Guitar Atlas Africa: Your Passport to a New World of Music, Book & CD (National Guitar Workshop) (Paperback) - Common

by Banning Eyre

Banning Eyre, a nationally recognized expert in African guitar music, guides you through a variety of important styles, including congolese, mbira, Malian blues and juju. Explore the history and origin of each style including the pioneering musicians that developed them, and learn the dominant characteristics and techniques necessary to play this remarkable music. All material and examples are presented in standard notation and TAB for both lead and rhythm parts. A CD demonstrating all examples and compositions in the book makes learning easy and trouble-free for all players.

Genres: Music

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

Banning Eyre is a freelance writer and guitarist and the senior editor and producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide. He is the author of In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali, Playing With Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music, and Guitar Atlas: Africa, and the coauthor of AFROPOP! An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music. Eyre is a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and his writing has been published in Billboard, Guitar Player, Salon.com, the Boston Phoenix, CMJ, Option, Folk Roots, Global Rhythm, and other publications. He has also performed and recorded with Thomas Mapfumo.