The Complete Guitar Course: Learn to Play in 20 Easy-to-Follow Lessons

by Tom Fleming

Whether it's the sweet, mellow sounds of Les Paul, the blues of B.B. King, the intense power of Slash, or the country twang of Chet Atkins, the guitar is at the heart modern music. It doesn't matter whether you're looking to become the next rock star or yearning to strum along at the next family get-together-- The Complete Guitar Course has everything you need to learn. Dozens of hits in all genres, including "Brown Eyed Girl," "Wonderful Tonight," "Walk This Way," and "Play that Funky Music" Choosing the right guitar and accessories Tuning, caring for, and changing strings Basic fingering, chords, and techniques Music theory 101 More than 25 short inspirational stories of legendary guitar players, such as Eric Clapton, Les Paul, Slash, Prince, Jack White, Chuck Berry, and Joni Mitchell Dust off that acoustic, plug in that electric, and get ready to rock...or strum- - you decide!

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2006

Reviews

[Yycdaisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information in this book, but not the most practical for learning to play. For one thing the book is quite large and heavy for most music stands, and it does not lend itself to staying open. It's really an introduction to learning to play, you would likely need supplementary material. The lessons are a small part of the overall book when you get right down to it, but are interspersed with a lot of history of famous guitar players and other things. If there was a Guitar 101 course offered somewhere, this book would make a great textbook as it covers just about everything in the guitar world.

[Yycdaisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information in this book, but not the most practical for learning to play. For one thing the book is quite large and heavy for most music stands, and it does not lend itself to staying open. It's really an introduction to learning to play, you would likely need supplementary material. The lessons are a small part of the overall book when you get right down to it, but are interspersed with a lot of history of famous guitar players and other things. If there was a Guitar 101 course offered somewhere, this book would make a great textbook as it covers just about everything in the guitar world.

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really like that it includes both the pattern recognition diagrams and the photos of finger placement. I found it helpful for learning the first few chords and then found myself needing to keep flicking back and forwards through pages and quickly plateaued. Think I'll check out a few other books as well.

[Brandon I · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book id for anyone with guitars. this book will teach you hands-on on how to play a guitar! i just recently got a guitar and i'm already playing music! even if you dont have a guitar this book has interesting facts on different famous guitarists ranging from elvis and kenny rogers.

[Matt Walch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned more in 2 weeks with this book than i did in one year of playing by myself. Very helpful

[Barri]

Very good if you want to learn the bloody basics !