Guitar For Dummies, with DVD

Guitar For Dummies, with DVD

Author: Visit Amazon's Mark Phillips Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1118115546 | Format: EPUB

Guitar For Dummies, with DVD Description

From the Back Cover

The bestselling music guide — now updated!

Gearing up to play the guitar? Whether you're a new or seasoned player, this handy guide makes it easy. You get expanded coverage of musical styles ranging from rock, blues, and jazz to folk and classical; you'll also find updated photos, new songs, and the latest advancements in guitars and accessories to keep you up to speed.

Guitar 101 — find out how to tune a guitar, read guitar tablature, pick and strum, and produce a clean, clear, buzz-free tone
Start playing — jump right in with real music by strumming major and minor chords, picking single-note melodies, and adding color to your music with 7th chords
Be cool — move beyond the basics and discover how to play lead and rhythm guitar, use barre chords, and create cool-sounding effects
Find your style — discover the many popular music styles for playing acoustic and electric guitar, including rock, blues, folk, classical, and jazz — and everything in between!

Bonus DVD includes

More than 50 short videos that show you how to play key examples, more than 150 audio recordings of the songs and exercises in the book, printable chord sheets, and tab paper

Please see DVD appendix for complete system requirements.

Open the book and find:

The parts and workings of the guitar
Everything you need to play chords and scales
How to play hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and bends
Helpful guidance on shopping for a guitar
What to look for in guitar amps, effects, cases, and accessories
Fast and easy instructions to tune your guitar, change strings, and more
Plenty of music examples and hands-on instruction
Strum basic chords and play simple melodies
Tune, change strings, and make simple repairs
Expand your range with songs using special techniques

Play along with the videos and audio tracks on the interactive DVD

About the Author

Mark Phillips is Director of Music at Cherry Lane Music, where he has edited or arranged the songbooks of artists such as John Denver, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, and Metallica. Jon Chappell is an award-winning multi-style guitarist, arranger, author, and former editor-in-chief of Guitar and Home Recording magazines.

Product Details
Table of Contents
Reviews

Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: For Dummies; 3 edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118115546
ISBN-13: 978-1118115541
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Introduction 1

Part I: So You Wanna Play Guitar 9

Chapter 1: Guitar Basics 11

Chapter 2: Tuning Your Guitar 17

Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Play 25

Part II: Starting to Play: The Basics 37

Chapter 4: Getting Started by Strumming Chords 39

Chapter 5: Playing Melodies — Without Reading Music! 57

Chapter 6: Adding Some Spice with 7th Chords 67

Part III: Beyond the Basics: Starting to Sound Cool 83

Chapter 7: Playing in Position 85

Chapter 8: Doubling Up with Double-Stops 95

Chapter 9: Stretching Out: Barre Chords 103

Chapter 10: Special Articulation: Making the Guitar Talk 127

Part IV: A Pile of Styles 153

Chapter 11: Let’s Rock: Rock Guitar Basics 155

Chapter 12: Bluer Than Blue: Blues Guitar Basics 183

Chapter 13: Around the Campfi re: Folk Guitar Basics 207

Chapter 14: Maestro, If You Please: Classical Guitar Basics 233

Chapter 15: Sunglasses and Berets: Jazz Guitar Basics 249

Part V: A Guitar of Your Own 263

Chapter 16: Shopping for a Guitar 265

Chapter 17: Guitar Amps, Effects, Cases, and Accessories 281

Chapter 18: Changing Your Strings 297

Chapter 19: Guitar Wellness: Basic Maintenance 309

Part VI: The Part of Tens 325

Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Guitarists You Should Know 327

Chapter 21: The Ten Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time 331

Part VII: Appendixes 341

Appendix A: How to Read Music 343

Appendix B: 96 Common Chords 353

Appendix C: How to Use the DVD 357

Index 371

I wanted to review this because all of the other reviews were from beginners. I consider myself somewhere between "Advanced Beginner" and "Low Intermediate" and wanted to give a review from there: would you learn anything if you already knew a bit about guitar and would it be a lot or a little?

I was very pleased with this book. First, I liked that the author, Mark Phillips, got right into the basics and saved all the part about how to choose a guitar for much later on. I think it's a very good book for beginners--shows what everything means, where it is, how to play single notes and chords, gives you songs to work on.

Beyond that, I liked that it covers a lot of different things--keys/chord families, how to read music, how to read tablature, and a variety of styles of strums and genres--a taste of classical, blues, jazz, rock, folk, fingerstyle, etc. This is excellent when you're beginning as you can see what type of guitar playing you really gravitate to--and it may not be only the kind of music you listen to. There are many examples and the directions for everything are very clear.

But what really sold me on this book is the DVD. It has 150 examples and they are VERY well demonstrated. I loved the way there were two images showing how to play at the same time--your left hand in one corner and your right hand, showing the fretting, down below. Perfect for "learning by doing". Even in a class, you rarely would get the chance to see the hand position/finger positions so close up and have a chance to study the techniques. Demonstrations of things like hammering on were so well done--so much different watching and imitating than just doing it from reading.

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