The Cambridge companion to the electric guitar / edited by Jan-Peter Herbst, Steve Waksman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herbst, Jan-Peter, editor.

Waksman, Steve, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to music.

Cambridge companions to music. Instruments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric guitar--History.

Electric guitar.

Electric guitar--Construction.

Electric guitar music--History and criticism.

Electric guitar music.

Electric guitar--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The electric guitar is one of the most important musical instruments and cultural artifacts of the 20th and 21st centuries and enjoys popularity worldwide. Designed for students, this Companion explores electric guitar technology and performance, and the instrument's history and cultural impact. Chapters focused on the social significance of the electric guitar draw attention to the ways in which gender and race have shaped and been shaped by it, the ecology of electric guitar manufacturing, and the participation of electric guitarists in online communities. Contributions on electric guitar history stretch the chronology backwards in time and broaden our ideas of what belongs in that history, and those addressing musical style investigate the cultural value of virtuosity while providing material analysis of electric guitar technique. The Companion's final section considers the electric guitar's global circulation, particularly in Africa, the Afro-Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Nov 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009224444

1009224441

9781009224437

1009224433

9781009224420

1009224425

OCLC:

1428418783