Product Overview
Published by Oxbow Publications. Harmonic Melody Guitar Method reveals the information and secrets that took the author half a lifetime to discover. The book doesn’t disappoint! He explains music in a way that strips away the mystery and arcane language hiding the simple secrets of music, and, even better, he also provides a new notation method that allows you to quickly play the guitar like a master. Newel was brought in to teach his harmonic melody method at university level. Over 25 years, he has taught nearly 4000 students, both beginning and advanced. So now, finally, you are able learn the secrets of how to play Harmonic Melody on the guitar. This is where three to six or more notes are played together at the same time, on the same instrument, and by the same person. As common as harmonic melody is when played by orchestras, or on keyboards, there have only been a few artists that have mastered playing harmonic melody style on the guitar. The reason is simple: staff notation does not show the actual finger placement of chords and, just as importantly, gives no instruction for the right hand fingering (Some of the same things can be said of numeric-tablature for guitar). The reason is: the right language for the style has just not been available! This is why the guitar has only been mainly used to accompany others, or to play single-notes melodies. But, No More! The secret of harmonic melody on the guitar is in the GuitarPerfect™ fretboard notation symbol developed by the author. The upper half of the symbol shows you how to place the fingers of the left hand on the chord (like the traditional full-picture fretboard symbol), but then, the lower half of the symbol, developed by the author, shows you (for the first time) exactly how to play the melody and the harmony of each note of the song at the same time with the right hand, either in simple or finger-style (arpeggio). This whole new idea is MARVELOUS, and opens the world of ultimate guitar to virtually anyone! Everything about the new GuitarPerfect symbol is fully explained on the outside of the back cover. Also in this book: Explanation of the mystery of chord construction and usage-- the history of melody creation and how chords came to be. Music theory, long believed to only belong to special geniuses is so simple, that when Newel explains it all, anyone interested in doing so, can become an near-instant musician and song writer. The songs in the book are chosen specifically to allow you to progress from simple to complex; from beginning to advanced. The songs are evergreen, meaning they have been around a long time, and promise to yet be around a long time. The author has alsowritten three other books containing many nursery rhymes and hymns, which will give you a nice selection from which to choose and play, with a book of Christmas music to be available soon. And, sometime in the not too distant future, an anthology of well-known popular vintage and contemporary music will soon be available.
