Guitar All-in-One For Dummies

This All-in-One guide includes content from Jon Chappell, a guitarist, composer, author, and magazine editor;Mark Phillips, a guitarist, arranger, and editor;DesiSerna, a guitar guru and music theory expert; andHal Leonard Corporation, a renowned U.S. music publishing company.

• Introduction 1Book 1: Guitar 101 5Chapter 1: Guitar Anatomy and Tuning 7Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Play 21Chapter 3: Buying and Stringing a Guitar 33Chapter 4: Deciphering Music Notation and Tablature 61Book 2: Sounds and Techniques 75Chapter 1: Basic Major and Minor Chords 77Chapter 2: Adding Spice: Basic 7th Chords 95Chapter 3: Power Chords and Barre Chords 109Chapter 4: Right-Hand Rhythm Guitar Techniques 123Chapter 5: Playing Melodies in Position and in Double-Stops 145Book 3: Getting to Know Guitar Theory 161Chapter 1: Navigating the Fretboard and Building Triads 163Chapter 2: Getting to Know the CAGED System 187Chapter 3: Playing Snazzier Chords with Chord Tones and Extensions 209Chapter 4: Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers 227Chapter 5: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes 239Chapter 6: Dominant Function and Voice Leading 271Book 4: Rock Guitar 283Chapter 1: I Know, It’s Only Rock Guitar, but I Like It 285Chapter 2: Playing Lead 301Chapter 3: Groovin’ on Riffs 323Chapter 4: Going Up the Neck and Playing the Fancy Stuff 333Chapter 5: The Care and Feeding of Your Electric Guitar 355Book 5: Blues Guitar 377Chapter 1: Introducing the Blues and Playing Blues Rhythm 379Chapter 2: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves 405Chapter 3: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues 427Book 6: Classical Guitar 443Chapter 1: Introducing the Classical Guitar 445Chapter 2: Playing Easy Pieces in Open Position 467Chapter 3: Combining Arpeggios and Melody 481Book 7: Exercises: Practice, Practice, Practice 501Chapter 1: Putting the Major Scales to Use in Your Playing 503Chapter 2: Adding Major Scale Sequences to Your Repertoire 515Chapter 3: Tackling the Three Minor Scales 529Chapter 4: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises 557Appendix A: 96 Common Chords 581Appendix B: Accessing the Video Clips and Audio Tracks 585Index 593