The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Guitar
August 8, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster
- ISBN13: 9780028642444
- Condition: New
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Product Description
Learn to play the guitar using this quick and easy guide. Whether you dream of playing classical guitar, a B.B. King lick, or just the opening bars to “Stairway to Heaven,” this book can get you there. This easy-to-use guide introduces the beginning guitarist to all styles of playing, from classical to jazz and pop. Using basic exercises and a selection of popular tunes, it shows how to do everything from reading tablature and chord diagrams to performing simple a… More >>
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Guitar
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This book is not for beginners. I’ve been playing guitar for about one year and am still taking professional lessons. I bought the book just to have as an extra source. The book starts off by having the player grow his fingernails so he can play with his fingers. What is that all about? FORGET THIS BOOK IF YOU PLAN TO USE A GUITAR PICK LIKE 99% OF ALL PLAYERS DO. I just don’t understand the author’s theory here.
Rating: 2 / 5
An amendment to my review above. Mr. Noad was very kind to correspond with me to get specifics, and we managed to clear up some confusion — in one piece, the side-by-side tab and notated version of a piece had different meanings attached to the numbers used, so while it was confusing, and the explanation for why this occurs was buried 30 pages back, it wasn’t inaccurate. (There were still missing or mismarked notes in the piece, however.) Mr. Noad has said he will clear up the confusion and errors in the next edition.
Again, let me emphasize that the writing is very engaging, and it gives one a good flavor of many different guitar styles. Mr. Noad knows his stuff, and can write about it well. But there are some fairly notable (ahem) musical typos that may confuse folks who start with a musical blank slate. If you use your common sense tho, you’ll be fine. (And I can certainly prove that Mr. Noad cares about his readers!) The virtues of this edition far outweigh the drawbacks, and they have to sell out this edition so they can publish a much better second one — but you don’t want to wait until then to learn to play the guitar, do you? Carpe diem!
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this book along with my brand new guitar, and what did i learn? nothing…the book is not for a beginner, maybe it works as a reference book, but it doesn’t teach how to play guitar…i don’t have time to take lessons, i need to learn guitar by my own, and this book was not the one i needed, that takes me back to looking for a better book
Rating: 1 / 5
this book is is full of super basic information if you own a guitar and took 4 lessons you would be beyond this book. i expected it to go into more relevant playing styles but did not really happen. if you are an emo rocker want-to-be just picking up you very first guitar then by all means get this and sit alone strumming you little heart out, but if you are really trying to get beyond your fisher price my first guitar start some where else. it is not a bad book just very very slow moving and i would say that if if your guitar does not look like the one on the cover. DO NOT GET THIS BOOK. i would recommend it to my grand mother to please the shady-pines crew. i know she would find it her speed.
Rating: 2 / 5
Product received as described with disk intact. Am pleased with purchase and would buy again in future.
Rating: 5 / 5