Publisher's Synopsis
The benefits of Beginning Guitar, Seventh Edition are as follows:
- A complete and comprehensive method for learning the guitar
- Proven record of success in teaching students the basics of guitar playing
- Praised by both students and peers as an excellent Beginning Guitar book
- Has been used as a textbook for Beginning Guitar classes at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) for over 15 years
- Access to extremely helpful and useful online audio tracks and bonus video included. Also included, is an online Speedshifter software that allows to slow down or speed up any audio tracks without changing their pitch
- Dedicated to teaching how to play single note melodies and also chords (harmony) with strumming patterns
- Wide variety of topics covered
- Fun, easy, and logical step-by-step approach
- Learn how to play well-known and loved melodies, such as Jingle Bells, Ode to Joy, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Aura Lee/Love Me Tender, When the Saints Go Marching In, Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, and Fur Elise
- Learn how to play chord progressions similar to songs by such famous artists as The Beatles, The Police/Sting, Smokey Robinson/The Temptations, Kansas, Metallica, Deep Purple, Elvis Presley, The Animals, and Eagles
- Blues form, Verse/Chorus format, and I, IV, and V chords/chord progressions explained
- A chapter on Classical guitar is included
- Basic music fundamentals covered
- Learn how to read music notation and chord charts
- Playing in time emphasized
- More advanced information covered in the second half of the book and the Appendix can be used for Intermediate Guitar classes and private lessons
- Suitable for both guitar classes and one-on-one guitar instruction
- Suitable for both in classroom and online learning
