Teach Yourself to Play Guitar [With CD (Audio)]

(Guitar Educational). This best-selling title is now available with demonstration audio tracks available online for download or streaming Teach Yourself to Play Guitar was created specifically for the student with no music-reading background. With lesson examples presented in today's most 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 method books. It also covers power chords, barre chords, open position scales and chords (major and minor) and single-note patterns and fills; includes 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.

Author: Hal Leonard Corp
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 47
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781423442684

About the Author
Hal Leonard Corp: - Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest source of music performance and instructional materials, with a catalog of over a million products in both physical and digital form. They represent many of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time and publish and distribute works from all genres of music for all styles of musicians and ensembles.