ENGLISH

The Dictionary of Strum and Picking Patterns (Fretted)

By Fred Sokolow

Book information

Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Year
1995
ISBN
9780793520909, 0793520908
LCC
MT585 .S67 1995,SDA 03307,SSA 00700
Open Library ID
OL891502M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14399038 bytes)
Series
Fretted
Pages
74\74
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

It's a good book, but the descriptions are a bit misleading. You need to know that it uses different formats for showing the different kinds of rhythm patterns. It has slash marks for strums, and tab for finger picking. If you're not familiar with these types of notations, you might have difficulty reading the rhythms. Be sure and read the intro as it explains most of the symbols.
The CD has the rhythms, but it would have been far better if all the instruments except the guitar and a metronome had been left out. Its difficult to separate them from the rest of the music. And they could have been twice as long as they are to give a better feel for the rhythm.
Not a bad book, but not a great one either.

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