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by Preston Hoffman (Author)
Seven Easy Steps Towards Becoming a Guitarist
Do you have a yearning to play the guitar? If so, "How to Play Guitar: In 1 Day" by Preston Hoffman is THE book for you! It will help you to learn the basics of playing the world's most popular instrument quickly and easily, offering diagrams, chord charts and pictures which are perfect for the beginner. You will discover about tabs and fingering patterns. Playing the guitar opens up a whole new musical world. Whether playing at home by yourself, or joining a group or a band, players become members of a special community of like-minded musicians. This book is your key to opening the door to this community. It even contains a number of examples to get you playing real songs in the space of a very short time. The great thing about the guitar is that, even though it sounds great and is immensely flexible, it is really easy to learn. You do not even have to be able to read music. THE GUITARIST CAN BE PLAYING SONGS WITHIN A DAY OF PICKING UP THE INSTRUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME . What makes this book unique? This book offers you, as a beginner or complete novice, a simple, straightforward set of easy lessons to get you playing within a day. We are not pretending you will be an expert in that time, but will have the skills which, with practice, will assist you to develop quickly as a guitarist. You will see that playing the guitar is a skill you can quickly master, without the need for specialist music lessons. You will learn the shapes of all the guitar chords and how to both strum and finger pick them. You will learn which chords are played together to make an effective sound and you will find out about the various types of guitar and how to play them. You will learn the following:- How to hold the guitar
- The basic chords
- How to strum a rhythm
- Barre chords
- Finger picking
- How to look after your guitar
- What to look for when buying your guitar
- Some songs to get you performing
- How to string and tune your guitar
- About key signatures, notes and tabs
- And much more!
Number of Pages: 86
Dimensions: 0.18 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN
Publication Date: November 16, 2017
