Guitar Skills for Music Therapists and Music Educators

Peter Meyer, Jessica De Villers, Erin Ebnet

Print ISBNs: 1-891278-56-3 or 978-1-891278-56-3



$32


This book and DVD are the ideal text to be used in functional guitar courses for music therapy and music education majors as well as anyone interested in learning the basics of guitar playing quickly. The text is designed to assist the student in developing their functional guitar skills in a fun and easy to follow format and can be used in both the classroom and for individual self study. The text and accompanying exercises begin with the very basics of guitar playing and expands into more challenging material as the reader progresses through the chapters. Topics covered include basic and advanced strumming patterns, finger picking, flat picking, barre and power chords as well as authentic stylistic accompaniment in styles such as the Blues, Jazz, Rock and R & B. In addition to functional guitar skills, music therapy/improvisational applications are also discussed and demonstrated through modifications including alternate tunings and the use of slide guitar.



 

Table of Contents
About the Authors v
Note to the Reader vii
Table of Contents ix
Introduction 1
Parts of the Guitar / 1
Holding the Guitar / 1
Introduction to Guitar and Music Concepts / 2
Practicing / 10
Chapter I: The Basics 11
Key of G / 11
Advice on Changing Chords in Time / 13
Key of D / 16
Key of C / 19
Key of A / 23
Key of E / 26
Last thoughts on Strumming / 29
Chapter II: I know C, A, G, E and D…now what? 32
Embellishments / 32
The Chuck / 38
Palm Muting / 40
Staccato Playing / 41
Some thoughts on 2 and 4 and developing a strong sense of time / 42
Chapter III: Fingerpicking 43
Arpeggio Pick / 43
Alternate Pick / 48
Travis Pick / 49
Chapter IV: Flatpicking 55
The Bass-Brush or the Boom-Chuck / 55
Hammer-ons / 58
Bass Runs / 60
Bass Runs and Hammer-ons / 63
Flatpicking / 67
Chapter V: Barre Chords 69
The E Shape Barre Chord / 69
The A Shape Barre Chord / 71
More Barre Chords / 73
Chapter VI: Power Chords…Are you ready to rock? 79
Root 6 and Root 5 Power Chords / 79
Chapter VII: The Blues 81
The 12-Bar / 81
The 8-Bar / 82
The Other 8-Bar / 82
Ice Cream Changes / 83
Blues Accompaniment / 84
Pentatonic Scale and Lead Techniques / 96
Chapter VIII: Music Therapy Techniques 101
The Modes / 101
Rules for improvisation / 112
Open Tunings and Slide Guitar / 113
Two Handed Technique / 117
Chapter IX: Jazz Guitar 119
Introduction to Chords / 119
Chord Substitutions / 123
Jazz Improvisation / 131
Putting It Together / 136
Chapter X: Funk Guitar 138
Introduction to Funk Guitar / 138
Bossa Nova / 140
R & B Styles / 141
Chapter XI: Guitar Maintenance 143
Guitar Humidifiers / 143
Changing Strings / 143
Set Up / 143