How to Play Guitar
Everything You Need to Know to Play the Guitar
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · December 10, 2001
In How to Play Guitar guitar players of all levels will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration.
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- Who it’s for
- Step-by-step guitar instruction uses real music to cover techniques from chords to fingerpicking.
- Themes
- Guitar instruction, Playing techniques, Music styles
- Genres
- Guitar, Techniques & Skills, Music Resources
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In How to Play Guitar guitar players of all levels will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration. Whether you want to play pop, folk, country, rock, blues, jazz, classical, or any other style of music, you will pick up the basic techniques without tedious drills and exercises.
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Using real music and a step-by-step approach, How to Play Guitar will teach you about: - Choosing and buying a guitar - Tuning your instrument correctlyReading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature - Playing melodies with chordsFingerpicking - Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes - Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
Guitar Techniques
Step-by-step guitar instruction uses real music to cover techniques from chords to fingerpicking.
Come here for
- Choosing and buying a guitar, then tuning it correctly
- Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature
Expect
- Playing melodies with chords and fingerpicking
- Left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes
Where it sits
| Guitar | 96% |
|---|---|
| Techniques & Skills | 48% |
| Music Resources | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Music Study
- Guitar
- Authors
- Roger Evans
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- December 10, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Guitar instruction · Playing techniques · Music styles
- Reading lane
- Music Study