Playing Guitar
DK · Paperback · September 3, 2013
Learning to play the guitar has never been easier!
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- Who it’s for
- From tuning and tablature to chords, lessons build practical guitar foundations.
- Themes
- Guitar fundamentals, Chord practice
- Genres
- Guitar, Techniques & Skills
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Start with this bookAbout this book
Learning to play the guitar has never been easier! Idiot's Guides: Playing Guitar begins with an introduction to different types of guitars and their parts, followed by helpful information on how to choose a guitar. You'll learn how to tune the guitar (supplemented with online audio), how to correctly hold it, how to read tablature, and about basic rhythm.
Continue reading
Much of the remainder of the book gives you easy-to-follow instructions on learning chords, and each lesson is followed by a fun practice session and a simple song with which to practice the newly learned chords. In addition to over-the-shoulder color photos showing fingering positions and accompanying two-color chord charts that show exactly what to do, you can hear the chords, exercises, and songs performed from additional content online.
Guitar Chord Lessons
From tuning and tablature to chords, lessons build practical guitar foundations.
Come here for
- Guitar types, parts, choosing, tuning, holding, and tablature.
- Chord lessons include practice sessions and simple songs.
Expect
- Online audio accompanies tuning, chords, exercises, and songs.
- Fingering photos and two-color chord charts show hand positions.
Where it sits
| Guitar | 97% |
|---|---|
| Techniques & Skills | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Guitar
- Music Resources
- Techniques & Skills
- Authors
- David Hodge
- Publisher
- DK
- Published
- September 3, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Guitar fundamentals · Chord practice
- Reading lane
- Guitar