The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing

Seth F. Josel and Michelle Lou have put together this book – not least inspired by a new generation of soloists who, through their extraordinary skills, have paved the way to a new understanding of instrumental performance practice.

This book presents detailed explanations of what is technically possible on the instrument as well as the accompanying electronic components. Composers will especially benefit from the research and elaborate analyses of contemporary e-guitar literature that include many examples of the instrument in chamber and ensemble musical settings. Also shown are diverse ways in which contemporary music for the e-guitar has been notated.

The book explores various right and left hand techniques, harmonics, use of foreign objects, signal processing, amplification and the e-guitar’s relatives. Of particular interest are extensive charts of multiphonics, and effects. Online sound files document a variety of the techniques illustrated in the book.

With contributions by Richard Barrett, Daniel Brew, Daryl Buckley, Juan Parra Cancino, Nicolas Collins, Thomas Ciszak, Yaron Deutsch, Nicholas Deyoe, Wieland Hoban, Douglas Osmun, Aart Strootman, Ming Tsao, Samuel Vriezen. Interviews with Yaron Deutsch, Nicholas Deyoe, and Dan Lippel.