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Lesson Book

Instructions for Guitar

By Kurtus Richter

Hard copy main text is 120 Pages.

Over 100 pages of extra Supplements are also available.

Call for prices and ordering information for hard copy.

828-279-0955

Or Email

hkurtrichter@gmail.com

What's In The Book

Guitar-playing for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. 

Instruction in basic music theory, chords, and scales, along with

practical advice and lesson-plans for achieving desired skill levels.

Includes hundreds of helpful illustrations and chord & scale charts. 

Example Chapters:  Traditional Music Notation, Guitar Tablature,

The Fretboard, The Principal Chords, Basic Chord Compendium,

Advanced Chords, Chord Progressions, Fundamental Scales,

Special Scales, Pentatonic Scales, Blues & Rock Scales, and more. 
Includes several chapters explaining Modes, and how to use

them, along with advice on obtaining advanced skills, and a 

complete Syllabus of lesson-plans, from beginner to virtuoso.  

Included Supplements:  Blank fretboard templates, an explanation

of Harmonies, Jazz Chord charts, and tips on digital recording.  

Other Supplements Available:  CDs of original guitar music by

Kurtus Richter (genres: Rock-Jazz Fusion, Guitar-Synth, and Blues),

along with several CDs of cover-tunes, old and new, with chord

charts for every song.  Extensive lists of usable chord progressions

in all seven primary keys (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G), along with 4 

progressions based on ancient scales, 5 variations of them, and

13 special progressions based in Jazz and other popular genres. 

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Note:  The entire book is free here online, in the Blog.

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Also Available In The Blog:

Designing Guitar, Bass, and PA Speaker Cabinets

by Kurtus Richter.  Hard copy is136 pages.

In depth information on designing and building speaker cabinets for the guitar or bass, and for use in PA systems.  Includes the math behind popular cabinet dimension software, but also much non-math-based instruction, along with many complete workups and drawings for instrument and PA applications. 

Electric Guitar Data and Analog Circuit Collection

by Kurtus Richter.  Hard copy is 322 pages. 

A techincal manual for electronics technicians and hobbyists who service and design guitar electronics.  Example topics include Frequency vs. Loudness

& Gain, Passive On-Board Circuits, How to Make Pickups, The Physics of Vibrating Strings, Active On-Baord Circuits, Op-Amps, Power-Supplies, Passive and Active Effects Circuits, including Distortion Units, Octavizers, Reverbs & Delayers, Choruses & Flangers, Ring Modulators, and Switching Circuits.  There is also much information on Power-Amp Theory, Solid-State Power-Amp Design, and Tube-Amp Design, with appendices on Basic Electronics, tube fundamentals, transistors, loudspeaker specifications, and speaker cabinets. 

Introduction to Electronics for Guitarists

by Kurtus Richter.  Hard copy is 25 pages.

A primer on basic electronics tailored to guitarists interested in understanding the inner workings of their equipment.  Recommended for those without formal training but who wish to delve into the technical manual listed above.  

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I also give in-person lessons and do consulting in the Asheville, NC area. 

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Music Resume’ for Kurtus Richter

Talents:  Electric Guitar, Bass-Guitar, Guitar Technology, Audio Engineering.

North Carolina:
Born and raised in North Carolina.  Obtained first guitar at age 12; learned to play by ear. 
Played trombone in Jr. High School, where first learned music theory.  Began composing
original guitar-music at age 16.  Won High School talent-show with first rock-band (age 17). 
Aced course in music theory in High School (age 17).  Designed original guitar on-paper,
and started studying basic electronics (age 19).  Played part-time in volunteer religious
orchestras (Christian) for 3 years.  Became guitar repairman and teacher at small music
store (age 23).  Spent much time jamming around town with garage bands.

Texas:
Moved to Texas at age 24.  Started studying math and physics and doing library research
as new hobbies.  Kept day-jobs as repairman while jamming around town with local garage
bands.  Earned a certificate in electronics repair; started focus on audio electronics design. 
Founded the non-profit East Texas Musicians Association, in Tyler, TX (1983), sponsoring
shows and serving as a musician’s referral service.   Continued practicing the guitar and
composing original guitar-music privately. 

Colorado:
Moved to Denver at age 32.  Continued library research, and began to write fiction as a new

hobby, in addition to continuing practicing the guitar and writing originals.  Kept day-jobs in
repair while working part-time as a lead-guitarist in nightclubs (for 6 years).  Became locally
popular under the stage-name Kurtus Maximus.  Also continued studying audio electronics,
in addition to studying electrical/electronics technology to enhance day-job skills.  It was while working with Rock-bands in those years that took me to the shredder level.   

North Carolina:
Moved back to North Carolina at age 39.  Kept day jobs in repair trades while working part-
time as a guitarist in nightclubs.  Also worked part-time as an audio engineer (sound-man)
for regional bands.  Spent a year playing lead-guitar with house-band at a large nightclub. 
Taught guitar for two semesters at Isothermal Community College, Spindale, NC.  Wrote
instruction booklet Basic Lessons for the Guitar (precursor to this book).  Began designing
guitar amplifiers and effects-devices (mostly on paper, but building some prototypes here
and there).  Attended college at Isothermal, where I also worked part-time as an audio-video
technician.  Started writing a technical manual titled Electric-Guitar Data and Analog-Circuit
Collection (now completed, but unpublished).  Graduated with 3-year AS Degree in Math
and Computers from Isothermal, then spent 1.5 years as a full-time student in the Physics
program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  While in college, I independently
studied theoretical physics and pure mathematics far in excess of curriculum requirements,
and also completed the first recordings of 3 hours of all original guitar music.

Personal Comments:

This highlights my major musical accomplishments but gives little detail.  For instance, it
does not say that I have spent my entire working life from age 16 practicing the guitar while holding down day-jobs (finally becoming a professional Industrial Engineer by my mid fifties).  I also continued to learn many popular songs, write my own stuff, and practice difficult scales and licks on a routine basis.  In Denver, besides learning leads note-for-note from Rock songs and Fusion music by famous players (such as Van-Halen, Satriani, Slash, and others) for working in bands, I also did a lot of note-for-note learning just for personal benefit.  While in Denver, I put in three years each with two Rock-bands that became very popular locally; playing cover-tunes in beer-halls and biker-bars.  It was there that I established myself as a shredder, acquiring the stage-name Kurtus Maximus (given to me by a drummer), and started getting advertised by name in a local entertainment weekly, before deciding to move back to North Carolina.  Today I am retired and divide my time between making recordings, composing new songs, playing in two bands, writing fiction novels, and doing reserach for my novels. 


Contact Information:  Cell (828) 279-0955.  Email hkurtrichter@gmail.com.

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More Music by Kurtus Richter

 

All my albums can be heard free on AudioMack.  Click the link below. 


https://audiomack.com/search?q=Kurtus%20Richter

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