Guitar AIO FD 2e: Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction (For Dummies) - Softcover

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Hal Leonard Corporation is a United States music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker. Currently headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it is the largest sheet music publisher in the world.

Jon Chappell is a multi-style guitarist, composer, arranger, and best-selling author. He holds a master's degree in music composition from DePaul University, served as editor-in-chief of Guitar Magazine, and was the founder and first editor-in-chief of Home Recording magazine. He is the author of several books.

Mark Phillips is a guitarist, arranger, and editor with more than 30 years in the music publishing field. He earned his bachelor's degree in music theory from Case Western Reserve University, where he received the Carolyn Neff Award for scholastic excellence, and his master's degree in music theory from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, the most prestigious U.S. honor society for college and university music students. While working toward a doctorate in music theory at Northwestern, Phillips taught classes in theory, ear-training, sight-singing, counterpoint, and guitar.

Desi Serna has built a substantial online platform as an engaging and approachable guitar guru-a guitar player and teacher with more than 10,000 hours of experience providing private guitar lessons and classes. Serna is hailed as a "music-theory expert" by Rolling Stone magazine.

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6 BOOKS IN 1

• Guitar For Dummies
• Guitar Theory For Dummies
• Guitar Exercises For Dummies
• Rock Guitar For Dummies
• Blues Guitar For Dummies
• Classical Guitar For Dummies

View video demonstrations and listen to audio tracks online

Your one-stop resource to learn to play guitar

So, you want to play guitar? Who could blame you? The guitar is a beautiful, soulful, and versatile instrument that sets the standard for coolness in the music world. Whether you want to play acoustic, electric, or classical guitar, this all-encompassing guide puts everything you need to start playing and continue improving at your fingertips.

• Get started with guitar &; discover the anatomy of a guitar, figure out how it works, make sense of strings and frets, and develop basic playing skills
• Strike a chord &; grasp major and minor chords, spice it up with some basic 7^th chords, put power chords into play, and get behind the barre
• Have fun with theory &; get to know guitar theory to navigate the fretboard, add chord tones and extensions, play chord progressions, and use the pentatonic scale to start improvising solos
• Make beautiful music &; learn all the tricks of the trade to play acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar like a star
• Practice makes perfect &; find tons of exercises to put your skills to practice, from putting the major scales to use to adding sequences to your repertoire&;and everything in between

Open the book and find:

• Guidance on buying and stringing guitars
• Plenty of musical examples to quickly start playing acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar
• Help deciphering music notation and tablature
• Chord and rhythm techniques
• The lowdown on guitar theory and the CAGED chord system
• How to play lead guitar and groove on riffs
• Chord exercises to help build finger independence
• Online audio and video tutorials

Visit Dummies.com to: Improve your skills by listening to and playing along with audio tracks and viewing videos demonstrating concepts and examples from the book.

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6 BOOKS IN 1
* Guitar For Dummies
* Guitar Theory For Dummies
* Guitar Exercises For Dummies
* Rock Guitar For Dummies
* Blues Guitar For Dummies
* Classical Guitar For Dummies
 
View video demonstrations and listen to audio tracks online
 
Your one-stop resource to learn to play guitar
 
So, you want to play guitar? Who could blame you? The guitar is a beautiful, soulful, and versatile instrument that sets the standard for coolness in the music world. Whether you want to play acoustic, electric, or classical guitar, this all-encompassing guide puts everything you need to start playing and continue improving at your fingertips.
* Get started with guitar -- discover the anatomy of a guitar, figure out how it works, make sense of strings and frets, and develop basic playing skills
* Strike a chord -- grasp major and minor chords, spice it up with some basic 7th chords, put power chords into play, and get behind the barre
* Have fun with theory -- get to know guitar theory to navigate the fretboard, add chord tones and extensions, play chord progressions, and use the pentatonic scale to start improvising solos
* Make beautiful music -- learn all the tricks of the trade to play acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar like a star
* Practice makes perfect -- find tons of exercises to put your skills to practice, from putting the major scales to use to adding sequences to your repertoire--and everything in between
 
Open the book and find:
* Guidance on buying and stringing guitars
* Plenty of musical examples to quickly start playing acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar
* Help deciphering music notation and tablature
* Chord and rhythm techniques
* The lowdown on guitar theory and the CAGED chord system
* How to play lead guitar and groove on riffs
* Chord exercises to help build finger independence
* Online audio and video tutorials
 
Visit Dummies.com to: Improve your skills by listening to and playing along with audio tracks and viewing videos demonstrating concepts and examples from the book.