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Mirth



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:47 pm    Post subject: Sheets of sound 2 Reply with quote

Hey, I just got an email that said the SoS II is out, anyone get it yet? Any thoughts?


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just ordered Vol II, as I own and love Vol I.

Will let you know what I think of it when it arrives Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have Vol I as well... I think just Vol I is gonna take me a life time to get through!

My wife just shakes her head when I come home from the local bookshop with *another* music book... what's she gonna say when my new Suhr arrives next week !?!?!?

Anyway, keep us posted about Vol II. Seems good from the promo email.


Are there any other good books you guys have read lately? I'm not about to give up my book fetish until my wife cuts down on her shoes and handbags!



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well M@ this is your, and your wife's lucky day!

http://members.aol.com/cc88m/PianoBook.html

OK so technically it's a piano practice book, but many of the ideas can be applied, especially to legato/tapping. Most importantly, THE WHOLE THING IS FREE.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey thanks art, I'll check it out... any tips on using the Piano book and applying it to guitar?


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well it's about how to practice the piano, not so much about 'place your thumb here' etc. So it gives ideas about how to learn fast passages building them up note by note AT SPEED. Other things like short burst practicing of repeating patterns etc.

The left hand on the guitar for things like hammer-ons is very similar to the piano in that you are creating the attack with one hand. Picking however is very different, but I think there is a section on trills (which is a repetitive action between two fingers on the piano, so the methods of playing fast runs doesn't apply- you'll get to know these when you read the book).
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone recieve it yet??

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My copy arrived this morning Smile.

First thing I noticed was the fact it is much slimmer than Vol 1, coming in at 58 pages long, so hopefully won't take 20 years to digest Wink.

The book is laid out in four sections:

Arpeggio Scales
Diatonic/Intervallic Designs
Pentatonic Designs
Artist's Studies

and totals 42 exercises.

Each section using same approach as before with exercise of musical idea but included now is a 'Real World Example' showing the arpeggio/lick over varying harmonic contexts explaining what's going on. Also, the emphasis now is more on asymmetrical/odd groupings of notes.

The Artist Studies look at styles of Pat Martino, George Benson, Pat Metheny and Paul Gambale and there are exercises inspired by Shawn Lane, Brecker, McCoy Tyner and even Rusty Cooley in the other chapters Smile.

Plenty of stuff to work on as usual and new ideas to spice up ones playing.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still waiting for it.........

I thought it would be more then 58 pages but ....
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