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ISBN-10 :  1394159215 

ISBN-13 :  9781394159215

Author :  Jon Chappell 

If you’re ready to start playing some rockin’ tunes on the guitar, there’s no better teacher than Rock Guitar For Dummies. This is the ultimate guide to playing rock ’n’ roll on six strings, even if you’ve never picked up a guitar before! Master the riffs and melodies of your favorite songs and artists, or make up a few of your own. Find out how to choose the right amplifier, strum power chords, and maintain your guitar. Moving over from another style of guitar playing? You’ll love this guide’s deep dive into rock guitar technique. You’ll even learn to differentiate the sounds of classic rock, heavy metal, grunge, progressive rock, and beyond. Plus, you’ll get access to online resources, including audio and video clips, to bring your rock ’n’ roll education to life.

Rock Guitar For Dummies 2nd Table of contents:

Part 1: So You Wanna Be a Rock-and-Roll Star
Chapter 1: It’s Only Rock Guitar … But I Like It
Differentiating Between Rock and Acoustic Guitar — It’s Not Just Volume
Knowing the Essentials: The Power Trio
Getting a Grasp on How Electric Guitars Work
Accessorizing Your Guitar
Chapter 2: Holding Your Own
Getting Ahold of the Guitar
Forming a Left-Hand Position
Striking a Right-Hand Position
Gearing Up to Tune Up: Electric Tuners
Looking at Music Notation: Not Enough to Hurt
Making Music: How to Play a Chord
Chapter 3: The Other Half: The Guitar Amp
Following the Signal Chain
Taking a Guided Tour of the Amp
Boxing It In: The Cabinet
Taking Control: The Control Panel
Making a Graceful Exit
Sounding Out: The Speaker
Plugging In and Turning On
Getting a Sound
Making Do if You Don’t Have an Amp
Demystifying the Technology
Part 2: Basic Playing Techniques
Chapter 4: What the Left Hand Is Doing: Chords
You Gotta Have Chords
Playing Open-Position Chords
Putting Power Chords into Play
Getting Behind the Barre
Chapter 5: The Right Stuff: Right-Hand Rhythm Guitar Techniques
Strumming Along
Mixing Single Notes and Strums
Disrupting Your Sound: Syncopated Strumming
Giving Your Left Hand a Break
Suppressing the Right Hand
Stretching Out: Left-Hand Movement within a Right-Hand Strum
Giving Your Fingers Some Style
Getting Into Rhythm Styles
Chapter 6: The Leading Edge: Introduction to Lead Rock Guitar
Taking the Lead
Striking the Downs and Ups of Lead Playing
Starting at the Bottom: Low-Note Melodies
Going to the Top: High-Note Melodies
Playing in Position
Getting in Tune with Lower Register Riffs
Making It Easy: The Pentatonic Scale
Playing the Pentatonic Scale: Three Ways to Solo
Improvising Leads
Chapter 7: Groovin’ on Riffs
Getting Your Groove On: Basic Riffs
Playing Two Notes Can Be Better than One: Double-Stops
Combining Single-Note Riffs and Chords
Discovering Your Own Style
Part 3: Beyond the Basics: Sounding Like a Rock and Roller
Chapter 8: Playing Up the Neck
Beyond Open Position: Going Up the Neck
Playing in Position
Using the Movable Pentatonic Scale
Seeking Out the Five Positions of the Pentatonic Scale
Changing Your Position
Knowing Where to Play
Chapter 9: Playing Expressively: Making the Guitar Sing
Bringing Down the Hammer-Ons
Having Pull with Pull-Offs
Slippin’ into Slides
Bending to Your Will
Sounding a Vibrato That Makes You Quiver
Adding Spice Through Harmonics
Passing the Bar Exam
Putting It All Together
Part 4: Mastering Different Rock Styles
Chapter 10: Rock and Roll: The Early Years
It Don’t Mean a Thang if It Ain’t Got That Twang
Sending R&B Mainstream: Bo Diddley
Giving Rock a Texas Twang: Buddy Holly
Bringing Doo-Wop Up Front
Combining Country and Blues: Rockabilly Rhythm
Creating Rock-and-Roll Guitar Style: Chuck Berry
Surf’s Up
The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming
The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There”
Chapter 11: The Golden Age of Classic Rock
Playing Advanced Riffs and Rhythm Figures
Studying the Classics: Classic Rock
Fusing Country and Rock Lead Styles: The Eagles
Going to the Edge: U2’s Guitarist Brings Epic Textures
Chapter 12: Heavy Metal and Its Mutations
Bring on the Metal
Making Rock Stars: The Arena-Rock Era
Introducing the Euro-Metal Invasion
Putting Fans in the Stands: Heavy Metal Hits the ’80s
Raging into the New Millennium
Chapter 13: Progressive Rock and Jazz-Rock Fusion
Welcoming the First Wave of Progressive Rock
Joining Two Rock Styles: Progressive Meets Heavy Metal
Hitting the Charts with Jazz Rock
Looking at the Legends of Jazz-Rock Fusion
Part 5: Becoming a Gearhead
Chapter 14: Gear Lust: Assembling Your Dream Rig
Getting What You Want Out of a Guitar
Choosing the Perfect Amp to Give Your Guitar Life
Chapter 15: Wild and Crazy Sounds: Effects
Identifying Effects
Choosing an Effects Format
Coming to Terms with Terms
Processing Gain-Based Effects: Overdrive, Distortion, and Fuzz
Turning It Up or Down: Dynamic Effects
Playing by Ear: Tone-Based Effects
Getting Volume Under Control: Other Volume Effects
Making a Change: Modulation Effects
Putting Your Sound in Context: Ambient Effects
Organizing Your Effects: Pedalboards
Chapter 16: The Care and Feeding of Your Electric Guitar
Using the Tools of the Trade
Changing Strings
Cleaning the Parts of Your Guitar
Optimizing Your Guitar’s Performance: The Setup
Repairing Amps and Effects
Troubleshooting Guide
Storing Your Guitar
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten (Plus One) Rock Guitarists Who Changed History
Chuck Berry
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Kurt Cobain
John Mayer
Chapter 18: Ten Must-Have Rock Guitar Albums
The Beatles, Rubber Soul (1965)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced (1967)
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (1969)
The Who, Who’s Next? (1971)
The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street (1972)
Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow (1975)
Van Halen, Van Halen (1978)
Joe Satriani, Surfing with the Alien (1987)
Metallica, Metallica (The Black Album) (1991)
Korn, Issues (1999)
Chapter 19: Ten Classic Guitars
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Les Paul
Fender Stratocaster
Gibson ES Series
Gibson Flying V
Mosrite Ventures Model
Rickenbacker 360/12
Ibanez Iceman
“Super Strats”
Paul Reed Smith
Appendix: Using the Online Audio and Video Files
Relating the Text to the Online Files
Audio Tracks on the Web
Video Clips on the Web

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