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Title: ZEN GUITAR by Philip Toshio Sudo, Philip T. Sudo ISBN: 0-684-83877-X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you're open, you'll learn how--and why--to play guitar.
Comment: Philip Toshio Sudo is not Mel Bay--if you buy Zen Guitar looking for scales and chord charts, then yes, you will be disappointed. But the book's concept--the "path of Zen Guitar"--is not how to play, but _how_ to play and, depending on your interpretation, _why_. It's about motivation and fulfillment, not technique.
What the book does--or did for me, at any rate--is help you evaluate why you play guitar in the first place and gives you some food for thought as you go about achieving your guitar goals. I am a sloppy, self-taught player, I have no experience with Zen teachings, and I'm not big on books that offer fun new dogma--but I found the book's focus on the spiritual and emotional aspects of creating music on a guitar as well as the musician's unique and personal relationship with the instrument both fascinating and extremely valuable. I feel I'm a better player now, practicing with sharper goals and better intentions; the book's advice has helped both broaden my outlook and focus my efforts. At no time does Zen Guitar neglect the importance of practice; it is, in fact, at the heart of the book (its First Point Of Focus: "Don't ask, practice"). Many of its concepts are direct from Zen teachings and beliefs, but the book neither preaches nor drags.
Zen Guitar is a difficult book to describe, but I didn't find it difficult to comprehend--and I was able to apply its wisdoms to my playing immediately. As long as you *want* to explore the spiritual aspect of playing guitar, the book can be an invaluable tool.
Rating: 2
Summary: Great title... lousy book
Comment: Who can't be attracted to this book: great title, short 'n easy to read...? Only problem is that's all there is to it: this book HAD to be written... but they could have really explored zen and it's application to guitar in exquisite detail.
Instead we get some garbage about "white belt" vs. "black belt" and a few zen sound bytes, but nothing altogether interesting to anybody who actually knows anything about zen. For instance, white and black belts have to do with karate... not zen: I've read entire books on zen that say nothing whatsoever about the martial arts. Sheesh!
If you know nothing of zen and are hitting roadblocks trying to learn guitar, and you have an open mind, by all means buy it: you may like it, as several other reviewers have... I'm in the camp of those who disliked it, though: I play guitar and I dig zen... unfortunately, knowing a lot about both guitar and zen allows me to see just what a stupid marketing ploy this book really is... they could have done a LOT better.
Rating: 5
Summary: There is an approach to anything you do in life in this book
Comment: Someone who is a great guitar player recommended this book to me. I study art and very interested in philosophical interpretation of music, art, life etc.
Once I started to read it, I could not believe how many great thoughts it had. This book has SO many valuable sayings written in such a simple language! Take for instance couple of these, "if you can't play what you hear, then hear what you play" or "do it [practice] as much as needs to be done, as well as it needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and do it this way every time."
I don't like to read it too fast though because I need to put it through my own "filter", well, I just like to chew on :).
I would say that "Zen Guitar" is for anyone who is interested in philosophy or/and any kind of art. I play some music instruments as well, and I think this book will help you depending on what you are looking for. For some it is strictly for that specific instrument (read: GUITAR) and will put some more soul in their sound but for others it just can be a starting point to many exciting discoveries in LIFE... enjoy!
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Title: Zen and the Art of Guitar: A Path to Guitar Mastery (Book and CD) by Jeff Peretz ISBN: 0739028170 Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 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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Title: Zen Sex: The Way of Making Love by Philip T. Sudo ISBN: 0062516795 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Zen 24/7: All Zen, All the Time by Philip T. Sudo ISBN: 0062516787 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Fretboard Roadmaps (Guitar Techniques) by Fred Sokolow ISBN: 0793520886 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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