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Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics
Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics
Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics
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Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics

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Release dateNov 1, 2014
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Riff Notes: Guitar String Basics

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    Riff Notes - Phill Dixon

    Copyright © 2014 by Phill Dixon and Christopher Jones

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, without written permission, except by a newspaper or magazine reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review.

    Published in 2014 by Hal Leonard Books

    An Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation

    7777 West Bluemound Road

    Milwaukee, WI 53213

    Trade Book Division Editorial Offices

    33 Plymouth St., Montclair, NJ 07042

    Printed in the United States of America

    Book design by Bill Gibson

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Dixon, Phill, 1980-

    Riff notes : guitar string basics / Phill Dixon & Christopher Jones.

    pages cm

    Includes bibliographical references.

    ISBN 978-1-4803-9204-5

    1. Guitar strings. I. Jones, Christopher, 1987- II. Title. III. Title: Guitar string basics.

    MT580.D58 2014

    787.87’192--dc23

    2014038004

    www.halleonardbooks.com

    Contents

    Introduction

    How a String Works

    Parts of a String

    Types of Strings

    Steel Strings

    Nylon Strings

    String Materials

    Specialty Strings

    String Thickness

    String Packaging

    D’Addario Nickel Wound XL Series

    Ernie Ball Nickel Wound Slinky Series

    Q&A

    Which strings should I get?

    When should I change my strings?

    How much do strings cost?

    Can I use

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