Advancing Guitarist: Applying Guitar Concepts and Techniques Advancing Guitarist Paperback – January 1, 1987

Imagine finding the personal notebook of the one of the most advanced guitar players/teachers ever.You carefully open the dusty book, using the greatest caution to not damage the binding. Page after page of pure guitar wisdom interspersed with advanced exercises. This teacher was from an earlier time when musicians learned standard notation like every other musician so none of the precious exercises are tabbed out but you can do that yourself to mine the gold nuggets from this wise teacher's decades of study and practice.That's how I see this book. I use it for inspiration and aspiration at this time. I value its wisdom and the light it brings to my guitar studies.This is a mastery book, if you will; comprehensive food and exercise for a lifetime of playing. If you're looking for an step-wise method book, then this isn't the book for you.As others have said, this book is not for beginners. You'll need to read standard music notation or at least be able to translate for yourself between standard notation and tab to get much out of the exercises. If you know how to use GuitarPro or similar software, this is a relatively easy, if time-consuming, process.Finally, I ordered the "sheet music" version not knowing exactly what to expect. I received the regular, soft cover version of the book which is fine with me but if you're looking for loose "sheet music", what I ordered isn't that. Thank you for reading my review of this monumental book.

Learning to play the guitar is fun. You struggle for a bit, but then you realize that you can play music that sounds just like the stuff you listen to. It is a pretty cool feeling.Eventually, you want to branch out. Maybe write some music of your own, maybe expand on what you can already play, maybe improvise. This is where learning the guitar can get incredibly frustrating.The value of this book is that it is more about learning how to think about playing than learning techniques, scales, or chord forms. There are plenty of other ways to learn that stuff, but this book helps you understand how to use all of it. Once you can do that, playing the guitar gets even more fun!

4 things to know before buying this book1. This is NOT FOR BEGINNERS2.You must be able to READ MUSIC3. you should know the notes on the fret board or at least have a reference4. you should get a basic understanding of music theoryIf you are still interested Read on.This is not your typical guitar instruction book. It gives great information but you will have to build your practice routine and take a customize the approach to it.The best description of the book is the intro to the book"This is a do it yourself book. It is not a method book. You supply the method; you do it yourself. I may make some suggestions along the way - point out some things that seem important or relevant. But what you do with it is entirely your own business; its totally up to you. don,t depend on anyone but yourself for your own musical growth.... Take what you need - what you can use.... I have taken the time to supply the book. You have to supply the you"Personally I love this book (if you made it to this paragraph and are still interested after truly considering what was said earlier buy it now!) and it gives great concepts and techniques and it has helped my playing a great deal as I had hit a plateau in my playing ability. through your journey through this book you will learn important theory on modes scales triads rhythm and much more.

After playing guitar for over forty years, I recently decided that I needed to go back and relearn everything right from scratch. Sure I could play some nice licks and tunes but I knew that my ability to improvise was severely limited by my spotty understanding of how the guitar works. It wasn't due to a lack of information, of course I knew that the fifth fret of the E string was the same note as the open A string etc, but somehow it wasn't gelling in my mind. At least not in a form I could use.Goodrick's approach of learning the guitar by working horizontally (i.e. up and down) one string at a time, and sticking to one key until the intervals are perfectly instinctual was exactly what I needed. My other hobby is reading about how the brain works, especially how it learns and creates, and this approach seems to fit with what I understand about cognitive science. The traditional vertical approach is popular because it gets you playing chords and songs quickly but it doesn't allow the brain to develop a solid map of the instrument. In other words, you might be fine if you stick to set of chords and fingerings that you've learned by rote, but you won't be in a position to really fly.

This is very different guitar tutor book. Mick calls it - do-it-yourself book and it is exact definition.Ordinary guitar tutorials are step-by-step books. We are step-by-step learning generation. We have no time to think, to figure something out by themselves. We are in hurry to next step.Mick's book are inspirational. Hi give you ideas, you decide what to do with them.Here are some advices Mick gives you when you are feeling "Stale"* Feed a loaf (or two) of bread to some pigeons, ducks, sea gulls, or other types of birds.* Cry.* Change the strings on your guitar and polish it.As I said - one lifetime isn't enough for that book.I occasionally read excerpts from this book, but I haven't used it systematically.I am step-by-step man.(The reviewer was compensated for posting this review. However, the opinion stated in the review is that of the reviewer and the reviewer alone. Further, the reviewer independently selected this product to review and has no affiliation with the product maker/distributor, Amazon or the review requester.)