Guitar for dummies
By: by Mark Phillips and Jon Chappell
Contributors: Chappell, Jon
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: ---For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781118115541
Subjects: Guitar; Instruction and study
Notes: Companion DVD contains more than 50 short videos demonstrating key examples; audio recordings of the songs and exercises in the book; printable chord sheets; and tab paper.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes index.

System requirements for DVD: PC running Microsoft Windows or Linus with kernel 2.4 or later ; Macintosh running Apple OS X or later ; Internet connection ; DVD-ROM drive.
Table of contents: title: So you wanna play guitar. Guitar basics ; Tuning your guitar ; Getting ready to play; title: Starting to play : the basics. Getting started by strumming chords ; Playing melodies, without reading music! ; Adding some spice with 7th chords; title: Beyond the basics : starting to sound cool. Playing in position ; Doubling up with double-stops ; Stretching out : barre chords ; Special articulation : making the guitar talk; title: A pile of styles. Let's rock : rock guitar basics ; Bluer than blue : blues guitar basics ; Around the campfire : folk guitar basics ; Maestro, if you please : classical guitar basics ; Sunglasses and berets : jazz guitar basics; title: A guitar of your own. Shopping for a guitar ; Guitar amps, effects, cases, and accessories ; Changing your strings ; Guitar wellness : basic maintenance; title: The part of tens. Ten (or so) guitarists you should know ; The ten greatest guitar songs of all time; title: Appendix A. How to read music; title: Appendix B. 96 common chords; title: Appendix C. How to use the DVD.