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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. 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 correctly
· Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature
· Playing melodies with chords
· Fingerpicking
· Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes
· Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
Roger Evans has helped nearly half a million readers learn to play an instrument on their own. His other books include How to Play Piano and How to Play Keyboards
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. 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 correctly
· Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature
· Playing melodies with chords
· Fingerpicking
· Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes
· Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
Synopsis
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. 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 correctly
- Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature
- Playing melodies with chords
- Fingerpicking
- Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes
- Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
Synopsis
Roger Evans' How to Play series has helped nearly half a million readers learn to play an instrument. These comprehensive, easy-to-understand guides are designed for everyone -- even those who have never read music or picked up an instrument.
Covers all the basics, including:
-- Buying and maintaining your instrument
-- Reading sheet music
-- Proper technique and finger positioning
-- Playing by ear
-- Chords, and much more.
Easy-to-follow diagrams, drawings, and photographs reinforce lessons throughout. By using popular tunes as practice pieces rather than repetitive drills and boring exercises, How to Play Guitar, How to Play Piano, and How to Play Keyboards make learning simple, fast, and enjoyable. A must-have for the first-timer or player looking to improve his or her skills, the books in the How to Play series provide all the help of a private tutor.
Synopsis
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. 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 correctly
- Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature
- Playing melodies with chords
- Fingerpicking
- Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes
- Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.
About the Author
Roger Evans has helped nearly half a million readers learn to play an instrument on their own. His other books include
How to Play Piano and
How to Play Keyboards