CHITARRA - GUITAR

THE MARTIN BOOK. 160 pagine. Walter Carter

A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MARTIN GUITARS, 
UPDATED EDITION WITH NEW PICTURES AND REVISED TEXT
MARTIN & CO. ET 1833

Series: Book
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Medium: Softcover
Author: Walter Carter
The Martin Book

For over 170 years the C.F. Martin company has produced some of the finest flat-top acoustic guitars in the world. Martin's designs for the shape and construction of these instruments have influenced virtually every other manufacturer, and the flat-top guitar as we know it today is essentially the same as that established by Martin in the 1850s. At one time or another Martin's guitars have driven the sound of every kind of popular music, from country to pop, from bluegrass to rock 'n' roll, and with the current resurgence of acoustic music, Martin's premier guitars are once more finding a new generation of enthusiastic musicians. The Martin Book is a fresh view of this extraordinary guitar maker, pulling together many strands of musical and manufacturing lore into a fascinating whole that illuminates Martin's long and varied history. Dozens of specially commissioned full-color photographs show every kind of Martin model, some of which come from Martin's own unique collection. Meticulous listings for collectors and enthusiasts simplify the identification of Martin instruments and detail virtually every guitar that the company has produced since the early 1830s.

Inventory #HL 00331417
ISBN: 9780879308872
UPC: 884088064082
Publisher Code: 0879308877
Width: 8.5"
Length: 11.0"
160 pages

For over 170 years the C.F. Martin company has produced some of the finest flat-top acoustic guitars in the world. Martin's designs for the shape and construction of these instruments have influenced virtually every other manufacturer, and the flat-top guitar as we know it today is essentially the same as that established by Martin in the 1850s. At one time or another Martin's guitars have driven the sound of every kind of popular music, from country to pop, from bluegrass to rock 'n' roll, and with the current resurgence of acoustic music, Martin's premier guitars are once more finding a new generation of enthusiastic musicians. The Martin Book is a fresh view of this extraordinary guitar maker, pulling together many strands of musical and manufacturing lore into a fascinating whole that illuminates Martin's long and varied history. Dozens of specially commissioned full-color photographs show every kind of Martin model, some of which come from Martin's own unique collection. Meticulous listings for collectors and enthusiasts simplify the identification of Martin instruments and detail virtually every guitar that the company has produced since the early 1830s. 160 pages

Martin is the oldest and most respected name among American instrument makers - not just guitar makers but makers of all instruments. The guitar world, Martin had been established for over 50 years when Orville Gibson started carving the tops and backs of mandolins in the 1890s, over 100 years when Leo Fender started putting pickups on solid guitar bodies in the 1940s. Martin carried on steadily as such important names as Washburn, Epiphone, Gretsch, National, Vega, Kay, and Harmony arose, flourished, and perished. Unlike most of the great names in the guitar world, Martin never became a big company. From a one-man shop, it grew into a small-town factory; even at its all-time height of production in the 1960s, Martin turned out less than 20 percent of the guitars that Gibson was producing at the time. Martin's quality fell off with the increased production of the late 1960s and 1970s, but the company learned its lesson well in the lean years of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1990s, with respect and demand for Martins once again exceeding production capabilities, the company planned only a small, cautious expansion, refusing to sacrifice quality for quantity. At the summer 1993 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show, dealers were told that Martin was back-ordered for one year. They still ordered Martins - a testament to the quality signified by the Martin name. Martin's longevity is not hard to explain. CF. Martin, who founded the company in 1833, transformed the European guitar into a new, uniquely American instrument. The flat-top guitar we know today is larger, and it has steel rather than gut strings, but otherwise it is not much different from the instruments Martin was making by 1850. All the company had to do was to keep on making guitars the same way that CF. did. Martin was enticed at times into unfamiliar markets by the surging popularity of mandolins, banjos, and electric guitars - but flat-top guitars remain the backbone of the company's fortunes. Unlike Gibson's mandolins and acoustic archtop guitars, unlike Fender's electric solidbody guitars, Martin's guitars did not effect any revolutionary changes in popular music. CF. Martin's X-braced flat-tops of 1850 were well accepted but they did not start everyone playing guitar (everyone was playing banjo at that time). Martin instruments played an important role in the guitar'S rise to prominence in the 1930s, but the innovations that sparked the movement should for the most part be credited to other makers. Martin guitars certainly epitomized the folk boom of the 1960s, but the guitars themselves had been developed decades earl ier. Rather than leading any musical movements, Martin guitars have provided a foundation for popular music - a consistent, solid base that has always been there, regardless of what style of music was the current rage. Consistency goes a long way in explaining Martin's success, but there is more. You don't have to walk into the factory to see that Martin is a different kind of company. From the outside it looks more like an elementary school from the 1960s than an industrial facility - an image underscored by its location in a residential area. Perhaps the key is a sense of humanness that comes from family. In 1833 the company was founded by a man named CF. Martin; in the twenty-first century the chairman is still a man named CF. Martin. In the context of family ownership, there is today no company quite like Martin. Neither Orville Gibson nor Leo ...

JAZZ GUITAR PLAY-ALONG Vol. 16. All Blues -Bluesette -Footprints -How Insensitive (Insensatez) -Misty -Satin Doll -Stella by Starlight -Tenor Madness. CD TABLATURE.

Serie: Guitar Play-Along
Copertina morbida con CD - TAB
Artisti: Vari

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!

8 canzoni, 64 pagine

Contenuto:
- All Blues - Miles Davis - 1959
- Bluesette - Parole: Norman Gimbel, musica: Jean Thielemans - 1963
- Footprints - Wayne Shorter -1967
- How Insensitive (Insensatez) - Musica: Antonio Carlos Jobim, parole originali: Vinicius de Moraes, parole in inglese: Norman Gimbel - 1963
- Misty -  Erroll Garner - 1954
- Satin Doll - Duke Ellington - 1953
- Stella By Starlight - Parole: Ned Washington, musica: Victor Young - 1946 Dal Paramount Picture THE UNINVITED
- Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins - 1956

GIBSON INTERACTIVE BIBLE, Carl Verheyen, 108 pagine. DVD

LIBRO CON DVD.

Series: Book
Publisher: Jawbone Press
Medium: Hardcover with Carl Verheyen DVD
Author: Dave Hunter
DVD by Carl Verheyen

This package provides an audio visual guide to Gibson's classic guitars, combining a detailed book listing all important products in Gibson's history with a DVD. In the DVD's main feature, author Dave Hunter and guitar legend Carl Verheyen tell the story of Gibson electric guitars while demonstrating original, classic examples of well-known models through classic amps of the period and modern high end boutique combos. They trade licks on a number of classic Les Pauls, the definitive Gibson model, explore the semi-acoustic range including the 335, and shine a light on some more exotic beasts - Firebirds, Explorers, Flying Vs and the like. The complementary Gibson reference book is packed with information and pictures covering the complete Gibson range. 108 pages

MODERNE, Holy Grail of Vintage Guitars, Ronald Lynn Wood. BOOK

LIBRO

208 pagine.

Series: Guitar
Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Medium: Softcover
Author: Ronald Lynn Wood

The Moderne is an electric guitar designed by Gibson in 1957 alongside the Flying V and Explorer as part of a stylistically advanced line. Sources claim that Gibson made a handful of prototypes, but an original has yet to surface. The Moderne was eventually put into production in 1982. Because of their very limited production and forward design, Modernes are highly sought by collectors. Here is the story, explained in interviews and photos, of this curious development associated with the golden era of guitar making. 208 pages. 

FOLK SONGS FOR SOLO GUITAR, 36 Celtic Fiddle Tunes, Airs & Folk Songs, Glenn Weiser. CD TAB.

Series: Guitar Solo
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Softcover with CD - TAB
Arranger: Glenn Weiser

This collection of traditional Celtic fiddle tunes arranged for solo guitar comes complete with standard notation, tablature, explanations of how to read and play the pieces, and introductory notes for each tune. The accompanying recording, by noted fingerstylist Jeff Ausfahl, will serve as an insightful guide to your interpretations of these pieces, and also provides for a great listening experience. Songs include: The Ash Grove • Danny Boy • The Irish Washerwoman • The Red Haired Boy • Rose in the Heather • Sailors Hornpipe • Saint Anne's Reel • Scotland the Brave • The Skye Boat Song • The Star of the County Down • and more. 64 pages

Table of contents :
Arkansas Traveler
The Ash Grove
Banish Misfortune
The Boys Of Bluehill
Danny Boy
Devil's Dream
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
Fisher's Hornpipe
Flowers Of Edinburgh
Gary Owen
Haste To The Wedding
Liberty
Miller's Reel
Minstrel Boy
Miss Mc Cleod's Reel
Mississippi Sawyer
O My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
Oh, Them Golden Slippers
Over The Waterfall
Paddy On The Turnpike
Ragtime Annie
The Red Haired Boy
Redwing
Rights Of Man
Rose In The Heather
Rosin The Bow
Sailors Hornpipe
Saint Anne's Reel
Scotland The Brave (Tunes Of Glory)
Soldier's Joy
The Star Of The County Down
Swallowtail Reel
The Irish Washerwoman
The Skye Boat Song
Turkey In The Straw
The Year Of Jubilo (Kingdom Coming)