All aspects of rock & jazz The electric guitar

Sebastian Kalamajski has written a very original guitar primer. Not that it lacks the traditional scale exercises, chord boxes and mouth watering descriptions of fantastic guitars and amps. But in this book, the student is addressed as a real person with hands that ache after several hours of rehearsing, seriously in doubt if he/she is ever going to make it as the new Jimi Hendrix. In The Electric Guitar, the guitarist receives important information on the physical and mental sides of playing the axe. The novice players are guided through pages of valuable advice on how to use their body, train their memory and keep up the motivation. You have never seen a guitar primer like this. The author's unique background as a jazz guitarist and medical student has made this fusion of the guitar and body possible, allowing the students to benefit both as professional players and persons.

If you don't relax and concentrate, you play badly. Everyone knows that. Do you?? The Electric Guitar tells you the exciting story of how your body actually does the playing for you. The Guitar Technique chapter is based on an original idea, combining medical knowledge with intuitive guitar techniques, more effective and fast than ever.

You learn how to focus your mind on the creative ideas, letting the technical stuff entirely behind you as you play. This takes a lot of training and blisters, but eventually makes you a much better guitarist. And as an extra bonus, it speeds up your general learning abilities.

Rehearsing many hours on the guitar can be painful and boring, unless you use the right method. This book provides you will all the mental tools for your daily work. You will improve your effectiveness and concentration radically.

Sebastian Kalamajski is a jazz guitarist and medical student. He was born in Poland but moved to Sweden, where he now lives. He regularly contributes with articles on Guitar9 and other guitar WEB sites.