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Holistic Guidance - How to Play Guitar: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Guitar (How to Play)

How to Play Guitar: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Guitar (How to Play)
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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 787.87193
EAN: 9780312287061
ISBN: 0312287062
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2001-12-10
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin
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Editorial Reviews:
In How to Play Guitar guitar players of all levels will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration. Whether you want to play pop, folk, country, rock, blues, jazz, classical, or any other style of music, you will pick up the basic techniques without tedious drills and exercises. Using real music and a step-by-step approach, How to Play Guitar will teach you about:

· Choosing and buying a guitar

· Tuning your instrument correctly

· Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature

· Playing melodies with chords

· Fingerpicking

· Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes

· Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
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Summary: Helpful book
Comment: This book helped me out within five minutes of opening it. I have no time in my life for taking guitar lessons so I had been using the internet as a resource for learning to play as well as another book that I have. I had some basic skills, two scales, and a few chords in my arsenal but had been struggling mightily forming the C major chord. I was getting frustrated and thinking maybe my hands were too small and my fingers too fat to play this basic chord (and more complicated ones as well). One look at the drawing (from the player's perspective- rather than the front of the fretboard- of the left hand fingering of C major and I realized that I was going about it all wrong. My wrist angle was too perpendicular. I copied the drawing, and presto- C major. So I was quickly encouraged again.
There is nothing flashy about this book, but I have been having FUN going through it- which is pretty important when practicing and the whole point of playing the guitar I think. Rather than just show you where the notes are on the fretboard (which it does in the back as a reference) you learn them by playing simple songs like Beethoven's Ode To Joy. Very cool and I'm already impressing my wife even though it is pretty easy. I also like that it teaches you to read sheet music which I can't wait to learn (once I master the skills deemed necessary to get to that point). So buy this cheap book and have fun!
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Summary: How to Play a Guitar
Comment: I gave this book to my boyfriend, so I can't say much about it. But he was playing tunes the first day he opened the book. I was impressed
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Summary: Great Book For Beginners
Comment: I just picked up the guitar 2-3 weeks ago. This book has been my guide since before I bought the guitar and now that I am learning to play. At the thought of learning to play the guitar I was at first intimidated but this book does a great job of easing you into the guitar and playing.

I recommend it for similar folks learning to play.
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Summary: Helpful for getting back into guitar
Comment: I recently got back into my guitar hobby and this book has been invaluable to me. I agree with the others who appreciated the user-friendliness here. THe book skips the fluff and is concise, which I appreciate. It gives you all you need about finger position, how to pick, how to read notes, etc. Also has some great songs in there. Highly recommended as long as you're not an expert.
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Summary: Good book for a beginner
Comment: It's my first time to learn guitar, so finding a guide book is very important to me. This book is not expensive, but easy to read and follow.
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