The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar

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Jan-Peter Herbst (University of Huddersfield) Steve Waksman (Smith College, Massachusetts)

The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar

Jan-Peter Herbst (University of Huddersfield), Steve Waksman (Smith College, Massachusetts)

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Cambridge University Press
17 October 2024

Music; Theory of music & musicology; Electronic music; Guitar; History: specific events & topics

Series: Cambridge Companions to Music

The electric guitar is one of the most important musical instruments and cultural artifacts of the 20th and 21st centuries and enjoys popularity worldwide. Designed for students, this Companion explores electric guitar technology and performance, and the instrument's history and cultural impact. Chapters focused on the social significance of the electric guitar draw attention to the ways in which gender and race have shaped and been shaped by it, the ecology of electric guitar manufacturing, and the participation of electric guitarists in online communities. Contributions on electric guitar history stretch the chronology backwards in time and broaden our ideas of what belongs in that history, and those addressing musical style investigate the cultural value of virtuosity while providing material analysis of electric guitar technique. The Companion's final section considers the electric guitar's global circulation, particularly in Africa, the Afro-Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.

Edited by: Jan-Peter Herbst (University of Huddersfield), Steve Waksman (Smith College, Massachusetts)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781009224406
ISBN 10: 1009224409
Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 17 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan-Peter Herbst is Reader (Associate Professor) in Music Production at the University of Huddersfield. His background as a rock guitarist has led him to specialize in the study of electric guitar playing and rock and metal music production. Herbst has also edited The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music (2023). Steve Waksman is Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (1999), This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (2009), and Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé (2022).