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Synopsis
“Anyone who has ever played the guitar (plectrum or finger-style) for any length of time can readily appreciate the challenges that the instrument presents. Once you venture out of the relative safety and security of the open position you find that you are moving into strange and uncharted waters. It’s hard to understand that a fingerboard which is less than18 inches long and 2 inches wide can become so complex and present so many obstacles. Fortunately, there are several tools and aids to help the serious guitarist understand the fingerboard. Scales, particularly the C-A-G-E-D fingerings, can help anyone put the neck into perspective. Arpeggios (one-, two-, and three-octave) are particularly helpful when you are faced with the formidable task of improvising over chord changes. While I do strongly recommend the study of scales and arpeggios, I am of the opinion that scales and arpeggios for their own sake can become too unwieldy and don’t get you to the core of the harmony that you must deal with quickly and smoothly in order to improvise. This, in essence, is the goal of this book. I will attempt to give you a concept that you will grasp and utilize immediately. Improvisation is something that happens spontaneously and one must be ‘in the flow’ and respond without hesitation or anxiety. It will be my aim here to show how you can assimilate harmonies and quickly determine a common denominator that you instantly visualize on the fingerboard. From this ‘cell’ harmony you will be able to build or create single-note melodic lines. The above process of assimilating, visualizing and creating is all executed in an instant. Improvisation is an art form. Great improvisers react immediately to the harmonies that they hear. I have known many great improvisers who were woefully weak on theory. Some of them didn’t know the chords to a tune. This never stopped them from improvising. There is no time for intellectual calculations when improvising. You and the instrument must become one, and you have to be able to play what you hear with confidence, style and panache. I hope that you enjoy these concepts. It is my desire that you will put them to practical use. Soon you will begin to experience the joys and excitement of improvisation.”
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- PublisherMel Bay Publications, Inc.
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786660813
- ISBN 13 9780786660810
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages40
- EditorBedner Tim
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