Guitar For Dummies

Uneven Instruction

This book really doesnt focus on reading music properly. I reccomend the Hal Leonard Composite series. It isnt hard to learn. Its just memorization. It took me a few days to learn it and apply it to the guitar. Its a lot easier than not knowing how to read it.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Light Years Ahead of Competition

This is THE book for beginning guitar players. Nothing else comes close (I know, I've looked at them all!). Phillips and Chappell explain everything in lucid detail. They take nothing for granted. Moreover, they cross reference terms and explanations throughout the text. Buy it!

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

something kinda weird..

This is a fairly good book for learning guitar, and getting into playing, however it is weak in some points. Learning to read music is a very important skill that any musician should take time to learn, it makes life that much easier as a musician, and its NOT as hard as people think. trust me, it only took me 2 days. Also this may be a rare occourance, but on the cd that accompanied the book i purchased the tracks were ordered wrong completely confusing me. I attempted to use it to get the rhythm feel for the song 'kumbaya' and the most complex and intimidating song for the begining guitarist ('romanzza') plays instead. Its not really a big deal, and the company would probably reimburse me for it, but still... it was pretty dissappointing. use this book as a primary, but also i would suggest the 'alfreds basic guitar' as a supplement to learn how to read music, and learn more melodies.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great first guitar book

Great first approach to the guitar. I really enjoyed this book, it´s a must have.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

guitar?

2 months to the day after I picked up the book I was playing like a pro. I would never have believed I'd one day be such a great drummer.

1 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Horrible on Nook Color

Don't waste your money on this ebook. The book itself was supposed to come with a CD. I figured the audio would be embedded in the ebook, this was not the case. I've been playing guitar informally for almost 20 years, so i figured, no problem, i'll just follow the tablature in the book and maybe learn something new. Unfortunately, the graphics in this book are too small to read (i'm 20/20 and don't wear glasses), and theres no way to zoom in on them.

So without any music to follow or listen to as examples the was 14 bucks flushed down the toilet.

Sooooo Boring!

This boring sooooo boring I am going ti D I EEEE

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Lots of Help, No CD

So far I have found this book to be lots of help. I am a beginner and just developed an interest in playing guitar, so I got this book. My only complaint is that the nook version did not come with the audio.

Great book ......NO MP3'3

This book when bought in the store comes with an audio CD. The description of the book in the NOOK section says it comes with the audio. I figured it would be a seperate download or be at the end of the book. No dice. The audio tracks are not included with the NOOK purchase of this book. Other than that, its a great instruction book for begining guitarists.

Excellent Instructional book for all guitarists!

This book is awesome! It covers all of the guitar essentials, in a very user-friendly way. This book teaches you many great things about guitar structures, builds, types, and more as well as teaching you the guitar chords and other essential elements one must know to play the guitar. All of the chords have a diagram, that shows finger and fret positions, as well as an actual picture of someone playing that chord. This book is great for everyone - from the beginning guitarist who can't play a single chord, let alone read a line of music, to the advanced, professional player! This is a must-read!

It's Still a good book

this book is good for beginers and people who all ready play it you still learn more about guitar ive learned alot even though i already play the guitar if u want to learn this a 4 star book

this book rules

I started reading this book abouth 3 mo. ago....now I finished and I feel like I can play anything! It teaches you ALL the basics you need to know to play guitar

Special People

We all understand you 'Special People' who like to leave stupid feedback, go somewhere else, we all don't learn the same way.. I have read several dummies books, and no matter what the subject, even if it is something you know, you'll learn something...

Get this book!

The tablature and audio CD make it easy to learn different styles of guitar pretty quickly. I've bought this book as a gift for two friends (both beginners) and they loved it too!

Sweeeeet!

oh my gosh ! as soon as i got this book in my hands i got offered 7 different contracts to play for great bands like red hot chilli peppers with flea, limp bizit with wes borland, and also aerosmith! thank you guitars for dummies !

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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i think this book doesn't help at all with the basic needs of a beginner guitarist but jumps in to fast

I recommend this for begginners

Along with outside music, this book helps you with the basics and motivates you to play guitar. It is a great instructional book.

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