Guitar For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))
Guitar sales are on the rise, jumping from 1.7 million sold in 2000 to nearly 2 million in 2003. Now revised and updated, this is the perfect introductory guide for all those novice acoustic and electric guitar players. It offers easy, step-by-step instruction on fingering chords, strumming and picking, using specialized techniques like the slide, and playing in a wide range of guitar styles--from rock and blues to folk and classical--plus tips on selecting the right guitar, maintaining it, and finding the best accessories. For this new edition, the authors provide expanded coverage of guitar styles including a whole new chapter on jazz guitar--well as fresh practice pieces and techniques, and updated charts, illustrations, photographs, and resources. Mark Phillips (Bayside, NY) is a guitarist, arranger, and editor with more than 30 years in the music publishing field. Phillips has served as Director of Music and Director of Publications at Cherry Lane Music, where he has edited or arranged the songbooks of such artists as John Denver, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, and Metallica, and has served as Music Editor for Guitar and Guitar One magazines. Jon Chappell (Rye, NY) is a multistyle guitarist, transcriber, and arranger. He is currently Editor in Chief of Guitar magazine, Technical Editor of Guitar Shop magazine, and musicologist for Guitarra, a classical magazine. His other books include Rock Guitar For Dummies (0-7645-5356-9).
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:
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.?
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72 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
Not Much Help
This product had absolutley no help to me I didn't understand a thing but then I got the book teach yourself to play guitar and now I'm playing my guitar every single day.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 27, 2007 Type: User Review |
Freakin Awesome!
I love teaching myself things, and this is my first "for dummies" book... I like it more than candy... It tells you tips, and tricks, and answers practically all your questions. Oh, and it lets you jump right into playing songs if you want...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
Fun Guitar Learning Book
I really liked this book and been teaching myself electric guitar for a couple of months. I got this book because I want to start playing songs (even if they were simple campfire songs). The DVD I bought to help me learn had me practicing chords...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 07, 2007 Type: User Review |
well-rounded for guitar newbies, but weak on theory
I have the First Edition of Guitar For Dummies, so my comments apply to that one. Guitar For Dummies really is geared to beginners; it's friendly, sometimes funny, and it more or less leads you through by hand in a tutorial style. I especially...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Playing for 25 Years And I've Learned Good Things From This Book
I've been playing acoustic and electric guitar - in bands and solo - for 25 years, and while I'm not that technically accomplished, I can hold my own jamming with others in rock and blues contexts.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Truly, a book for the rest of us (dummies)
I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. To me (and many others I'm sure)the guitar is the world's 'coolist' instrument. But it always seemed impossible, that is until I found this book.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Guitar for Dummies
I bought it for my daughter and it was the one that she requested. Th book arrived quickly and she is already starting to practice.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Guitar for Dummies
I should have known better than ordering another worthless guitar instruction book. I have been trying to learn how to play the guitar for over 50 years now and I have yet to find an instruction book that tells you how really to play more than...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 24, 2006 Type: User Review |
A great refrence book
Basically I use this as a refrence book, unfornately a lot of these books show the classical guitar style. For example, how to play mary had a little lamb and old mc donald. Aside from the cheesy old song the cd doesn't really sound like the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 28, 2006 Type: User Review |
The perfect study book for beginners!
I love this guitar study book! Not only does it begin with the very basics, but it's also written a funny way. It isn't dull at all, it's actually fun to read this book. It's even illustrated with funny cartoons. After each lesson you can play...
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