Teach Yourself to Play Guitar

This best-selling title is now available with a demonstration CD! Teach Yourself to Play Guitar was created specifically for the student with no music-reading background. With lesson examples presented in today's mostpopular tab format, which also incorporates simple beat notation for accurate rhythm execution, Teach Yourself to Play Guitar offers the beginning guitarist not only a comprehensive introduction to essential guitar-playingfundamentals, but a quick, effective, uncomplicated and practical alternative to the multitude of traditional self-instructional method books. It also: covers power chords, barre chords, open position scales and chords (major andminor), and single-note patterns and fills; includes lesson examples and song excerpts in a variety of musical styles – rock, folk, classical, country and more; familiarizes the student with fretboard organization, chordpatterns, hand and finger positions, and guitar anatomy by way of easy-to-interpret diagrams, photos and illustrations; provides complete, concise explanations while keeping text to a minimum; and prepares the student for theoption of further guitar instruction.