Book description
The bestselling music guide - now updated and with a FREE DVD!
Have you always wanted to learn 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 gives you everything a beginning or
intermediate guitarist needs: 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 guitar guide will take you through the
basics and beyond before you can say "Eric Clapton."
- Helps you choose the guitar and equipment that best fits your
needs and budget
- Shows you how to build strength and dexterity while playing
- Teaches you to play in different styles, including rock, blues,
folk, jazz, and classical
Fully revised and updated, with an all-new interactive DVD packed
with video and audio clips that help you learn, tune, and play along,
Guitar For Dummies is the perfect introductory guide for any
novice acoustic or electric guitar player.
CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part
of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.
Mark Phillips is Director of Music at Cherry Lane Music, where
he has edited or arranged the songbooks of artists such as John
Denver, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, and Metallica. Jon Chappell
is an award-winning multi-style guitarist, arranger, author, and
former editor-in-chief of Guitar and Home Recording magazines.
