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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Crafts & Hobbies | Home » » » Complete Guitar Course | | | | | | | Description: | | Learn to play in 20 easy-to-follow lessons! This deluxe handbook is packed with everything you need to learn from choosing the right guitar for you, to basic fingering, chords, and techniques. Whether you choose acoustic or electric, this is the only beginner's guide you'll ever need! Handsomely designed in full color and jammed with practical tips, this comprehensive course will have you making beautiful music in no time at all! | | | Features: | |
• Learn to play in 20 easy-to-follow lessons. Whether you choose acoustic or electric, this is the only beginner?s guide you?ll ever need!
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Tom Fleming | | Hardcover:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Readers Digest | | Publication Date:
| October 19, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 076210662X | | Package Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 More than lessonsApr 21, 2009
Great book, stuffed with much, and varied, information including the history of guitar and many guitarists. It will give the novice a good idea of what their likes are and what they might want to pursue in more detail afterwards.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 This is a GREAT book!Dec 02, 2008
My son loves this book it is filled with fun songs to play and it is worth the money! Of course the price was great on Amazon!! :)
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Good Guitar Instruction in Every ChapterMar 26, 2008
I was skeptical about how "complete" a single guitar book could be, while looking for a starter course for my nephew. I've been playing guitar a while now, and am a decent guitarist with adequate musical theory. So, I was going to be very critical about the books I would be considering.
This one is pretty complete for a beginner and an enthusiast. It presented material that was solid and easy to understand. Each chapter/lesson of the twenty had theory and practice that gradually built up a competent and knowledgeable guitarist. Later chapters dealt with various styles of music, so there was ample room to grow, at least sample a musical genre.
Overall, it was a very good book, and a pretty good place to start playing a great instrument. It also makes a great refresher, with exercises, songs, and scales to keep an intermediate player's skills honest.
Although a bit easier for my level of playing, I enjoyed the exercises and the songs (some of which are popular modern published works, and not those inane, ubiquitous, royalty-free spirituals) included throughout the book. I believe even beginners will find the lessons doable and be happy with the progress they make. It's well written and keeps a proper level of difficulty.
Once completed, the new guitarist will be able to perform a variety of songs and styles, and understand a wealth of musical knowledge.
Buy this if you're interested in picking up the guitar, or want to play it better with some good musical background theory. Sure, it's easy to knock a book like this (which some reviewers have done), and, admittedly, I caught a few typos (but just by practicing the music, you can figure out what note was off in the sheet music). However, critics of this book tend to forget that there are not many decent guitar books out there. I contend that the courses are as complete as possible without an actual music teacher. It's better than current guitar books out there, and is worth getting.
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Not up to Reader's Digest standardsFeb 06, 2007
The book's title promises more than it delivers. It tries to cover too much, to fulfill the promise of "complete" in the title, but does so in a largely sketchy and non-useful way, especially to anyone just starting to learn the instrument. The historical material is of interest (it is, however, not well written or edited), but the instructional material has just too many mistakes (e.g., several chord charts wrongly pictured) to make this a book I could recommend.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
a good buyJan 21, 2007
This book is one of the few guitar books I've purchased that actually taught me something. Although I've only played for a year-I have bought alot of books online and have kicked myself in the [...] on most of them. If you are young in your guitar experience check it out-you won't be sorry. It shows the basics of how to change strings all the way to having a chord reference that is really helpful.
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