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Title: Rock Guitar Chords and Accompaniment: Your Ultimate Step-by-Step Manual to Rock Rhythm-Guitar by Yoichi Arakawa ISBN: 1-891370-13-8 Publisher: Six Strings Music Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book for the Beginning Guitarist
Comment: Written for the beginning guitarist, "Rock Guitar Chords and Accompaniment" provides a thorough introduction to rock guitar playing. The book consists of six chapters with the first chapter covering the basics of the guitar, tuning, notation, major scales, and chords. The second chapter gets deeper into the guitar and music theory and covers slash notation, major triads, dominant 7, minor triads, power chords, and 12-bar blues. Next comes a chapter on barre chords and shifting techniques. The fourth chapter is the final one on basic guitar technique and covers fingerpicking and arpeggios. All of these first four chapters are the foundation of all guitar playing and should be understood by anyone interested in learning to play the guitar. Starting with the fifth chapter Mr. Arakawa moves into the rock music genre by covering the most common distinguishing characteristic of rock guitar playing - rock riffs. The chapter covers the important techniques of hammer-on, pull-off, slide, bend, and vibrato. When it comes to the riffs he examines all the most common ones including single-note, power-chord, double-stop, and small-chord. The techniques covered are all the most common ones necessary for rock style from early rock-and-roll to heavy metal. Chapter six finishes off the book with coverage of amplifiers and special effects. The book is well illustrated and easy to follow as you progress along a well-designed learning pathway. When it comes to rock music you would be hard pressed to find a better beginner book that explains the basic concepts and the specifics of the various rock styles as well as this one. "Rock Guitar Chords and Accompaniment" is a highly recommended read for the beginning guitarist wanting to learn rock technique.

Rating: 5
Summary: A technically flawless instructional guide
Comment: Rock Guitar Chords And Accompaniment by guitar expert Yoichi Arakawa is a methodical, step-by-step, technically flawless instructional guide to playing rock-rhythm guitar music. Filled from cover to cover with a variety of appropriate guitar chords, exercises, instructions for performing accompaniment patterns such as fingerstyle, comping, and riffs, music examples, sample songs, and more, Rock Guitar Chords And Accompaniment is confidently recommended as being a truly first-rate self-teaching tool or as a supplement to professional instruction curriculum materials. Also very highly recommended for personal and professional guitar instruction reference collections are Yochi Arakawa's previous instructional guides from by Six Strings Music Publishing: Guitar Chords And Accompaniment; More Guitar Chords And Accompaniment; Jazz Guitar Chords And Accompaniment; More Jazz Guitar Chords And Accompaniment; Country Guitar Chords And Accompaniment.; and Blues Guitar Chords And Accompaniment.

Rating: 5
Summary: good for your rocker & your ears!
Comment: For those wanting to learn how to become good or better at one of the most popular forms of modern music.

If you have budding rockers in your nest or pad or band, who want (or need!) to learn more about their guitar & their music, i recommends Yoichi Arakawa's ROCK GUITAR CHORDS AND ACCOMPANIMENT, if for no other reasons than you'd like them to a) know what they're doing, & b) your ears to hear good playing!