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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Guitar (2nd Edition) by Frederick Noad, Frederick M. Noad ISBN: 0-02-864244-9 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: From baby steps to the fandango in 266 pages
Comment: I'm a largely self-taught 50's "folkie" (i.e. full of bad habits and stalled at open string chords and simple pattern picking), so this book's orderly, logical yet rapid progression from first baby steps to fancy footwork in flamenco and classical techniques was perfect. I could skim past the stuff I already knew, while appreciating that it would be very helpful to the novice.
It has good illustrations of the parts and nomenclature of various guitars, tells you how to buy a guitar, how to hold it, how to sit, how to position your hands. It quickly gets you playing basic chords, but keeps you working on technique--how to make rest and free strokes properly, how to count time and learn to read and play different rhythm structures, how to make barre chords without buzzing, or killing your fingers. Along the way, it shows you how to read tablature, and then how to read music notation, all the while, practicing simple familiar songs.
The last half of the book is where it gets into more advanced techniques of folk and country picking styles, and an introduction to making some of the characteristic sounds of flamenco, finishing with brief treatments of Latin, blues and classical styles. A pretty full package, well done, well illustrated, at a pretty cheap price. With this book and 20 hours practice a week for the rest of your life...you too, could be a star.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad for cursory reference. Strongly recommend a teacher
Comment: Not a bad book, but a bit frustrating for the complete beginner. I realize that writing a book for beginners is difficult, because you are taking many complex topics and trying to cover them in a few pages, but this book did not intially "click" for me.
However, two years after I bought this book, I have found this book to be good review material. I was a bit puzzled by the direction to grow fingernails out and begin playing finger picking. I found much greater success learning the basics with a pick first and fingers later on. The much quicker progress with a pick encouraged me during the difficult and frustrating first year.
My advice: Get a really good teacher for the early basics (I cannot overemphasize how important this was for me). Buy this book for cursory reference. Get Fretboard Logic (Bill Edwards) to get a really simple, straight forward set of building blocks. Buy a songbook of music that you really want to learn to play. Be persistent! I fumbled for the first 1 1/2 years and then at 2 years it finally started to click. It is well worth it!
Good luck.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book for a beginner -as long as you have a teacher
Comment: I started taking guitar lessons about 6 weeks ago; I bought this book two weeks ago, and I am glad I did. Why? THis is an excellent supplement to my teacher's instructions. Simple songs, chords, chord progressions, guitar music styles--it is all here.
I was looking for something to supplement my studies w/the Hal Leonard book; this is an excellent source. Noad's instruction is clear and user-friendly.
5+stars.
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Title: Guitar for Dummies by Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell ISBN: 076455106X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title:Learning Guitar for Dummies ASIN: B00005OCKA Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment Pub. Date: 20 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.92 |
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Title: The "First Stage" Guitar Chord Chart - Learn How To Play The Most Commonly Played Guitar Chords by Chris Lopez ISBN: 0966771915 Publisher: First Stage Concepts Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller ISBN: 0028643771 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 11 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Piano (2nd Edition) by Brad Hill ISBN: 0028641558 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 17 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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