The Guitarist’s Guide to Composing and Improvising | Berklee Guitar Method Book with Online Audio Tracks| Guitar Sheet Music and Practice Guide for Improvisation and Creativity | Hal Leonard Songbook - Softcover

Damian Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0634016350 ISBN 13: 9780634016356

Publisher: Hal Leonard, 2001

Synopsis

Unleash the creative potential of your guitar, and express your imagination through your music! This inspiring, practical and fun approach to composing and improvising will develop your sense of dynamics, articulation, rhythm, melodic direction and musical E.S.P. Think out of the box, and journey inside this truly unique collection of creative resources for the curious guitarist. Your guitar will thank you!

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About the Author

Jon Damian's work as a performer, composer, lecturer and clinician has taken him to five continents. His varied performances range from Bill Frisell to Luciano Pavarotti, and from the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa to the Boston Pops under John Williams with Johnny Cash. He has performed with Jaki Byard, Leonard Bernstein, Howard McGhee, Jimmy Giuffre, Sheila Jordan, Ricky Ford, Joanne Brackeen, Don Byron, Bobby Watson, Rosemary Clooney and Linda Rondstadt. He is professor of guitar at Berklee College of Music, and his students have included Bill Frisell, Mark Whitfield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Leni Stern and Wayne Krantz. His CD, Dedications: Faces and Places, with Bill Frisell, features the rubbertellie an instrument of his own invention.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hal Leonard
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0634016350
• ISBN 13: 9780634016356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168