Full 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.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part IGuitar Basics 11
Chapter 2: Tuning Your Guitar 17
Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Play 25
Part II: Starting to Play: The Basics 37
Chapter 4: Getting Started by Strumming Chords 39
Chapter 5: Playing Melodies Without Reading Music! 57
Chapter 6: Adding Some Spice with 7th Chords 67
Part III: Beyond the Basics: Starting to Sound Cool 83
Chapter 7: Playing in Position 85
Chapter 8: Doubling Up with Double-Stops 95
Chapter 9: Stretching Out: Barre Chords 103
Chapter 10: Special Articulation: Making the Guitar Talk 127
Part IV: A Pile of Styles 153
Chapter 11: Let s Rock: Rock Guitar Basics 155
Chapter 12: Bluer Than Blue: Blues Guitar Basics 183
Chapter 13: Around the Campfi re: Folk Guitar Basics 207
Chapter 14: Maestro, If You Please: Classical Guitar Basics 233
Chapter 15: Sunglasses and Berets: Jazz Guitar Basics 249
Part V: A Guitar of Your Own 263
Chapter 16: Shopping for a Guitar 265
Chapter 17: Guitar Amps, Effects, Cases, and Accessories 281
Chapter 18: Changing Your Strings 297
Chapter 19: Guitar Wellness: Basic Maintenance 309
Part VI: The Part of Tens 325
Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Guitarists You Should Know 327
Chapter 21: The Ten Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time 331
Part VII: Appendixes 341
Appendix A: How to Read Music 343
Appendix B: 96 Common Chords 353
Appendix C: How to Use the DVD 357
Index 371
