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Title: The Guitar Cookbook by Jesse Gress ISBN: 0-87930-633-5 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 09 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: True to it's title
Comment: The book is reference book with various topics for all levels. Nothing is covered in a manner where it is difficult to understand. It's very straight forward and easy to understand. It's target audience is large so there is some material may not be useful to others. Like I said, it is indeed a cook book. A collection of recipes(tips, insights, knowledge) on various topics. I like the book but nothing really stands out to me strongly about it yet. I bought it mainly because I the author's work on other things.
Rating: 2
Summary: An Ok technical reference for intermediate and advanced
Comment: ...players. This is book is a fairly comprehensive guide to the technicalities of guitar music (not equipment). Some intuitive players might argue that the benefits of such knowledge are questionable. However, I have fairly geeky tastes and this will appeal to like minded folk. Despite the cover claims I don't think this is a book for beginners (there is a very good book by David Mead for that) however it is a good technical reference for intermediate and advanced players.
In terms of what I liked:
- Clear well printed diagrams
- readable text (mostly)
- Covers some less common topic, like ear training
- Some unusual topic (e.g. motifs), too early to tell if this info. is useful or not.
- Some of the scale diagrams were quite good (showing root, thirds, etc.)
Did not care for:
- Dry content overall
- uninspiring (although clean) format
- no image, color or CD
- might be overly geeky/technical for many
It reminded me a little of those fact-dense Grimoire books -- although this seems more reader friendly.
You will not learn to play guitar from this book but you might gain a better understanding of the technicalities of music. I think Frank Zappa once said something like: "Reading about music is like dancing about architecture" -- that thought sprang to mind reading through this book. You might want to flick through this one before you buy.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Guitar Cookbook
Comment: As a beginner guitar player and at 58 yr. of age and a music theory novice this book appears to be what I personally have been looking for. I find the explanations easy to read and understand but I'm sure I'll revisit the text often. Herein lies my only problem, where's the "index"? As text, touted as also being a reference, without an index referencing can be very time consuming. Perhaps I'll look at Jesse's web page to see if he has since made an Index available.
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Title: Guitar Lick Factory: Great Blues, Rock and Jazz Lines by Jesse Gress ISBN: 087930734X Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 10 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 101 Must-Know Rock Licks by Wolf Marshall ISBN: 063401370X Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course by Rikky Rooksby ISBN: 0879306114 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great!: The Electric Guitar Owner's Manual (Guitar Player Book) by Dan Erlewine ISBN: 0879306017 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fretboard Logic SE: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete (The Fretboard Logic Guitar Method Parts I and II) by Bill Edwards ISBN: 0962477060 Publisher: Edwards Music Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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