Guitar 101 - Contemporary Approach To Playing Guitar - 48 Pages Paperback
Each and every guitar player begins with that first guitar instruction
book. It seems no matter how long you've been playing, you can still remember what that first guitar book looked like. They tend to leave an impression...
So, what do you look for when you're selecting that first instruction book to begin playing the guitar? Well, first of all, you want something that's fun and interesting. The colors and layout of the book should excite you and inspire you to open it and learn from it. Second, you want a book that's modern. You want to see the latest guitars, the latest teaching ideas, and the latest in teaching and learning technology. Something like an Audio CD, or a DVD. Finally, as with the beginner or starter version of any learning material, you want a manageable quantity of new material that doesn't overwhelm you. You want to take bite size steps, learning the new material at a moderate pace, not too much so there's no chance of getting discouraged and stopping.
What's the Guitar 101 book like? This is a nice, easy going introduction to playing the guitar. They cover all the important information, as you'd expect. Key items such as describing all the parts of the guitar, reading music, reading guitar tablature, how to hold the instrument, how to tune the guitar. Also, they teach you all the first position notes on the six guitar strings. By the way, the pages of the book have a lot of photographs and diagrams, making what they are teaching easier to learn and understand. In addition to the exercises, they supply some basic songs for you to play. These are entry level songs that will make your learning a lot of fun. And the author has managed to include songs from Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical, and Folk genres. So you're sure to find something you really enjoy playing.
A Few Words About The DVD
All the lessons from the book are explained on the DVD. And every song from the book is performed on the DVD. The DVD is close to an hour long. It includes teaching where the instructor is explaining some concepts also covered in the book. It also has the examples and songs from the book performed for you, so you will know exactly how to play them. While the songs and examples are being played on the video, you see a picture-in-picture display with the right hand shown in the corner, and the left hand shown in the large picture. So this way you get to see the technique of both hands shown close up. Also, this is an enhanced DVD that, in addition to the video, has a collection of MP3 music files that you can open and listen to on your personal computer.
Are you looking for an interesting and motivating introduction to playing guitar? Would you like it to give you all the basics of what you need to know to get started playing guitar, as well as some familiar songs you can play and have fun with while you learn? And do you further want the modern convenience and added value of an included DVD disk, so you can see all the concepts of the book demonstrated exactly as they should be done? Then check out the Guitar 101 DVD and book set. It's a great way to get started playing guitar.
