Guitar For Dummies
by Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell
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Author: Jon Chappell, Mark PhillipsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-14
ISBN: 0764599046
Number of pages: 408
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: Great way to get started!
Summary: 5 Stars
If I could do it over, I would start with this book. I've been playing now for 7 months, usually for 30 mins to two hours a day and I have taken lessons online, via web experts etc - but I have to say that this book doesn't miss a thing. So many teachers and online experts do miss a thing or two - they just assume you know when you don't (a big peeve for me!) Jon went through learning to play guitar a long time ago and obviously didn't forget a thing to leave out. If you get bored you can skip ahead and start to apply what he just taught you. Finally, the songs you learn are a little corny - but you do learn the important basics of chording, rhythm and timing - which is exactly what you need to do to play your favorite songs!
Update 06/30/09 I will now hit 2 years on the guitar on August 5th 2009 and I am re-reading this book again and re-discovering that everything you need to know is in this book. If you just slow down an make a concerted effort to understand what is written you might catch it the first time, but probably not because there is so much to learn. This is really a great beginners "reference book" as you are still going to have to seek out full songs and tabs you want to learn elsewhere. I have also been taking lessons for about a year and a major breakthrough for me was learning the pentatonic major and minor scales. I went back through the book and - doh! - there they were in plain sight, I had just missed the importance of them on my first read. On another example, I missed the 12-bar blues progressions explained as the roman numeral system (I, IV, V progression). After my teacher got me using them with backing tracks, I looked back in this book and - you guessed it - they are there in plain sight. I guess my point is that is ONE book that you can use over and over - and should - because there is a lot to learn and you won't absorb it immediately. Learning guitar is a journey and you can never really learn guitar from one source. But you can get started with a good tool. This is a great at home tool that should help me for the next few years at least.
Summary of Guitar For Dummies
Have you always wanted to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster. . . Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode". . .B.B. King making his "Lucille" cry the blues. No doubt about it?guitars are cool.Guitar For Dummies 2nd Edition tells you everything a beginning or intermediate guitarist needs to know: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it, this book has it all?and you don't even need to know how to read music. Full of photo-illustrated exercises and songs you can play to practice the techniques discussed in each section, this step-by-step guide will take you through the basics and beyond before you can say "Eric Clapton." You'll learn how to:
- Match yourself with the guitar and equipment that fits your needs and budget
- Select the right accessories: amps, picks, pedals, capos, cases, and other goodies
- Pick and strum to produce a clean, clear, buzz-free tone
- Know whether you're really in tune
- Play melodies without reading music
- Perform basic guitar maintenance and repairs
- Build strength and dexterity while playing
- Play in different styles, including rock, blues, folk, jazz, and classical
- Make your guitar talk with bends and slides!
Fully revised and updated, with an all new interactive CD that allows readers to listen, learn, tune, and play along, Guitar For Dummies 2nd Edition is the perfect introductory guide for any novice acoustic or electric guitar player.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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