Light Strings

Light Strings
Author: Andy Summers
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2004-10-21
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780811843249

The guitar is more than a musical instrument. It is an archetype. In homage, Light Strings brings together two masters of their craft: photographer Ralph Gibson and former guitarist for the Police, Andy Summers. Gibson's enigmatic and sensuously elegant photographs are the visual counterpart to Summers' lyrical history and thoughtful exploration of the instrument's features. Together they create a unique poetic meditation on the guitar. Both artists pay attention to the form of the guitar and its relationship to the body; its curves echo the human figure, not only requiring it to be cradled to play it, but inviting a study of its own sumptuous anatomy. With over one hundred alluring images that capture the graceful details of the instrument, Light Strings is the book for every guitar player.

The Lights of Marfa

The Lights of Marfa
Author: Doyle Dykes
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802478034

Doyle Dykes is one of the premier fingerstyle guitarists in the world. When guitar great Chet Atkins was asked a few years ago who he'd pay money to go see, his answer was, "People like Doyle Dykes, who is just an amazing fingerpicker, I think." He has thrilled secular and church audiences all over the world, from the Grand Ole Opry to Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England (home of the some of the most famous rock concerts in history) to Shanghai, China; James' Burton's International Guitar Festival, Saddleback Community Church, and Harvest Christian Fellowship. But this book isn't just about his life as a guitar player. Infused into stories like how he was invited to be part of the Stamps Quartet (Elvis' backup band), why a white rose is on the headstock of his signature-model guitar, and how his worst night at the Opry turned out to be anything but, are accounts of the remarkable ways God has shown up in Doyle's life. His warm, engaging style will draw you into each chapter--and you'll finish the book having been inspired, feeling like Doyle is a new friend, and never viewing God the same way again. Includes DVD with music & interviews.

The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill
Author: James Valcq
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573629303

It all starts with the release of fidgety, suspicious Percy Talbott from state prison after serving a five-year sentence. We don't know why, only that she's released and on her way to Gilead and its "colors of paradise." But when she arrives it is February and bitter cold, and the only one around to meet her is restless Sheriff Joe Turner, who takes her to the Spitfire Grill to help the aging Hannah Ferguson run the diner. All is gray, dismal and listless around them, and the characters are in the "winter of their lives" emotionally and spiritually.

Eternal Descent

Eternal Descent
Author: Llexi Leon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9781613775103

v. 2: writers, Llexi Leon, Shaun McLaughlin, Justin Peniston; artists, Ivan Fernandez, Sergio Fernandez.

Guitar Aerobics

Guitar Aerobics
Author: Troy Nelson
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781423414353

(Guitar Educational). From the former editor of Guitar One magazine, here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned! Musical styles include rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk. Techniques taught include alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar. These exercises will increase speed, and improve dexterity and pick- and fret-hand accuracy. The accompanying CD includes all 365 workout licks plus play-along grooves in every style at eight different metronome settings.

Red Rising

Red Rising
Author: Julia Crowe
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012
Genre: Guitarists
ISBN: 1770903089

Whether it is a beautiful and classic model or an unglamorous and inexpensive starter instrument, a musician's first guitar can be the catalyst that motivates a lifelong passion. The pages of this book contain interviews with 70 of the world's most well-known guitarists across musical genres and playing styles to discover how their love of the instrument compelled them to pursue music as a career. These guitar icons reveal how they got their first instrument, the music they loved, and their heroes and inspirations. With an impressive list of subjectsincluding Dick Dale, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, and Carlos Santanaas well as childhood photos from such guitar legends as Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, and Jimmie Vaughan, this book has appeal for guitar heroes and nonmusicians alike.

Steve Vai - Guitar Anthology

Steve Vai - Guitar Anthology
Author: Steve Vai
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2020-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1705111769

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 24 note-for-note transcriptions spanning Vai's career, including: The Attitude Song * The Audience Is Listening * Bad Horsie * Big Trouble * Building the Church * The Crying Machine * Die to Live * Eugene's Trick Bag * For the Love of God * Gravity Storm * Hand on Heart * Head Cuttin' Duel * I Would Love To * Jibboom * Juice * K'm-Pee-Du-Wee * Lotus Feet * Now We Run * The Story of Light * Tender Surrender * Touching Tongues * Viv Woman * Whispering a Prayer * Yankee Rose.

Knack Guitar for Everyone

Knack Guitar for Everyone
Author: Dick Weissman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2010-02-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0762766360

Knack Guitar for Everyone is a self-instruction book for beginners to intermediates, fully illustrated with 350 full-color photographs and more than fifty exercises and songs in musical notation. By Dick Weismann, who is the author of numerous successful music books and has performed on the Today Show, it covers everything one needs to know about the instrument itself—the parts, different kinds of guitars, care for guitars—and provides the basics of reading guitar music and playing. Lessons are geared toward achievable results, and sidebars address various styles and techniques. Plus, there are a book's worth of play-along audio tracks available for free at knackbooks.com/guitar.

The Acoustic Guitar Guide

The Acoustic Guitar Guide
Author: Larry Sandberg
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2000-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1569765855

This book will help all guitar players make better friends with their present guitar or decide on features to look for in a new one. They will learn about the differences in guitar woods (and how they sound), simple guitar maintenance, how to choose an instrument for their style of playing, what to expect from a music dealer, and the mystique of collectible guitars. This new edition includes more details on amplifying acoustic guitars, and a guide to guitar companies' Web sites.