2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.

A uniquely engaging description of the mechanics of the guitar, for engineers and craftsmen alike. Clearly written in a conceptual language, it provides readers with an understanding of the dynamic behavior of the instrument, including structural and component dynamics, and various analytical models, such as discrete, finite element, and boundary element models. The text also covers manufacturing processes, including both handmade and mass produced instruments.

(Guitar Collection). If you're new to jazz guitar, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides chord-melody style arrangements in standard notation and tab for the most popular songs jazz guitarists like to play. This accessible collection of must-know jazz hits include: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I Got Rhythm * Laura * Misty * Night and Day * Satin Doll * Summertime * When I Fall in Love * and more.

Join performer and teacher Jeff Peretz on a musical journey that will open your mind and improve your guitar playing in ways you've never dreamed of. Using the practice of skill cultivation, one of the principles at the heart of Zen philosophy, you'll discover ways to develop your powers of concentration, let go" as a player, and become a complete guitarist. Along the way, you'll learn about the history of Zen; the application of Zen to rhythm, melody, and harmony; and new ways of thinking about familiar musical elements. You'll find Zen and the Art of Guitar a musical learning experience unlike any you've ever encountered."

Limited Edition Hardcover. Signed by Author.Inside these pages is a treasure of true wisdom and understandings that are vital to an artist's work, happiness, self-expression, personal fulfillment, and success. Written on a practical level, "Deeper" reveals very real answers to centuries-old questions from the author's highly unconventional point of view, which allows the reader to penetrate through the density and complexity of issues previously found in the relatively inaccessible writings of history's major philosophers.Following along the path which the author has traveled during a lifetime of awareness and growth will empower anyone seeking to develop into the person, the artist, and the guitarist they want to be, and are ultimately capable of being.You will discover things about yourself, your friends and loved ones, and the world around you as you journey through this book, and when you come to the end, you will be changed. 25 Essays include:Essays on Guitar, Artistic Development and Life??.includeLao Tzu: The Way To Do is To BeThe Perfection of One Note Leads to the Perfection of the NextThe Two Most Important Things in Life (and Guitar)When You Can?t Put It Together, It?s Time to Take It ApartConfront Your ConfusionIsaac Newton: Stand on the Shoulders of GiantsLeonard Cohen: A Crack in EverythingConfucius: How to Use Other People for Your Own GrowthWC Fields: If at First You Don?t SucceedJohn Lennon: All You Need is LoveThe Peace I Feel as I Take This Breath is How I Measure My SuccessBilly Joel: Honesty is Such a Lonely WordBruce Lee: Sometimes It?s Not How Fast You Move, But How Soon You Get There??and moreHappy Is A How, Not a What, Where, Why, When, or WhoAuthor's message: "Life is endless discovery through infinite mystery...Live Your Truth" Jamie Andreas