Fretboard Logic III Applications: Creative and Analytical - Softcover

Bill Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962477028 ISBN 13: 9780962477027

Publisher: Bill Edwards Publishing Corp., 1993

Synopsis

Applications, Creative and Analytical is the part of Fretboard Logic where music theory is introduced in integrated into the unique characteristics of the instrument. After the necessary foundations are established in Volumes I and II, the guitarist now has the requisite skill set to start to tackle pitch and time relationships, and more importantly, to apply them in real world playing situations. A wide range of subjects are explained and presented in a non-linear format, which allows each player to study what is relevant to his or her needs, without wasting their time on areas in which they have no interest. Fretboard Logic offers a way to navigate the complexities of advanced music concepts without the boredom and frustration usually associated with learning these subjects on a guitar.

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Author Bill Edwards started learning music on the piano at a young age in the traditional manner, playing classical music and reading standard notation. He became interested in popular music and the guitar in high school but those educational experiences centered around learning rock and roll songs by ear from records, and figuring leads and rhythms out by trial and error. In college, working part time as a music teacher, these dissimilar educational approaches finally came together when a guitar student asked him to show them how he was able to figure things out just by listening to it. The result was a discovery that became the cornerstone of Fretboard Logic, which is that while it has gone unrecognized and unexplained for centuries, the guitar's tuning system produces a separate and unique area of study and puts the instrument into a class by itself. The author took advantage of ongoing advances in personal computer technology and developed his own books and videos which offer innovations in several areas. Bill Edwards still plays guitar and piano every day and is always developing new projects in the fields of music, invention and education.

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From Chapter 3: Analysis is the separation of a whole into its constituent parts. In the field of chemistry, the term also applies to determining the proportions of those parts. The concept of (a reduction to) elements and their proportions provides us with both a qualitative and a quantitative means for understanding music. In order to provide an understanding of the different types of guitar music, the common elements are listed in a menu fashion. This way, the music styles that you as an individual are interested in can be seen in terms of how each piece is composed of these elements, and then consider them in terms of each elements relative significance to the overall result.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bill Edwards Publishing Corp.
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0962477028
• ISBN 13: 9780962477027
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 184