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Guitar History

Guitar History

Author(s): Jesse McCann

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2021

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$120.34 USD

ISBN 9781792452253

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Guitar History offers an exciting view of the guitar’s development from antiquity to today. Each chapter contains vivid narratives accompanied by video lectures, audio and visual demonstrations, and special spotlight sections that offer a closer look at the diversity of contributors to the instrument.  

Chapter 1 Antiquity
Chapter 2 The Lute & Vihuela
Chapter 3 Early Guitars
Chapter 4 The first Golden Age of the Classical Guitar
Chapter 5 the Classical Guitar in Transition
Chapter 6 The Guitar's Development in the United States
Chapter 7 The Guitar Goes Electric
Chapter 8 The Rise of the Electric Guitar Virtuoso and Beyond

Jesse McCann

Jesse McCann is a professor of guitar and the director of the guitar studies program at Portland State University. An award-winning guitarist, he has recorded and toured internationally both as a soloist and in the critically acclaimed group the Oregon Guitar Quartet. He is the host of the Tactical Guitarist podcast and has authored several books on guitar history and teaching.

Guitar History offers an exciting view of the guitar’s development from antiquity to today. Each chapter contains vivid narratives accompanied by video lectures, audio and visual demonstrations, and special spotlight sections that offer a closer look at the diversity of contributors to the instrument.  

Chapter 1 Antiquity
Chapter 2 The Lute & Vihuela
Chapter 3 Early Guitars
Chapter 4 The first Golden Age of the Classical Guitar
Chapter 5 the Classical Guitar in Transition
Chapter 6 The Guitar's Development in the United States
Chapter 7 The Guitar Goes Electric
Chapter 8 The Rise of the Electric Guitar Virtuoso and Beyond

Jesse McCann
Jesse McCann

Jesse McCann is a professor of guitar and the director of the guitar studies program at Portland State University. An award-winning guitarist, he has recorded and toured internationally both as a soloist and in the critically acclaimed group the Oregon Guitar Quartet. He is the host of the Tactical Guitarist podcast and has authored several books on guitar history and teaching.