Zen Guitar

Philip Toshio Sudo

Aug 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Unleash the song of your soul with Zen Guitar, a contemplative handbook that draws on ancient Eastern wisdom and applies it to music and performance.

Each of us carries a song inside us, the song that makes us human. Zen Guitar provides the key to unlocking this song—a series of life lessons presented through the metaphor of music.

Philip Sudo offers his own experiences with music to enable us to rediscover the harmony in each of our lives and open ourselves to Zen awareness uniquely suited to the Western Mind. Through fifty-eight lessons that provide focus and a guide, the reader is led through to Zen awareness. This harmony is further illuminated through quotes from sources ranging from Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis. From those who have never strummed a guitar to the more experienced, Zen Guitar shows how the path of music offers fulfillment in all aspects of life—a winning idea and an instant classic.

Ratings and reviews

You don't necessarily have to be a guitar player. Any musician or performing artist could gain from this regardless of their level of ability. While there's many books that teach how to play guitar. This one taught me why to play. And how to use the guitar and music to lead me to enlightenment. Loaned my copy once. When my friend returned it, he had bought one for himself and several copies to gift other musician friends. A lesser known, yet, important read, particularly for artists.

Read this book in the early 2000s and was so bummed when I gave it to a friend to read. But to my surprise, GBs has it ! If you get this book, you will be pleasantly surprised by the knowledge that it has. Get it !

Became a black belt, but everyday I put on my white belt ready to open my mind. This book is all heart, and that's what separates "Musicians" & "Players"...

About the author

Philip Toshio Sudo (1959–2002) was the eldest son of Japanese-American parents. He attended Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a Liberal Arts degree. He then went on to Columbia University, where he received his Master’s Degree in journalism. He is the author of Zen Guitar, Zen 24/7, Zen Sex, and The Book of Six Strings.