Teach yourself to play guitar
"This book provides a quick, effective, un-complicated, and practical method to playing guitar. Get started right away and learn at your own pace in the comfort of your home."
| Main Author: | Brewster, David M. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Musical Score |
| Language: | English |
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Milwaukee, WI :
Hal Leonard Corporation.,
[2004]
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Table of Contents:
- Getting started: Guitar anatomy, fingerboard diagrams, pitch, hand and finger placement, picking and strumming, posture and position, tuning
- How to read and interpret the notation used in this book: Chord diagrams, tablature, rhythm notation
- Open-position chords: major scale: G chord (1), G chord (2), C chord, D chord ; Amazing grace ; Home on the range
- Open-position chords: minor scale: Am chord, Em chord, Dm chord ; The strumming song ; When Johnny comes marching home
- Power chords: Basic power chords, power chord boogie ; 12-bar blues progression ; AC/DC-style rock progression
- Single-note patterns: Major, minor, and combined single-note patterns ; Extended single-note riff 1 ; Extended single-note riff 2
- Open-position scales: Major, minor, and pentatonic scales in open-position ; Auld lang syne ; The sailor's hornpipe (Popeye's theme)
- Barre chords: Open-position, 5-string, and full barre chords, major/minor barre chord composition ; Scarborough Fair ; Canon in D.