingerings, as well as most of the other photos, are the work of photographer Ogden Gigli (www.ogdengigli.com), for whom there is not enough praise Ogden pulled off the almost impossible task of recreating images from the guitarist’s perspective and made this book even better than we all thought possible I also would like to thank John Reichert for use of his photo on the “Playing in a Group” pages viii Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com G7 G13 ❶ ❶ ❷ ❸ E ❷ A D G B E E A D G B E A7/C♯ Am/G slashes ❸ ❶ ❷ ❸ D7/A ❶ ❶ ❷ ❸ D/F♯ C/B C/A ❶ ❷ ❸ ❷ ❶ ❷ ❷ ❸ ❸ ❹ ❹ ❹ E A D G B E E A D G B E E D G B E E Em/C♯ Em/C Em/B A A D G B E E A D G B E E A Em/D♯ Em/D D G B F/A ❶ ❶ ❷ ❷ ❷ ❷ ❸ E ❸ ❸ ❹ E A D G B E E A Fmaj7/C D G B E E A D G B E E A G B E E A D G B E E G/F♯ G/E G/D G/B D A D G B G7/B ❶ ❶ ❷ ❶ ❶ ❸ ❸ ❹ E A D G B E E E A D G B E ❸ ❸ E A D G B E ❷ ❶❷ E A D G B E ❸ E A D G B E E A Chord Charts www.ebook777.com D G B 235 E free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com For Further Study Now that you’ve taken more than a few “first steps” with your guitar, you’ll undoubtedly want to continue learning and growing There are many possible musical roads to explore and, fortunately, thousands of books, videos, and CD and DVD tutorials, not to mention all the various tutorial websites on the internet, to help you Andrew DuBrock’s Total Acoustic Guitar (Hal Leonard, 2010) gives you a great review of the basics while working through the early intermediate stages of playing You’ll also find that Acoustic Guitar (not just the magazine, but also their exceptional website, which contains an amazing archive of guitar tutorials) can help you with just about any of your guitar questions Also be sure to check out their books, such as Rhythm Guitar Essentials (String Letter Publishing, 2009) and Flatpicking Guitar Basics (String Letter Publishing, 2010) for even more helpful lessons Hemme Luttjeboer’s The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar Exercises (Alpha, 2010) gives you an extensive range of drills, from warmups and basic techniques to dexterity- and stamina-building exercises You’ll also get to work on single-note scales, chord exercises, and fingerpicking Practicing is an essential part of improving as a guitarist, and you can help yourself put both your mind and body at their best by reading The Musician’s Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness by Gerald Klickstein (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Jamie Andreas’ The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar, Second Edition (Jamey World, Inc., 2005) Both of these books will give you the mindset you need to make the most of your practice and to become the best guitarist you possibly can If you’d like more material on music theory, I highly recommend both Michael Miller’s The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory (Alpha Books, 2002) and Music Theory for Guitarists, by Tom Serb (Noteboat, Inc., 2003) 236 Appendix C free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Mark Hansen’s The Complete Book of Alternate Tunings (Music Sales America, 1995), is a great introduction to nonstandard tunings For more work on fills and a great introduction to blues guitar basics, John Ganapes’ Blues You Can Use (Hal Leonard, 1995) and any of Dave Rubin’s “Inside the Blues” tutorial books, like 12-Bar Blues (Hal Leonard, 1999), are excellent choices Even with all the books, DVDs, and websites available, you might want to think about getting a teacher, either for private lessons or as part of a group class When you’re starting out, a teacher can provide instant feedback and help you avoid snags that beginners typically deal with And as good as one-on-one instruction is, you’ll learn even more whenever you play along with others And please feel free to write and ask me any questions, too My email address is dhodgeguitar@ aol.com You can also reach me at Guitar Noise—www.guitarnoise.com (a wonderful free guitar tutorial website, by the way) I try to answer every email I get, but I spend my days teaching, so please don’t worry if I don’t respond immediately You have a lifetime of making music ahead of you Play every chance you get and, above all, have fun! For Further Study www.ebook777.com 237 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index Numbers 3/4 timing, 94‑95 practice, 100‑101 chords, practice, 152‑153 12-Bar Blues, 235 A A (A Major) chord, 39 A minor chord, 39 A7 chord, 41 accessories, accidentals, 21, 226 acoustic guitar, 5, 226 acoustic-electric, 11 anatomy, 10 dreadnought style, 11 folk/concert/parlor/auditorium style, 11 jumbo style, 11 resonator, 11 strings, changing, 15 twelve-string, 11 acoustic-electric guitar, 11 alternate picking, 226 alternate tuning, 184‑185, 226 practice, Double Drop D, 186‑187 unusual, 190‑191 alternating bass style, 52‑53, 226 practice, 54‑57, 62‑63 with syncopation and rests, 71 Am7 chord, 41 amplifier, arpeggios, 116‑121, 226 Asus2 chord, 65 238 Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar auditorium-style acoustic guitar, 11 augmented chords, 226 “Auld Lang Syne,” 32 “Aura Lee,” 35 Autry, Gene, B B7 chord, 43 barre chords, 226 bars, 226 bass/strum, 226 practice, 50‑51 root notes, 48‑49 bass, walking bass lines, 90‑91 bass notes, alternating bass style, 52‑53 “Beautiful Dreamer,” 220‑221 bends, 138‑139, 226 practice, 140‑141 blues shuffles, 82 Blues You Can Use, 235 body acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, electric guitar, 13 boom-chuck See bass/strum “Brahms’ Lullaby,” 216‑217 bridge, 226 acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, electric guitar, 12 “Broke and Hungry,” 84 “Buffalo Gals,” 202‑203 “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” 166‑167 C C chord, 86‑89 C7 chord, 86‑87 cable, capo, 176‑177, 226 “Caprice,” 124 “Carrickfergus,” 188‑189 Carulli, Ferdinando, 124‑125 cases, chord changes in rhythm, 44‑47 practice with alternating bass style, 54‑55 chord chart, 226, 230‑233 chord melody, 214‑215 arrangements, 218‑219 practice, 216‑217 chord progression, 226 chords chords, practice, 152‑153 A (A Major), 39 A minor, 39 A7, 41 alternative fingering, 41 Am7, 41 augmented, 226 B7, 43 barre, 226 C, 86‑89 C7, 86‑87 complicated, 158‑159 cowboy chords, 104‑105 creating different voicings, 168‑169 practice, 170‑171 D (D Major), 42 D7, 42 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com definition, 226 diatonic, 174‑175 diminished, 227 Dm, 43 E (E Major), 38 E minor, 38 E7, 40 Em7, 40 F, 108‑109 forming, 148‑149 full-barre, 104, 162‑165 G, 86‑89 half-barre, 104‑105 intervals, 148 minor, 228 power chords, 150 seventh, 154‑155 slash chords, 96‑97, 100‑101, 229 suspended, 65‑67, 151‑153 triads, 148 chromatic scale, 146, 226 Circle of Fifths, 173, 226 classical guitar, 5, 226 anatomy, flamenco guitar, strings, changing, 14 cleaning and maintenance, 17 closed position, major scale, 147 “Come and Go With Me,” 92‑93 The Complete Book of Alternate Tunings, 235 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar Exercises, 234 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, 234 concert-style acoustic guitar, 11 cowboy chords, 104‑105 crosspicking, 206‑209, 226 D D (D Major) chord, 42 D7 chord, 42 DADGAD tuning, 227 practice song, 188‑189 “Danny Boy,” 170‑171 diatonic chords, 174‑175, 227 diminished chords, 227 Dm chord, 43 “Do Lord,” 56‑57 dotted notes, 227 Double Drop D tuning, 186‑187, 227 double stops, 80‑83, 227 “Down in the Valley,” 120‑121 dreadnought style acoustic guitar, 11, 227 Drop D tuning, 184-185, 227 Dsus2 chord, 65 E E (E Major) chord, 38 E minor chord, 38 E7 chord, 40 economy picking, 227 eighth notes, 227 practice, alternating bass with eighth note strum, 62‑63 straight, 229 strumming, 58‑61 swing, 229 eighth rest, 70, 227 electric guitar, 5, 227 anatomy, 12 body styles, 13 hollow body, shapes, 13 solid body, strings, changing, 16 electronic chromatic tuner, 22 Em7 chord, 40 “Empty Bed Blues,” 204‑205 end pin, electric guitar, 12 Esus4 chord, 65 exercises rhythm notation, 35 warm-ups, 33 F F chord, practice song, 108‑109 “Fancy Chord Waltz,” 160‑161 fancy chords, 158‑161 fills, 210‑213, 227 fingering, alternative for chords, 41 fingerpicking, 227 basics, 122‑123 crosspicking, 206‑207 economy picking, 227 hammer-ons, 134‑135 open D tuning practice, 202‑203 pull-offs, 134‑135 Travis-style picking, 126‑127 flamenco guitars, flamenco music, flat notes, 21, 227 Flatpicking Guitar Basics, 234 folk-style acoustic guitar, 11 forming chords, 148‑149 “Frankie and Johnny,” 83, 85 fret markers, acoustic guitar, 10 Index www.ebook777.com 239 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index (continued) fretboard, 227 frets, 227 classical guitar, notes, 20‑21 fretting, 30‑31 full barre chords, 104, 162‑167 G G chord, 86‑89 G clef, 20 Gibson, Orville, “Goodbye Old Paint,” 98‑101 grace note, 227 groups, playing in, 222‑225 guitar cases, history, selecting, 6‑7 types, Guitar Noise website, 235 guitar tablature reading, 32‑33 warm-up exercises, 33 H half note, 227 half rest, 70, 227 half-barre chords, 104‑105 practice, 106‑107 half-sized guitars, half-steps, 21, 227 tuning, 22 hammer-ons, 132‑133, 228 practice, 136‑137 strumming and picking, 134‑135 240 Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane,” 142‑143 “Hard Ain’t It Hard,” 136‑137 Hawaiian slack-key style, 198‑199 headstock acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” 72‑73 history of the guitar, holding the guitar sitting, 24 standing, 25 hollow body electric guitar, 5, 13 I “Inside the Blues” series, 235 instructors, 235 intervals, 147, 228 chords, 148 seventh chords, 154‑155 island music practice, 76‑77 J jumbo-style acoustic guitar, 11 K key signatures, 172‑173, 228 keyboard, tuning to, 23 keys, 172‑173, 228 transposing, 175 “Kı̄ Hōʻalu,” 198‑199 L ledger lines (musical staff), 20 left hand fretting, 30‑31 string muting, 111 left-handed playing versus righthanded playing, Les Paul electric guitar, 13 “London Bridge,” 35 “Lullaby,” 190‑191 M maintenance and cleaning, 17 major chords, 228 major scale, 146, 228 closed position, 147 “Man of Constant Sorrow,” 186‑187 Martin, Christian Frederick, measures, 228 melody, chord melody, 214‑219 minor chords, 228 “Mockingbird,” 128‑129 music notation, 228 See also rhythm notation dotted notes, 34 measures, 34 time signature, 34 Music Theory for Guitarists, 234 musical staff, 20‑21, 229 The Musician’s Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness, 234 muting strings, 110‑113 “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 66‑69 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com N P natural sign, 228 neck acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, major scale on, 147 “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” 114‑115 notation, rhythm, 34‑35 notes, 228 accidentals, 21 dotted, 227 flats, 21 frets, 20‑21 grace note, 227 half note, 227 intervals, 147 quarter notes, 228 root notes, 229 sharps, 21 strings, 20‑21 nut, 228 nylon strings, palm muting practice, 112‑113 parlor-style acoustic guitar, 11 “Pay Me My Money Down,” 196‑197 percussive strumming, 110, 114‑115 piano, tuning to, 23 pick, 228 right-hand, 28‑29 pick guard, electric guitar, 12 picking, alternating bass style and, 52 pickup selector switch, electric guitar, 12 pickups, electric guitar, 12 pinching, 127, 130‑131, 228 playing arpeggios, 116‑117 playing in a group, 222‑225 power chords, 150 practice 3/4 time and slash chords, 100‑101 chords, 152‑153 alternate tuning, 190‑191 alternating bass line, 56‑57, 62‑63, 72‑43 alternating bass with chord changes, 54‑55 arpeggios, 118‑121 bends, 140‑141 blues song in open D tuning with slide, 204‑205 C and G chord changes, 88‑89 Celtic Song in DADGAD, 188‑189 “Caprice,” 124 chord changes, C and G, 88‑89 O “O Susannah,” 212‑213 octave, 228 “Ode to Joy,” 214 online purchase of guitar, open strings, half-barre chords, 104‑105 open tuning, 192‑201, 228 open D, 200‑203 open D with slide, 204‑205 practice, 194‑195, 198‑199 output jack, electric guitar, 12 chord melody, 216‑217, 220‑221 chord voicings, 170‑171 classical studies, 124‑125 complicated chords, 160‑161 crosspicking, 208‑209 Double Drop D tuning, 186‑187 eighth note strumming, 60‑63 fancy chord melody, 220‑201 fancy chords, 160‑161 fills within a song, 212‑213 fingerstyle in open D tuning, 202‑203 focus on crosspicking, 208‑209 full barre chords, 166‑167 half-barre chords, 106‑107 hammer-ons, 136‑137 Hawaiian slack-key style in open G tuning, 198‑199 island music, 76‑77 open D tuning, 200‑201 open tuning, 194‑195, 198‑203 open tuning with slide, 204‑205 palm muting, 112‑113 percussive strumming, 114‑115 playing in groups, second guitar, 224‑225 pull-offs, 136‑137 rests, alternating bass, and syncopation, 72‑43 rock song in open G tuning, 196‑197 root notes and bass/strum, 50‑51 seventh chords, 156‑157 shuffle style, 84‑85 simple chord melody, 216‑217 slash chords, 98‑99 Index www.ebook777.com 241 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index (continued) slides, 138‑141 slurs, 142‑143 song with F chord, 108‑109 suspended chords, 152‑153 syncopated strumming, 68‑69, 72‑43 syncopation and suspended chords, 66‑67 Travis-style fingerpicking, 128‑131 two guitars, 178‑181 walking bass lines, 92‑93 “Waltz,” 125 “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” 178‑181 The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar, 234 pull-offs, 132‑133, 228 practice, 136‑137 strumming and picking, 134‑135 Q quarter bend, 139 quarter notes, 228 quarter rest, 70, 228 R references, 234‑235 relative tuning, 23 resonator guitar, 11 rests, 70 eighth, 227 half, 227 quarter, 228 syncopation and alternating bass, 71 242 Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar rhythm chord changes, 44‑47 swing rhythms, 78‑79 Rhythm Guitar Essentials, 234 rhythm notation, 34‑35 right hand pick use, 28‑29 strumming, 26‑27 right-handed versus left-handed, rock shuffles, 82 root notes, 229 bass/strum, 48‑49 practice, 50‑51 S saddle, 229 acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, electric guitar, 12 “Saint James Infirmary,” 223‑225 scales chromatic scale, 146 major scale, 146 selection tips, 6‑7 semi-hollow body electric guitar, 13 set-up at purchase, seventh chords, 154‑157 SG electric guitar, 13 sharp notes, 21, 229 “She’ll Be Comin’ ’Round the Mountain,” 208‑209 shuffles, 80‑85 “Sinner Man,” 77 sitting to play, 24 sixteenth notes, 229 island music practice, 76‑77 strumming, 74‑75 sixteenth rest, 70, 229 slack-key, Hawaiian guitar style, 198‑199 slash chords, 96‑101, 229 slides, 138‑139, 182‑183, 229 open tuning practice, 204‑205 practice, 140‑141 slurs, 132, 142‑143, 229 solid body electric guitar, 5, 13 songs “Auld Lang Syne,” 32 “Aura Lee,” 35 “Beautiful Dreamer,” 220‑221 “Brahms’ Lullaby,” 216‑217 “Broke and Hungry,” 84 “Buffalo Gals,” 202‑203 “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” 166‑167 “Caprice,” 124 “Carrickfergus,” 188‑189 “Come and Go With Me,” 92‑93 “Danny Boy,” 170‑171 “Do Lord,” 56‑57 “Down in the Valley,” 120‑121 “Empty Bed Blues,” 204‑205 “Fancy Chord Waltz,” 160‑161 “Frankie and Johnny,” 83, 85 “Goodbye Old Paint,” 98‑101 “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane,” 142‑143 “Hard Ain’t It Hard,” 136‑137 “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” 72‑73 “Kı̄ Hōʻalu,” 198‑199 “London Bridge,” 35 “Lullaby,” 190‑191 “Man of Constant Sorrow,” 186‑187 “Mockingbird,” 128‑129 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,” 66‑69 “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” 114‑115 “O Susannah,” 212‑213 “Ode to Joy,” 214 “Pay Me My Money Down,” 196‑197 “Saint James Infirmary,” 223‑225 “She’ll Be Comin’ ’Round the Mountain,” 208‑209 “Sinner Man,” 77 “The Banks of the Ohio,” 156‑157 “The Erie Canal,” 152‑153 “The Midnight Special,” 79 “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” 130‑131 “Tom O’Hara,” 219 “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 35 “Waltz,” 125 “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” 178‑181 “Worried Man Blues,” 62‑63 staff, 229 standard tuning, 229 standing to play, 25 stands, steel-string guitars, step, 229 straight eighths, 229 strap, Stratocaster/Telecaster electric guitars, 13 string muting, 110‑113 strings acoustic guitar, 15 classical guitar, 8, 14 electric guitar, 16 notes, 20‑22 nylon, strumming eighth notes, 58‑59 hammer-ons, 134‑135 percussive, 110, 114‑115 pull-offs, 134‑135 right-hand, 26‑27 sixteenth notes, 74‑75 syncopation, 64 student guitars, suspended chords, 65‑67, 151‑153 swing eighths, 229 swing rhythms, 78‑79 swing shuffles, 82 syncopation, 64, 229 with alternating bass and rests, 71 practice, 66‑69 T tablature, 229 reading, 32‑33 teachers, 235 “The Banks of the Ohio,” 156‑157 “The Erie Canal,” 152‑153 “The Midnight Special,” 79 “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” 130‑131 three-quarter size guitars, ties, 229 time signature, 34, 229 3/4 time, 94‑95 “Tom O’Hara,” 219 Torres, Antonio de, Total Acoustic Guitar, 234 transposing, 175, 229 Travis-style fingerpicking, 126‑131 treble clef, 20 tremolo, electric guitar, 12 triads (chords), 148 triplets, 78‑79, 229 tuner, tuning alternate, 184‑185 Drop D, 227 open, 192‑203, 228 standard, 229 tuning pegs acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, electric guitar, 12 tuning posts acoustic guitar, 10 classical guitar, tuning the guitar half-steps, 22 relative tuning, 23 to keyboard, 23 to piano, 23 twelve-string guitar, 11 “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” 35 types of guitars, U upstrokes, strumming eighth notes, 58‑59 Index www.ebook777.com 243 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index (continued) V vibrato bar, electric guitar, 12 voicings creating, 168‑169 practice, 170‑171 volume/tone controls, electric guitar, 12 W walking bass lines, 90‑93, 214 “Waltz,” 125 warm-up exercises, 33 whammy bar, electric guitar, 12 whole notes, 229 whole rest, 70, 229 “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” 178‑181 woods for construction, “Worried Man Blues,” 62‑63 244 Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index www.ebook777.com 245 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com 246 Idiot’s Guides: Playing Guitar free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Index www.ebook777.com 247 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Photo Credits All music notation by David Hodge using Finale software by MakeMusic, Inc All line art by Laura Robbins, Pearson Technology Group, and Brian Massey, Alpha Books Ogden Gigli: 7, 16, 18, 24, 26-27, 30, 32, 36, 39-43, 65, 86-87, 102, 104-105, 110-111, 118, 122, 132-133, 138-139, 150-151, 154, 158‑159, 162-165, 168-169, 176, 182, 234 Matthew Ward © Dorling Kindersley courtesy of Karen Berger left courtesy of Karen Berger right Gary Ombler © Dorling 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