Description: For beginners to advanced, a how-to, self-help instruction manual that covers everything you need to know; scales, exercises, theory, how to create chords from scratch and much more! 40 pages printed on 100-pound paper stock, saddle-stitched, (stapled spine) with digital non-smudge ink for maximum life. No knowledge of reading music is required, as this stresses what comes BEFORE reading music, where you are technically learning 0-9 and A-Z. Less than dinner for two or even a partial tank of gas. Over 1,200 sold with no returns or complaints! Plus, my email address is printed right in the book if you really need help. But I'm confident you won't as so many people have praised the ease of use and, in fact, most people say they've learned more in 2 weeks than they have in 20 years! If you don't know who the brilliant Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell was, I suggest you check out his history and then you'll appreciate the following testimonial! (Larry had two copies of my book.) "Paul Santa Maria is one great guitarist and composer; his system of teaching guitar is revolutionary as well as salutary, because Paul doesn't require that you read music; he has his own system that works just fine -- you'll get what you need to become a better guitarist from Paul Santa Maria." Sincerely, Larry Coryell. Or from Mark Egan, 7-time GRAMMY winning bassist for Pat Metheny: "The Guitar Explained " is a groundbreaking approach to understanding the guitar and bass guitar from a universal musical perspective. It's a very useful guide for expanding the understanding of the bass OR Guitar fretboard."Mark Egan PAGE CONTENTS OF “THEGUITAR EXPLAINED” by Paul Santa Maria· Cover· Inside Cover, Table of Contents, Copyright Info· “The Guitar Is NOT A Piano” On this page we learn the architectural differences betweena guitar and a piano, so as not to confuse learning piano (or orchestral) musictheory over Guitar-centric music theory. Why? Because the piano has only onepitch per 88 keys (or 73, or 61) WHEREAS A GUITAR HAS UP TO 5 OF THE SAMEPITCHES! So, any guitar with 22 frets ALWAYS has 132 notes vs. a piano’s 88 (or 73 or 61)! If a piano has one of eachpitch, then music notation itself does NOT have the capability to explain whatnotes to play and where on the fretboard. My book explains a system I inventedand copyrighted to fix this problem. ALL THAT is on PAGE 1. · “Explaining The Guitar” Page 2. This page explains the basic truths about guitars and really,how to proceed to learn to free ourselves from misunderstandings and bad advicethat float around.· “Manual Operational Hints” Page 3. How to use the manual itself, how to hold your body, how tohold a pick, how to how to how to! My email address is listed here.· “How To and Why” Page 4. The basics! The names of the notes, scale tones, what a “key”is, what “scales” are, what an “Arpeggio” is, what the purpose of knowing the namesof the scale tones.· “The Guitar Fretboard – Notes, Scale Tonesand Basic Scales” Page 5. Starting on this page you learn what the guitaris, how it works, what’s on it, where it is, where they are, etc. Great detailand graphics!· “The Guitar Fretboard – 2”. Page 6. Eachsection on page 5 is explained in text with graphics, my easy system for givingeach and every note it’s own position (like GPS.) say you are on the 3rdfret of the B string – that would be D@B3! How to tune, bass guitar references,why are position markers there and what they mean and explanation of octaves.· “The Guitar Fretboard” – 3. How to find every E note (as an example) on the entireguitar. This will be executed for all 12 note names. Beginning of SCALE TONEexplanation.· “OH NO … SCALES!” Page 8. There are really 7basic scales in total. Scales have different “flavors” if you change just onenote, but it all breaks down to Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminished in theend and I tell you why. This page has the 7 scales in graphics form, with linesleading from one note to the next so you can’t make a mistake, with the fingernumber you need to use and also which notes are the pure chords (which are thebasis for ALL chords!) designated.· “OH NO SCALES … 2 – Page 9. An explanation of each graphic and also how NOT to playscales and how to think towards creating your own solos, melodies,songwriting, arrangements, etc. You can’t just play scales and modes and expectto sound original. Check out Jeff Beck.· “Basic Scales: AlterationGuide” Page 10. To understand how Minor is a variation of Major, I have 4graphics showing how each note of the Major scale is moved to make Minor, forall 4 finger positions (meaning the same scale starting from your index finger,then the second , or middle finger, the ring finger and the pinkie or fourthfinger.) Also, two graphics show how arpeggios are handled in this manner.· “Ridiculously Cool Scale Ideas” –Page 11 - 13. Imean, you can’t play straight modesor scales, right? You must change them up, but how do you do that? Most bookswould tell you what scales and modes ARE, but they generally don’t say how anadvanced guitarist uses methods, exercises, looping, note exchange and more toarrive at solos that are actually different than a schooled guitarist maysound. · “Possibly Interesting Exercises” –Page 14. I inventedsome exercises for myself at a veryearly age that I have included because, well, I can tear it up on the guitarand this is how I did it, so you are paying to have secrets told to you andmethods by masters, so here they are!· “Ultimate Scale / Melody ConstructionTable” – Page 15.This thing is going to push you harder that anything really as you have tochoose any key (of 12), any scale (of 7), any string (of 6 +), any fret (of21-24), any position (1-4), ascending or descending or both, and then, from your choices, determine the net content ofall that info, meaning what notes out of your possible 8 (1-8) and then thereare 12 tables like that and, in the end, you play the NET CONTENT section only,in order from top to bottom and then from bottom to top continuously! Fromthis, you will hear note sequences that you would NEVER have played under anyother circumstance and you will pick out from this little melodies that are thebasic beginnings of a “head”, which the melody of any song, like the StarSpangled Banner. In addition, this is so hard that we cross into the territoryof a baseball player on deck to hit and he swings TWO bats instead of one tomake the one seem easier to swing. I say swing 12 BATS.· “Ultimate Scale Worksheets” – Page 16. I created blank versions ofthe sample worksheet that you can copy on a copier or scanner and create asmany as you want, then date them and title them and store them in a notebook orsomething as your own creations that you go back to later.· “Creating Any Chord In the UniverseWhatsoever” Pages 17-24. Yes, I dedicated 7 whole pages tothe complete understanding of how chords are built from scratch. When you buy a15,000 chord book, it is mostly a waste of valuable trees turned into paper, whenyou could do it all in your head! What is a chord? A chord is a collection ofspecific scale tones, which then results in a title which is very specific. Ifyou progress through the book as if it were lessons from the start, then whenyou arrive at this section you will be prepared. Why is this important? Thechords are the road and your solo is your TESLA. It’s that simple. One of thepages is titled: “When Is A Chord A Chord Or Not A Chord”? (This should give you an idea of what you’ve gotten yourself into for$30.00! Lol.)· “Arpeggiating Entire Chords To FindVariations 1 - 2” – Pages 25 and 26. These two pages will show you EXACTLY how to find the nextversion of any chord whatsoever (commonly called “inversions”, which iswrong by the way; they are EXTENSIONS if anything, they are pitched above andbelow, not turned inside or out) which you then make changes to. So you use thebasic Root – Tonic major “pure chord” form (only 3 exist!) and then add your “flavor”to the next found version. But you’d BETTER know your scale tones, where thatnote will be within the new form, the basic scale it all came from, etc.· “The Modes” – Pages 27 and 28. “Modes” are what you get when youtake 4 versions of a Major scale and start the low note from the Root, the nextnote up from the Major Third, the next up from the Fifth and the fourth note isan octave up from the Root, called the Tonic. You run the scale in order up ordown in pitch and “collect” all four notes together as chords for each positionof the 7 Fundamental tones + Octave. When complete, you will have 8 purechords, with the 8th one being a repeat of the first one, one octaveup, same shape. That is how basic chords are constructed and then, when youchange certain notes to make a Major 7th chord, or a Dominant 7thchord, or a 6th chord, you create a new chord! Also in the sectionis a discussion of when to use modes and when NOT to use modes. There is aserious graphic on page 2 showing you how modes were arrived at and named andeven why you SHOULDN’T use the Greek names for them unless communicating withanother learned musician.· “Talkin’ About Fingerstyle Guitar” –Page 29. The methodof the highest form of guitar playing that exists. Shredding is sorta cool, butthat ain’t it.· “Fingerstyle Notation” – Page 30. An easy way to graphically make notesto lay out how you arrange a tune. All done with …· TABS – Page 31. Conveniently for you, I dedicated onewhole page to 7-fret tabs which you can scan or lay on a copier and reproduceto your heart’s content (no reselling, they are copyrighted like the rest ofthe book!) for ease in drawing out your arrangements in a great visual stylewithout having to read music notation, which is deficient anyway, as I saidbefore.· “Logic = Magic” – Page 32. What would a book without some braintraining be, eh? I guarantee that if you read this, you’ll be smarter than youraverage Pentatonic-flinging bar cat.· “Ear Training – How To and Why” –Page 33. Every greatmusician has “ears”, meaning they don’t just hear, they LISTEN. How do youlisten properly? Well, scale tones define what notes to play just like thewords I am typing are understood by you, even if you don’t get their totalmeaning. But if I say to you “I’ll give you ten dollars to do the gig” and youdon’t know that by adding an extra zero that you’d get a reasonable sum for agig as opposed to getting ripped off, you’d say OK! If you knew the system ofnumbers (0-9) you’d tell me to get lost. Also, by knowing A-Z of the alphabet,you know I’m cheating you when I said “Ten” instead of “One Hundred”. That’swhat scale tones do – they decipher their position in a scale or melody bytelling you WHERE they are in the melody. You know where an 8 is, right?Betwixt 7 and 9! Do you know where a Flat 2nd is, or a sharp 5th?If you get my book, you will…and by now, you should have guessed that I couldhave charged $50,000.00+ like famous schools instead of $30.00. Go check thetuition for Berklee or Juilliard, I’ll see ya back here in a minute. Ok? But wait – there’s more!· “Further Scale Tone Discussion – MUSTREAD” – page 34.· “Fingerpicking for Fingerstyle andMore” – Page 35.· “Life Is Koo-Koo” by Paul Santa Maria– Page 36. If youcan play this song, then you get your degree to the Paul Santa Maria School OfGuitar Mastery.· Inside Cover, where your book ispersonally signed.· Back Cover – My pencil drawing of “ThePieta” by Michelangelo Buonarroti to inspire you to say: “Hey, if this dude candraw THAT with a pencil, then so can I! “· Buy the book! Tell me who to sign itto:, dad, mom, sis, bro, cousin, dog!!
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Height: 11 inches
Item Width: .5 inch
Publication Name: Practical Theory - Complete
Composer: Paul Santa Maria
Subject Area: Blues, Classical, Country, Folk, Jazz, Music Theory, Pop, R&B & Soul, Reggae, Ska & Dub
Instrument: Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Electric Guitar, Guitar
Number of Pages: 40
Series: Paul Santa Maria Arts
Format: Staple Bound
Type: Textbook and workbook
Features: Illustrated, Revised Edition, Signed, Special Edition
Author: Paul Santa Maria
Subject: Music, Music Theory, Guitar Playing, Guitar Instruction, Bass Guitar Instruction, How To Write Music, How To Play Guitar, How To Play Bass Guitar, How To Play Rhythm Guitar
Personalized: Yes
Publication Year: 2007
Item Length: 8.5 inches
Language: English
Publisher: HandBird
Level: Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced
Item Weight: less than a pound
