The Little Guitar Book That Could: Sixth Position (Paperback)
This LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD showcases the popular C A G E D guitar chord and scale sequence exclusively in the SIXTH POSITION, for all to see and use. Before thumbing through this book, there exists some important subject matter that the guitarist may need to be reminded of...even though he or she may have played for years. For example, in this book, six is the exact number of consecutive frets involved in the SIXTH POSITION, and it spans a full musical two octaves plus a perfect fourth when in standard tuning. Plus when in the SIXTH POSITION, the second and third fingers on the fretting hand are to remain stationary in their respective frets or "slots", initially, as their stationary qualities allow the first and or fourth finger to stretch or slide to the notes found in that additional fret space. For the picking hand though, a very important pattern occurs that involves the strings, best picked near the sound hole or bridge where that hand just so happens to be. The picking pattern involves every other string, and is best evidenced when the C A G E D main root note sequence is plucked alphabetically, starting with the C root on the first or thinnest guitar string. To best understand this pattern, start by picking the C there on the first string, fretted with the third finger, then D (third string, second finger); E (fifth string, second finger); G (second string, third finger); A (fourth string, second finger) and conclude with the C (sixth string, third finger). The one-three-five, two-four-six string pattern naturally fits the picking hand well. This every other string pattern is looped, forwards or backwards (six-four-two, five-three-one) as the C root notes found on the first /sixth string(s) are deemed interchangeable as well. Last are three musical terms that need clarification, those being main root notes, octaves and unisons. What are main root notes? Generally speaking, main root notes represent a specific set of core root notes that fall or cluster under the second and third fingers of the fretting hand. In the SIXTH POSITION, all C A G E D main root notes use the second and third fingers only. Once the location of each main root note is memorized in the SIXTH POSITION, the attention then moves to their octaves; which is defined as the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its own frequency. Some correctly call the interval a "perfect octave", and in guitarland, octaves are usually "one string one fret away". This handy fact helps memorize their location even though, occasionally, two strings and or two frets are involved (the same concept applies in that there will be some sort of string skipping). Next, and perhaps a bit unrelated, are unisons, which do often occur in guitar positionwork. Unisons are simply defined as when two or more music notes happen to sound the same pitch. In guitarland, it usually means "same note different string or fret". And very importantly, the term also implies that the unison occurs in the guitar position at hand. So that's it You'll find that THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the SIXTH POSITION is uncomplicated, straightforward and super easy to use. Its "picture worth a thousand words" visual based format allows one to take full advantage of the guitar fretboard material right away. You'll have fun discovering some fresh perspectives on your same old technical habits, while also adding some new twists and turns to your own technique. And as a little gift, THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the SIXTH POSITION also contains generous amounts of manuscript, tablature and fretboard paper too, the layout of which is very guitar friendly. To close, as always, thank you very kindly for including THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD in your library of fretboard knowledge needs...Enjoy.
Meet the author Walter Klosowski "Kapowski"! In addition to writing books like this, Mr. "Kapowski" is a professional guitarist, composer and public school music educator. He holds a Master's degree in Music Theory on scholarship with emphasis on classical guitar as well as a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory/Composition and Guitar Performance. He is also the recipient of the Piano Guild USA Sonatina Award as well as three NSFM piano federation competition pins. This book, THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD, formally introduces and explains the C A G E D shapes and how each fits into the SIXTH POSITION. The material is presented in a special way as to provide technical clarity and practicality to an all too often obscured subject area, that of the inner workings of the guitar fretboard. Having worked in the print music industry for over ten years, the series was authored by "Kapowski" in direct response to the lack of printed scholarly materials that focus only on the guitar positions and position work, all of which is especially evident at the onset of instruction. Compared to other members of the string instrument family, such as the violin, viola, cello and bass, there is no real technical standard in place that guitarists readily go to for position work. THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the SIXTH POSITION is one technical reference that checkmates this situation, and is very practical to use no matter what one's technical level. Enjoy!