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Summary:

"Designed for students and others seeking an up-to-date introduction, this Companion explores electric guitar technology, culture, and music. It approaches the instrument from multiple angles ranging from manufacture to virtuoso performance, from worldwide popularity to online communities, enabling a richer understanding of its global influence"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I. History. Personal Take I / Mike Astley-Brown ; The Misunderstood History and Prehistory of the Electric Guitar ; The Electric Guitar's "Golden Age" ; The Guitar Hero in Classic Rock
• Part II. Technology and Timbre. Personal Take II / Ulrich Teuffel ; They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To : Electric Guitar Design 1950-2022 ; Even in the Quietest Moments : Amplifying the Electric Guitar ; Stompbox Revolution : Electric Guitar Pedals and Tone
• Part III. Musical Style and Technique. Personal Take III / Samantha Bennett ; Technique vs. Virtuosity in the Instrumental Gesture : From Classical to Rock and from Rock to Contemporary Creation ; The Bass Guitar in Popular Music ; Thumping, Glitch, and Butterfly Tapping : Innovations in Guitar Technique in the New Millennium ; Rhythm Changes : Rhythm Guitar from Jazz to Funk
• Part IV. The Electric Guitar in Society. Personal Take VI / Pamela Cole ; Trailblazers, Self-Creators, and Provers: Celebrating Women in Electric Guitar ; Black Women : Race, Gender, Genre, and the Electric Guitar ; Ecological Entanglements: Following the Electric Guitar from Factory to Forest ; Electro-collectives: Virtual Guitar Communities
• Part V. The Global Instrument. Personal Take V / Azmyl Yunor ; African Electrical Networks ; Rhythm, Rasta, Rock, & 'Electric Avenue' : The Electric Guitar in Anglo-Caribbean Popular Music ; The Electric Guitar in Southeast Asia : A Serpentine Path.

Contributors:

Herbst, Jan-Peter , editor

Waksman, Steve , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Cambridge companions to music (Complete)

Subjects:

Electric guitar — History

Electric guitar — Construction

Electric guitar music — History and criticism

Electric guitar — Social aspects

Electric guitar

Electric guitar music

Social aspects

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed November 20, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

ML1015.G9 C363 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781009224420
1009224425
9781009224406 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1428418783