Mark Phillips - Guitar For Dummies, with DVD

Guitar For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Mark Phillips and Jon Chappell

Guitar For Dummies, 3rd Edition

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About the Authors

Mark Phillips is a guitarist, arranger, and editor with more than 30 years in the music publishing field. He earned his bachelors degree in music theory from Case Western Reserve University, where he received the Carolyn Neff Award for scholastic excellence, and his masters degree in music theory from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, the most prestigious U.S. honor society for college and university music students. While working toward a doctorate in music theory at Northwestern, Phillips taught classes in theory, ear training, sight-singing, counterpoint, and guitar.

During the 1970s and early 80s, Phillips was director of Popular Music at Warner Bros. Publications, where he edited and arranged the songbooks of such artists as Neil Young, James Taylor, the Eagles, and Led Zeppelin. Since the mid-80s he has served as director of music and director of publications at Cherry Lane Music, where he has edited or arranged the songbooks of such artists as John Denver, Van Halen, Guns N Roses, and Metallica, and has served as music editor of the magazines Guitar and Guitar One.

Phillips is the author of several books on musical subjects, including Metallica Riff by Riff, Sight-Sing Any Melody Instantly, and Sight-Read Any Rhythm Instantly. In his non-musical life, Phillips is the author/publisher of a series of fun high school English textbooks, including The Wizard of Oz Vocabulary Builder, The Pinocchio Intermediate Vocabulary Builder, and Tarzan and Janes Guide to Grammar. For the reference value of his numerous publications, Phillips is profiled in Whos Who in America.

Jon Chappell is a multi-style guitarist, transcriber, and arranger. He attended Carnegie-Mellon University, where he studied with Carlos Barbosa-Lima, and he then went on to earn his masters degree in composition from DePaul University, where he also taught theory and ear training. He is a competition-winning flatpicker and fingerpicker, specializing in acoustic music.

Chappell was formerly editor-in-chief of Guitar magazine, founding editor of Home Magazine, and musicologist for Guitarra, a classical magazine. He has played and recorded with Pat Benatar, Judy Collins, Graham Nash, and Gunther Schuller, and he has contributed numerous musical pieces to film and TV. Some of these include Northern Exposure; Walker, Texas Ranger; All My Children; and the feature film Bleeding Hearts directed by actor-dancer Gregory Hines.

In his book publishing career, Chappell has served as associate music director of Cherry Lane Music where he has transcribed, edited, and arranged the music of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Mike Stern, and Eddie Van Halen, among others. He has more than a dozen method books to his name and is the author of Rock Guitar For Dummies (Wiley), Blues Guitar For Dummies (Wiley), Build Your Own PC Recording Studio (McGraw-Hill), and the textbook The Recording Guitarist A Guide for Home and Studio (Hal Leonard).

Dedication

Mark Phillips: For my wife, Debbie, and my children, Tara, Jake, and Rachel.

Jon Chappell: For my wife, Mary, and my children, Jen, Kate, Lauren, and Ryan.

Authors Acknowledgments

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Special thanks to Woytek and Krystyna Rynczak of W.R. Music Service for the music typesetting.

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