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Guitar For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

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.  more

  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Aug-01-2009

guitar for dummies

i ordered this book came with a broke cd and i cannot get amazon to do any thing about it

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jul-27-2009

Great Book! Easy to read. Easy to learn!

I bought this book not knowing hardly anything about guitars and simply had a hand-me-down guitar and wanted to learn how to play. This book is awesome is that it details everything you need to know. Has all the basics you need. It was very easy to understand and very easy to read. The cd that it...

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  • Posted: Jun-23-2009

Thorough and Easy to Follow Reference

I am new to guitar (obviously) and have an instructor. This book helps me to better understand the technical side of what my instructor discusses in our lessons. It has an easy to understand section for practically every topic a beginner would want to understand. I don't think this book or any...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jun-02-2009

great way to get started

It had been a number of years since I had picked up a guitar, and I just wanted something to get me started again. This book is laid out logically, and has good, easy to follow diagrams. the explanations are easy to understand. It comes with a CD to play along with. THis was a good buy.

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  • Posted: Apr-16-2009

This Dummy is Learning Something!

I thought twice about buying this book, but after a few lessons, I feel really confident I can learn to play the guitar with it. Great buy!

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  • Posted: Apr-06-2009

good book but dont use it much

this book is nice and I learned some stuff from it, but i really dont use it that much.

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  • Posted: Mar-30-2009

Great first guitar book

I started learning to play the guitar and bought several guitar books (Rock Guitar for Dummies, several others) and found they assumed I had some level of knowledge. This book starts at square one and is designed to build a foundation to work from as your skills progress. I highly recommend it.

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  • Posted: Feb-15-2009

Outstanding

I'm not much of a book person but this one keeps my attention quite well. You go over everything and get a few chord charts as well.If you are a beginner or an intermediate, this book is for you and worth every penny.

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  • Posted: Feb-07-2009

Guitar Basics

I thought the book was great but the CD was a little hard to listen to. It was hard to play with the CD because the background music was too over powering. If it was just the guitar strings being played it would have been a five star review.

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jan-19-2009

Guitar

I purchased this book for my 15 yr old nephew; he thought it was a joke. He had not heard of the "Dummies" books. He started to look through it and thought it was really cool. I always turn to these books when I need "easy to understand" advice.

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