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General the art of practicing by madeleine bruser George Van Eps Guitar Method. The Creative Guitarist // Bucky Pizzarelli Ampeg - The Story Behind The Sound by Gregg Hopkins and Bill Moore RCA Receiving Tube Manual and subsequent revisions The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo The Complete Guitarist by Richard Chapman John Mehegan "Tonal and Rhythmic Principles" Roche's The Acoustic Guitar Bible. Effortless Mastery, by Kenny Werner... without doubt! A Modern Method for Guitar - Bill Leavitt 'Masters of the Telecaster' - Arlen Roth ... and my desert island book would be The Infinite Guitar, by Chris Juergensen.
Jazz 1- "Intervallic Designs" by Joe Diorio Greene's "Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing - Volume 1" introduced me to a lot of ideas that translate to all sorts of genres. This, along with "Inner Jazz" by Les Wise. steve khan's books - just the right amount of info and lots of teaching Mickey Baker's two-volume Complete Course in Jazz Guitar. Joe Pass Guitar Style (orange book) Ted Dunbar "The ii-V Cadence as a Creative Guitar Learning Device" Eddie Harris "Intervallistic Concept" Ike Isaacs "Jazz Guitar School" Barry Greene "Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation" David Baker books Got some use out of "Jazz Chording For Rock Guitarists" but havn't touched it in a while. I gave away Al Dimiola's "Guide to scales and arpeggios" as well as a "Handbook of Chord Substitutions" both interesting titles but turned out over my head. I p retty much stick to tab. 'Modern Chords' - Vic Juris 'Contemporary Chord Khancepts' - Steve Khan Creative Chord Substitution (a journey through form and analysis of modern harmo ny) for all instruments, by Ed Arkin. Voice Leading for the 21fst Century - Mick Goodrick Jazz Theory - Mark Levine - The Serious Jazz books 1&2 by Barry Finnerty - lots of line games for your ear s and fingers. Much more musically involved than say Coker's Patterns for Jazz. - Pentatonicism In Jazz by Masaya Yamaguchi - Pretty difficult but ear opening a nd exhaustive study of pentatonic patterns.
Improvise 2- "An Improviser's OS" by Wayne Krantz Art Of Two Line Improvisation - Jimmy Wyble Technique Sal Salvador's Single String Studies Johnny Smith Aids to Technique were great too. The two Frank Gambale Technique Books - Bach Partitas and Sonatas - why? because I like to hear Bach on guitar with a pick, its always a challenge and I can take a lifetime learning them!. I think i
t just good for the soul. - Hanon for Piano. - just an excellent right hand grinder for picking consistenc y. I'm on a right-hand study kick at present so both books above are daily exerc ises. - Hybrid Picking Exercises by Gustavo Assis-Brasil - Amazing collection of strin g skipping patterns utilizing hybrid (both pick and fingers) picking technique. Lots of stuff here. New Guitar Techniques for Sight Reading by arnie berle Rhythm Guitar: The Complete Guide (Buckingham) The technigue books Ive got the most out of is "Pedal Steel Licks For Guitar" by Forrest Rodgers
Songbook The Student Repertoire Series - Volume 2 (Student Repertoire Series , Vol 2) Pa perback â December 1, 1997 The book I've handled the most is definatly "Classic Rock Instrumentals" tabs by Fred Sokolow, its always on top.