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Location: Germantown, MD | My best friend's dad, age 63, just got his first guitar (make and model unknown). My friend wants me to advise on good books, videos, etc. that would help his dad (who apparently doesn't read music) start playing--particularly older country stuff like Johnny Cash, Waylon and Willie, etc. Can any of you recommend materials that might be helpful?
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | fretboard logic is a book available on amazon. this is the one i wish i had 35 years ago. |
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Location: NJ | Why not just send him out to Bailey's for a weekend! :D |
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Location: Germantown, MD | Actually, sending him to Bailey's for a weekend doesn't sound like a bad idea--except that this guy's from Hillsborough, North Carolina, and Hillsborough Hog Days are coming up soon. If he's anything like his son, eating barbecue is almost like a sacrament with him. . . . |
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Location: central Indiana | An excellent starter book is Mel Bay's Fun with the Guitar. Very simple, older folk songs.
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Location: Zion, Illinois | Originally posted by musicamex:
fretboard logic is a book available on amazon. this is the one i wish i had 35 years ago.
I just read the reviews for these books (I & II). I bought them right away. I've tried other books, but I never really got anywhere. I hope they're as great as everyone makes them out to be.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Thanks for the compliment and I'll take it as one.
The book I would reccommend if there was any way of getting it, is "1000 Favorite Songs" by Frank J Wilson. It is a 2 book set, one with the complete words and the other with the melody and chords in the key of C for verse and chorus. It has EVERY country song from the 1800's to the 1980's, for someone 63 years old it would be a gold mine, for someone a little older, like me it is pure platinum. Unfortunately the only two sets I know of are the one I have and the one our bass player (who gave me mine) has. I frequently play "Little Joe The Wrangler" and "Strawberry Roan", and "Bumming Around" and "Burning Memories" (I opened the book to the B's for the last two songs, just to give an example) before I go to bed at night. I can open it to almost any page and find a song I know or have heard.
I would combine it with Russ's book for technique.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Waylon, Willie and Cash --- old timers! Geez, I guess you're right. I'm a firm believer in teaching yourself, however, for the first 10 or so weeks your friend's dad should get lessons to build a proper base. It'll go a lot faster later on, and he'll have someone to contact when there's a technique problem. Once he's got the lessons under his belt, any of the melbay books will work, he should just pick a genre he likes, and make sure it comes with at least a CD, if not a video. Being able to listen to a piece, even for an advanced player gives you nuances (especially in the blues) that you don't get from just sight reading. I think it's great he's learning. |
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Location: Germantown, MD | Thanks, folks. I've passed along the suggestions to my friend, and I'm thinking I should get started with Fretboard Logic myself.
Peace,
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | ampsdphd
Keep in mind that the internet has tons of available guitar information. |
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