The Guitar Cookbook

The Guitar Cookbook. (The Complete Guide to Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Technique & Improvisation). For Guitar. Book. Softcover. Guitar tablature. 246 pages. Backbeat Books #0879306335. Published by Backbeat Books.

Spice up your playing with The Guitar Cookbook! Written by Guitar Player magazine music editor Jesse Gress, this collection of “recipes” for satisfying a wide variety of musical appetites is for beginning to advanced guitarists. It covers all the ingredients for cooking up great music on the guitar: music notation, tuning, intonation, rhythm, melody, scales, motifs, harmony, ear-training, technique, improvisation and much more. Players will develop a personalized musical vocabulary; learn how to apply it to many different styles; master basic guitar techniques; and let the musical ideas sizzle!