How to Play Guitar: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Guitar

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Overview

In How to Play Guitar guitar players of all levels will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration. Whether you want to play pop, folk, country, rock, blues, jazz, classical, or any other style of music, you will pick up the basic techniques without tedious drills and exercises. Using real music and a step-by-step approach, How to Play Guitar will teach you about:

· Choosing and buying a guitar

· Tuning your instrument correctly

· Reading sheet ...

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Overview

In How to Play Guitar guitar players of all levels will find a wealth of instruction and inspiration. Whether you want to play pop, folk, country, rock, blues, jazz, classical, or any other style of music, you will pick up the basic techniques without tedious drills and exercises. Using real music and a step-by-step approach, How to Play Guitar will teach you about:

· Choosing and buying a guitar

· Tuning your instrument correctly

· Reading sheet music, guitar music, and tablature

· Playing melodies with chords

· Fingerpicking

· Mastering left-hand techniques, including sliding and bending notes

· Transposing melodies from one key to another and much more.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312287061
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 12/28/2001
  • Edition description: REV
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 113,078
  • Product dimensions: 7.22 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.43 (d)

Meet the Author

Roger Evans has helped nearly half a million readers learn to play an instrument on their own. His other books include How to Play Piano and How to Play Keyboards

Table of Contents

Introduction 7
The Guitar 8
Which is the right guitar for you? 10
How to choose and buy your guitar 12
Secondhand guitars 13
Before you buy 14
Taking care of your guitar 16
Starting to play 17
Holding your guitar 18
Playing with a beat 21
Training your fingers 26
How to tune your guitar 27
Tuning hints 30
More Notes and tunes to play 31
Starting to play Chords 34
How to practice 37
Starting to read music 38
Are you playing correctly? 41
More Chords to play--F, Am, Dm, E7 42
Changing Chords 44
More about music 45
Time signatures, dotted notes, tied notes 45
Should you play with a Plectrum? 49
Become your own Bass Player 50
Brush strokes 53
How to play melodies with chords 56
More Chords--G, B7, Em and D 60
Rhythm Guitar Playing 61
How to start Fingerpicking 62
More Advanced Music 67
Eighth notes, sixteenth notes, rests 68
Sharps ([musical sharp]) and Flats ([musical flat]) 70
Natural signs ([musical natural]) 71
Notes up to the 4th fret 73
Music in different Keys 74
Key signatures 74
More Fingerpicking 76
How to play with a Capo 80
Chord and note names at different Capo positions 81
Useful Left-Hand Techniques 82
Hammering-on, pulling-off 82
Sliding notes, bending notes 83
Some 'Classical' Guitar Techniques 84
Plucked chords, arpeggios 84
The rest stroke, free strokes 86
How to become a better guitarist 88
Polish your playing, read music, practice 88
Learn from other guitarists 89
Do you need guitar lessons? 89
Playing higher up the Fingerboard 90
How to work out notes higher up the fingerboard 91
All Notes on the Guitar 92
Chords for every Key 93
Chords higher up the Fingerboard 97
The Barre or Bar 98
Learning to play new music 100
Learning new songs 101
How to read Sheet Music 102
Making up 'intros' and guitar solos from piano parts 103
Reading Guitar Music 104
How to read Tablature 105
Changing Music to other Keys (Transposing) 106
How to transpose chords to another key 106
Transposing melodies 107
Playing by ear 108
Playing fingerpicking and brush strokes by ear 110
Helpful Hints and Friendly Advice 111
Have fun--play guitar with a friend... 111
... or play with a recording of yourself 111
Playing along with records 112
Do you need a new guitar? 112
Buying an 'electric' guitar or amplifier 113
Selling a guitar 113
Playing to an Audience 114
Travelling with your guitar 115
Changing the strings on your guitar 116
Choosing your Steel Guitar Strings 119
How to play Harmonics 120
How to tune with Harmonics 121
Open Tunings 122
The Problem Page 123
Buzzing and rattling noises 123
If strings keep breaking 123
Problems with tuning or staying in tune 123
Are you Left-Handed? 124

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 18, 2008

    Excellent, Simply Brillilant

    When i got this book I was in doubt,(i had tried dozens of other books without sucess), but when i began reading i was in shock. this book teaches you the basics of guitar playing, i fully recomend this book to beginner and semi-intermediate players

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 13, 2002

    Most EXCELLENT guitar instruction!!!

    I'm in my 30's and just took up the guitar. After about an hour, going through several books at my local (huge) bookstore, I picked this book. And, boy, I'm glad I did! It has everything you need to get started learning to play and then some. The best feature is that it gets right to the point! It's easy to follow, covers the each step slowly and is very encouraging. It covers position of body and fingers, notes, chords, picking, finger-picking, READING MUSIC, advanced music, how to buy a guitar, and many, many songs to play. The most practical and easy book I've found!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 27, 2008

    Suprisingly Informative

    I bought a guitar years ago and bought this book then without truly looking threw it. I was bummed at all the folk content since metal is my goal. This book turned out to cover more basics and what I consider needed info than any other I've seen. I want to be able to read sheet music, not just tabs and this book has been a good foundation.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2010

    Good Entry level guitar book

    This book was good at covering all aspects of guitars. I purchased it to learn more about the tablature and notes that can be played on the guitar. I have learned to chord and wanted more. This book covered the types of guitars and how to purchase one that is right for you and then goes into the playing. Since it covered playing chords, tabs and strumming with the beat I found it helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 14, 2009

    Excited!!!

    I have been trying to teach myself how to play guitar for a month now. My uncle tried to teach me but he is always so busy so i'm really, really excited to pick it up. i am very eager to pick up this book and start strumming. i hope the book will be as useful as most of it's reviews tell me!!!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 9, 2008

    A reviewer

    I'm a young beginer at Guitar, but an expert at Saxophone, so i wanted to try something new. From what I've heard, this book OUTSTANDING. My friend perchesed this and says its great. Does anyone think diffrent. Let me know your opinions. My email is oakraidergirl@gmail.com Okay, please email me and give me your opinios asap. THX!!!!!! :'

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 27, 2006

    I ditto Leslie Harris's review

    I first bought a book that was meant for a teacher to use, very superficial. Based on Leslie Harris's review I bought this book and it is like night and day. I still have a long way to go with my self-teaching but I belive I am on the right path.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2002

    Great beginning guitar book

    One of my guitar students picked this book out and I've used it with all students since then (7 total). It is very good for beginners. Basics including chords, notes, guitar care as well as a taste of more advanced topics. I am purchasing more for a couple of new students.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 17, 2001

    not helpful

    this book is not very good because my brother bought this book and after 2 years he still can't play guitar.

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