Description
This best-selling title is now available with a demonstration CD! Teach Yourself to Play Guitar was created specifically for the student with nomusic-reading background. With lesson examples presented in today's mos t popular tab format, which also incorporates simple beat notation for accurate rhythm execution, Teach Yourself to Play Guitar offers the beginning guitarist not only a comprehensive introduction to essential guitar-playing fundamentals, but a quick, effective, uncomplicated and practical alternative to the multitude of traditional self-instructional methodbooks. It also: covers power chords, barre chords, open position scales and chords (major and minor), and single-note patterns and fills; inclu des lesson examples and song excerpts in a variety of musical styles - rock, folk, classical, country and more; familiarizes the student with fretboard organization, chord patterns, hand and finger positions, and guitar anatomy by way of easy-to-interpret diagrams, photos and illustrations; provides complete, concise explanations while keeping text to a minimum; and prepares the student for the option of further guitar instruction.