Alfred Publishing Eyre Banning - Guitar Atlas - Africa + CD - Guitar
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Summary of This Book
Recognized for his expertise in African guitar music, Banning Eyre takes you to the heart of several essential traditions, highlighting their roots, founding figures, and evolutions. The goal is clear: to understand where each style comes from and, above all, to identify what characterizes it musically (rhythmic placement, melodic vocabulary, articulation, motif-based playing, interactions between bass lines and treble parts).
Throughout the pages, you explore approaches as diverse as Congolese guitar and its sense of groove, the mbira world and its hypnotic cycles, Malian blues and its modal colors, as well as juju and its danceable pulse. Each chapter helps you identify dominant techniques and playing habits to adopt for an authentic sound. The examples are presented in notation and tablature, making this method accessible both to readers of standard notation and guitarists accustomed to TAB. The included CD serves as an audio reference to grasp nuances, lock in your timing, and learn "without hassle," following the demonstrations and compositions provided.
Technical specifications
| Publication | Methods | ||
| Artist | Banning Eyre | Genre | guitar method, African music |
| Instrumentation | guitar | ||
Questions frequently asked
Which African styles are studied in Guitar Atlas Africa?
The method covers Congolese guitar, mbira cycles, Malian blues, and juju. Each chapter places the roots, founding figures, and evolution of the tradition in context.
Does the Guitar Atlas Africa book include tablature?
The examples are provided in musical notation and guitar tablature.
What is the purpose of the CD included with Banning Eyre's method?
The CD offers demonstrations and compositions related to the book's content. It helps to identify playing nuances and work on rhythmic timing. Listening also aids in following the patterns and interactions between bass lines and higher parts.
Which African guitar techniques are explained?
The work analyzes rhythmic placement, melodic vocabulary, and articulation specific to the presented styles. Playing in patterns and the dialogue between bass lines and high parts are among the studied points.
Is this method suitable without reading standard notation?
Thanks to the included tablature, learning can rely on TAB without solely requiring the reading of notation.
