Rock Guitar For Dummies

by Jon Chappell, Jon Chappell

Face it, being a rock guitarist is just about the coolest thing you can be – next to a secret agent with a black belt in karate. But even if you were a butt-kicking international person of mystery, playing rock guitar would still be cooler because it involves art, passion, power, poetry, and the ability to move an audience of listeners. Whether "moving your listeners" means mowing down crowd surfers with your power chords or making the audience cry with your sensitive melodies, no other musical instrument allows you so much versatility.  Whatever rocks your world, Rock Guitar For Dummies can help you bring that message out through your fingers and onto that electric guitar that's slung over your shoulder. If you're a beginner, you'll discover what you need to know to start playing immediately, without drowning in complicated music theory. If you've been playing for a while, you can pick up some tips to help improve your playing and move to the next level. Here's a sampling of the topics covered in Rock Guitar For Dummies: Rock Guitar For Dummies also comes with a CD that includes audio of every example shown in the book, plus play-along tracks with a band. So, if you consider yourself an air guitar virtuoso and would like to try the real thing, Rock Guitar For Dummies can help you on your way to becoming an accomplished guitarist. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2001

Reviews

[Kiril Kirilov · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a good book. Informative.

But the cringey humour was too much for me.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

for those of you who are lame enough to be a dummy about rock guitar (i myself have been playing for years), this is a great book to get started. but you may want to go with more of a song book for beginners if you aren't a big 'instruction manual' reader.

[Bobby · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are much better step-by-step guides online.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Because I need all the help I can get.