Guitar For Dummies

Mark Phillips is a former director of music at Cherry Lane Music, where he edited or arranged the songbooks of such artists as John Denver, Van Halen, Guns N??? Roses, and Metallica. Jon Chappell is a multistyle guitarist, arranger, and former editor-in-chief of Guitar magazine.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Guitar 7CHAPTER 1: Guitar Basics: The Parts of a Guitar and How It Makes Music 9CHAPTER 2: How to Tune Your Guitar 17CHAPTER 3: Preparing to Play: Holding the Guitar and Reading Guitar Notation 25Part 2: Ready to Play: The Basics 37CHAPTER 4: The Best Way to Begin: Strumming Chords 39CHAPTER 5: Playing Melodies — without Reading Music! 59CHAPTER 6: Adding Some Spice with 7th Chords 69Part 3: Beyond the Basics: Starting to Sound Cool 85CHAPTER 7: Making Things Smooth by Playing in Position 87CHAPTER 8: Doubling Up with Double-Stops 97CHAPTER 9: Stretching Out: Barre Chords 105CHAPTER 10: Special Articulation: Making the Guitar Talk 129Part 4: A Pile of Styles 157CHAPTER 11: Ready to Rock: Rock Guitar Basics 159CHAPTER 12: Bluer Than Blue: Blues Guitar Basics 187CHAPTER 13: Around the Campfire: Folk Guitar Basics 211CHAPTER 14: Maestro, If You Please: Classical Guitar Basics 237CHAPTER 15: Sunglasses and Berets: Jazz Guitar Basics 255Part 5: A Guitar of Your Own 269CHAPTER 16: Shopping for a Guitar 271CHAPTER 17: Eyeing Guitar Amps, Effects, Cases, and Accessories 287CHAPTER 18: Changing Your Strings 303CHAPTER 19: Guitar Wellness: Basic Maintenance 317Part 6: The Part of Tens 333CHAPTER 20: Ten (Or So) Guitarists You Should Know 335CHAPTER 21: Ten Great Songs for Beginning Guitarists 339Part 7: Appendixes 343APPENDIX A: How to Read Music 345APPENDIX B: 96 Common Chords 355APPENDIX C: How to Use the Website 359Index 373

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