The “inner game” can be part of the problem or part of the solution. For the rest of the world who would like to better at playing the guitar (and who wouldn’t?) that’s a winning combination because he puts some of this on a silver platter for us have. The generosity side of Adam Rafferty includes the fact that among other accomplishments, he is a masterful educator who understands the process of how people learn. This book is a portrait of his musical journey including the wonder of first discovery, the middle-earth of the guitar that is colored by ‘what should I play’ and inevitable self-doubt, and the weekly tutelage under master-musician Mike Longo who challenged and shaped how he thinks as a musician.
“Adam Rafferty is generous and he has come to know the art of the guitar deeply. You need to own ‘The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar’ if you love to play and whether you aspire to share that love with your family and close friends or a world-wide audience of music lovers.Īny guitarist from beginner to performer can apply the lessons from ‘The Inner Game’ to elevate their playing to the next level and beyond.” He’s learned from the musical giants, and shares it freely in the pages of this book.
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You’ll learn how to practice effectively and how to move past technical skill and truly groove.Īdam has done it all, from classical guitar learned from the finest NYC teachers, to jazz guitar played with the great Harlem jazz bands, to modern fingerstyle guitar with Tommy Emmanuel.Īnd he shares it all in the pages of this wonderful book, just like he does on his teaching website, Īdam is a treasure. You’ll learn to select what pieces to play, and how to play them to entertain and captivate an audience. It tells you everything you need to know to become a true musician rather than just a guitarist. This is not “how to play fingerstyle guitar” it’s much better. “This is all of Adam Rafferty’s wisdom accumulated through his illustrious career, and from his amazing musical friends. Useful, sensible, helpful – and from the heart.“ The only other thing I have read by a musician that came close to this is “Effortless Mastery” by Kenny Werner, a wonderful book but a little bit “spaced out” – Mr Rafferty has a more down-to-earth approach. More than anything, this book is about what it means to you to have any involvement with music, whether you want an audience or not and how you can apply the same principles to other areas of life. If you care about the mysteries of how your music connects with an audience – whether at a family party or an open mic night or a “proper” gig – this book will lead you towards them. If you don’t know anything about music theory, then somehow you will by the time you’ve finished it, without having been weighed down by any “teaching”. It may not be what you expect – there are no pages of tab, or pieces of music, or pictures of exercises for your hand position or your scales or whatever. Just as Bruce Lee could teach you about philosophy and psychology and not just martial arts, so Adam Rafferty can give you advice that seriously improves, and yet goes way beyond, what happens when you pick up the guitar. Someone who is thoroughly absorbed in their field can see a wide range of meaning and applications in the field they love. It is a little bit of gold, an indispensable addition to the music library.
If you love the guitar, but feel you can’t get very far or don’t know what to do next, this book should speak to you. “ There are many fine guitar books available.