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Informationen zum Autor Nick Freeth was born in London in 1956, and began playing guitar as a teenager. After a 20-year career in music radio production, initially at the BBC World Service and Jazz FM, and later as a freelance programmer, he wrote his first book, The Acoustic Guitar, in collaboration with Charles Alexander in 1997; The Electric Guitar, by the same authors, appeared the following year. Nick's subsequent work has focused on both music and American culture: it includes Icons of the Guitar (2001, with Cliff Douse), as well as highly acclaimed guides to Route 66 and the Pacific Coast Highway, and a history of the U.S. in the 1940s. A keen acoustic and electric guitarist, Nick's favourite players are Ry Cooder, Pat Metheny, Jerry Garcia and Frank Zappa. Klappentext How to Play the Guitar is the beginners? introduction to guitar playing and basic musicianship. It tells you what to look for when choosing your first instrument and amplifier, demonstrates the techniques used to form and pick notes and chords, and shows how you can greatly extend your abilities by learning to read musical notation and tablature. Zusammenfassung How to Play the Guitar is the beginners? introduction to guitar playing and basic musicianship. It tells you what to look for when choosing your first instrument and amplifier! demonstrates the techniques used to form and pick notes and chords! and shows how you can greatly extend your abilities by learning to read musical notation and tablature.
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By Nick Freeth
