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Book details
  • Genre:MUSIC
  • SubGenre:Musical Instruments / Guitar
  • Language:English
  • Series title:The Easyway to Play Music
  • Series Number:2
  • Pages:43
  • eBook ISBN:9781624889127

The Easyway to Play Guitar

by Joe Procopio

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Overview
THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR eliminates any and all fear of playing the Guitar and is guaranteed to lay a foundation in your learning Guitar that has no limits. It is the only ebook to learn how to play Guitar with the least effort from a master musician Joe Procopio who is the teacher of many successful guitar players worldwide including the the guitarist heard in the TV series Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Kojak. THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is without doubt the very best start for anyone who wants to learn how to either play a little Guitar or to master it.
Description
THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is the only music ebook that teaches you how to read and play Guitar at the same time. Most Guitar books simply show you how to imitate something that sounds like you know how to play Guitar when you really don’t. Others are filled with confusing chords charts that do not tell you where exactly to put your fingers and lastly most of them avoid the task of teaching you how to really read music. The few books that try are extremely expensive and usually come with devices that no one ever needed to learn to read music. THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR does all three. It teaches you how to read music, make and strum chords and play Guitar as a GUITARIST not as an imitator. In addition, THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is the best and LEAST EXPENSIVE method ebook for Guitar. It is designed to do all of the above - and more - at a price that everyone can afford. Professor Procopio is a master musician, guitarist and teacher with proven success and his purpose in writing this ebook is to make his successful method of making musicians and teaching Guitar available to as many people as possible. THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR ebook has 42 pages of instruction. It is written in two parts. Part I shows you how to read music and play guitar with all the easy to understand tools and elements of music. Part II is filled with a fail-safe method for fingering the most common chords on Guitar. Each section contains simple melodies and songs that will have you playing Guitar not only as a beginning Guitarist but also as a musician. To be sure, THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is guaranteed to lay a foundation in your learning Guitar with absolutely no limits. After all, Joe Procopio is the teacher of a great many successful guitar players worldwide including the the Guitarist heard in the TV series Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Kojak. THE EASYWAY TO PLAY GUITAR is without doubt the very best start for anyone who wants to learn how to either play a little Guitar or to master it.
About the author
Joe Procopio Artist/Composer/Conductor Professional Musician/ Artist/ Leader/Lead Alto Sax for many of the nation’s top recording artists including: Steve and Eydie Gorme, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Lawrence Welk, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Kathryn Grayson, Carmel Quinn, Don Cornell, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone, Rodney Dangerfield, Foster Brooks, The Vagabonds, The Ritz Brothers, Sammy Cohn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tiny Tim, Al Martino, Petula Clark, Wayne Newton, Pat Cooper, The Four Tops, The Spinners, etc. Lead Reed Central New York, Jack Palmer Orchestra 1970 – 1988 “The Procopio Brothers” Joe and Greg Procopio Sax and Guitar Duo 1976-1988 Artist/Writer Warner Brothers/Mercury/ Kama Sutra/Buddah Records 1965 – 1975 Child Prodigy “guest” guitarist for Miller, Dorsey, and other Big Bands Conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra student – summer 1963 Clarinetist Conservatory Of Milan, Italy 1964 Lead Alto Sax Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Savoy Theater Myrtle Beach, SC 1996 – 2000 Lead Reed Palace Theater MB,SC,’99-01: Chorus Line, Phantom, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Sunset Blvd,etc. Teacher/Administrator Miles Clark Endowed Chair, Music, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC 2001-2004 Chairman Music Department Cazenovia Central School Cazenovia, NY 1965 – 1988 Director Of Instrumental Music Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill, NC 1988 - 1993 Instructor Applied Music Cazenovia College Cazenovia, NY part-time 1978 – 1981 Deaconate St. James Church Cazenovia, NY, (candidate) Diocese of Syracuse, NY 1980 - 1988 Awards/Honors I am indexed. Listed in the Londeix as ‘Compositeur Americain’ in “150 Years Of Music For Saxophone” International Publication by Jean-Marie Londeix, Roncorp 1994 pg.212, pg.293 Teacher Of Guitarist T. Maxwell heard in TV’s Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files, Kojak Awarded membership in American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers 1987 Top 25 International and Award Of Excellence Music City Song Festival Nashville, TN 1986/1988 Recording Artist Award International Competition By Columbia Records and ASF 1982 Full Tuition Scholarship Conservatory Of Milan, Italy 1964 Conductor Scholarship Boston Symphony Orchestra (1 of 16 from 22 countries) 1963 Candidate Woodrow Wilson and Danforth Foundation Fellowships 1963 Publications “Basic Music Theory”, “Making Sense With Music” Books Pub. JoeCopio Music LLC Joe Procopio “Live In Concert” , “Saxology”, “All In My Life” “Pethoven” Special Music For Pets And People “Theme And Three Variations For Saxophone Alone” Premier at World Congress Saxophones ; “Barbie”, “St. Mary’s Song” JB Linear Music “Looking For The Good Life” Bear Down Pub; Title song for Dirty Dancing II Vestron 1988 “Arietta”; Flute Solo Lake State Publications Grand Rapids, MI; “Sudden Loneliness”, “Let Me Try” Kama Sutra NY, NY; “Love Believes” Sunrise Recs, Hollywood, CA; “Making Sense With Music”, The Easy Way To Read Music” etc. books/ solos Published by Gordie Music Chapel Hill, NC; Terry Tickle and His Swing City Big Band, Ravensong Records Education B.S. 1963 Education, Crane School Of Music, SUNY Potsdam, NY M.S. 1973 Education, Crane School Of Music, SUNY Potsdam, NY Certificate Of Music Conducting and Clarinet Boston Symphony Orchestra 1963 Certificate Of Music Conservatory Of Milan, Giuseppe Verdi Milan Italy 1964 Teachers Conducting: Robert Shaw, Igor Stravinsky, Eric Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy; Saxophone: Earl Bostic, Dr. James Stoltie; Clarinet: Gino B. Cioffi Principal Clarinet Boston Symphony Orchestra, A. Prisco Conservatory Of Milan, G.Boralli RAI Italia, Louis Marucci (protégé Pinti/ Toscanni); Guitar: Frank Vaccaro; Composition: Aaron Copland, Gunther Schuller