Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar

Designed for students and others seeking an up-to-date introduction, this Companion explores electric guitar technology, culture, and music. It approaches the instrument from multiple angles ranging from manufacture to virtuoso performance, from worldwide popularity to online communities, enabling a richer understanding of its global influence.

Info autore

Jan-Peter Herbst is Reader (Associate Professor) in Music Production at the University of Huddersfield. His background as a rock guitarist has led him to specialize in the study of electric guitar playing and rock and metal music production. Herbst has also edited The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music (2023).Steve Waksman is Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (1999), This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (2009), and Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé (2022).

Riassunto

Designed for students and others seeking an up-to-date introduction, this Companion explores electric guitar technology, culture, and music. It approaches the instrument from multiple angles ranging from manufacture to virtuoso performance, from worldwide popularity to online communities, enabling a richer understanding of its global influence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Jan-Peter Herbst (Editore), Steve Waksman (Editore), Jan-Peter (University of Huddersfield) Herbst (Editore), Steve (Smith College Waksman (Editore), Waksman Steve (Editore)
• Autori: Jan-Peter (University of Huddersfield) Wak Herbst
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 17.10.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781009224406
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922440-6
• Numero di pagine: 376
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Music
• Categorie: Jazz, Rock and Roll, Rock, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, Music, History: specific events & topics, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Guitar, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, 20th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Guitar, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, 21st Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Music, Theory of music & musicology, Popular Music, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Electronic Music, Heavy Metal music, Metal, Heavy Metal, Theory of music and musicology, popular music; electric guitar; music performance