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Broken down into an 8-week program of speed chapters each with brief goal summary, core lesson, theory and tests, this book offers a fast route to mastering the acoustic guitar. It covers the basics, guides the reader through the essential techniques, and self-tests the student on new found skills.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ignore the offputting cheesy sounding title; In this book David Mead takes you from having never touched a guitar through to playing many pleasing exercises in just a couple of months. Everything is presented in plain English and at a comfortable pace, exactly as it should be.
The book treats you like a beginner, but not as an idiot. It acknowledges that you probably know very little about playing a guitar, but never makes you feel stupid about your lack of ability. The more complex aspects of initial learning (eg, barre chords, correct fingerstyle, alternate picking etc) are not ignored or swept aside, but are embraced instead to lay solid foundations.
Highly recommended for beginners - ie, those whom the book is aimed squarely at. Intermediates and perhaps even experts may find a little new material here, but probably not much.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I tried two other guitar books and two DVDs before I discovered this book. The difference here is that there's a new exercise for each day and the exercises build into a varied collection that you can use every time you practice. When the author introduces something a little more difficult like three-finger chords, the next day's exercise will be something for the other hand like picking, which gives you more time to get to grips with the chords and less risk of falling behind. It's an excellent way to learn from a book and I recommend this one highly.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is very much a beginner guitar book, if you've never picked up a guitar this will help you right from the begining. Due to this it can get a little boring, it's a collection of exercises which will teach you your first chords and learn some picking techniques. Don't let that put you off, to play a song you need to be able to play and this book will give you a foundation.
One thing that did help me when using this book is after I'd done a few chapters I got sick of flicking through the pages all the time, so I photocopied the chords and TAB notations, cut them out and photocopied them again onto another sheet of paper. Buy doing this I condensed 100 pages of writing and exercises into 6 pages of easy to use exercises to use in my practice sessions. The writing isn't ALL waffle but after I read it once that was enough for me.
Recomended book, just photocopy the important bits.
One thing that did help me when using this book is after I'd done a few chapters I got sick of flicking through the pages all the time, so I photocopied the chords and TAB notations, cut them out and photocopied them again onto another sheet of paper. Buy doing this I condensed 100 pages of writing and exercises into 6 pages of easy to use exercises to use in my practice sessions. The writing isn't ALL waffle but after I read it once that was enough for me.
Recomended book, just photocopy the important bits.
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A Good Starting Place
A good book that definitely helped to get started with the guitar - would recommend to other beginners, even if it is a little slow to start off with - I was finding that I needed... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sarah
Great Introduction For Absolute Beginners
This book was a real find for me. Each lesson builds very gradually on the last, such that in eight weeks (56 days) you can go from knowing absolutely nothing about playing the... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by C. SMITH
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This is an excellent book. Easy to understand, well paced and quite comprehensive.
Published on 27 May 2007 by pistolpete
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