Learn to play the guitar today with this best-selling method!
Designed for the complete beginner, this book will fast-track you towards playing your favorite songs. Featuring great sounding riffs, arpeggio patterns, chords, and progressions in a variety of styles including Rock, Pop, Blues, Country and Folk, this book teaches how to read music and play any acoustic or electric guitar.
*** This ENHANCED EDITION features VIDEO and AUDIO for every example! You can see how each one is played, then play with the BAND using the Play-A-Long music track! NOW INCLUDING full-page music and score animations to learn to play Guitar even FASTER!!! ***
Filled with plenty of tips, shortcuts and tricks, you will learn all the open chord shapes needed to play hundreds of free songs, as well as understand the correct posture, hand positions and fingering techniques that every guitarist should know.
No previous musical knowledge is necessary, as this modern illustrated method introduces all basic aspects of playing and reading music in one fun and easy to understand book. It teaches both open and rock chords, and also includes detailed information on essential theory, used by the world’s greatest musicians.
Using a fast and easy method, it introduces all major, minor, sixth, seventh, suspended, diminished and augmented chords, making it possible to play any free music for guitar. This includes basic music theory as it applies to guitar playing such as note values, beat counting, ghost strumming and time signatures.
A fun, straightforward and highly regarded introduction to playing rhythm guitar, this method is a favorite with teachers and students worldwide. After completing this book, you will be surprised at how easy it is to play guitar, and be inspired to continue develop your skills.
