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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58381 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 128 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780312244170
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Great no-nonsense course
This electric guitar course takes you from absolute beginner to a level where you can start playing in a band. The three months mentioned in the title may be a bit optimistic, but the level of difficulty increases rapidly with each chapter, so you find yourself making quick progress. Each chapter is built up around a backing track on the CD, where you can try out the lessons in that chapter. The backing tracks, which are done in variety of pop styles, are also great for jamming along, so even after going through the material you'll have use of the CD. The book is not a reference book (go to Ralph Denyer's The Guitar Handbook for that), and the course is limited to rock music, but other than that (and the cheesy pick included) it comes highly recommended.

great alternative learning style
Okay so the pictures of the guy in white sneakers are super dumb- but the book IS very helpful for a beginner; It comes with small stickers to place underneath the strings to practice fingering per different color stickers numbered 1-5 indicating 1st, second, third... fingering- you get the idea; I wrote on the stickers the letter of each note so I wouldn't have to remember which colors indicated which notes; and the stickers come off clean with no residue; this is just an added bonus- b/c I initially bought this book over others- b/c it shows pictures of a players' hand with fingers on the correct frets along with the actual chart; Personally, it is much easier for me to look at a picture of someone playing the note rather than a chart with dots.And as I said the stickers make it a breeze- I don't have to look down every time I want to play a note to see if my fingers are in the right place. Also the book comes with a pic and a full length poster labeled "notes and scales" to refer to for all of the notes.I haven't really read through the book- I'm a scimmer anyway- and the first chapter is all about positioning and tuning- which I already know; But if you are a visual learner- and have had trouble in the past- get this book to start with; It's definitely learn at your own pace- and doesn't remind me of a boring text book- other authors should be as innovative;
and yes it seems he numbers the strings backwards -but to each his own I guess- and with the stickers and pictures for reference, this has not confused me.
I have been trying to learn guitar for forever- but the sheer boredom of most teaching styles has turned me off- this is straight to the point- no "hot cross buns"- and perfect for an ADD brain like mine to scim and take what information I need to build a foundation and learn my own way.

Probably the most useful tutor I've seen...
I hadn't realised when I got this book that Terry Burrows was the man behind all those weird Chrysanthemums and Yukio Yung CDs (real obscure English experimental pop)... This is a great book that teaches the basics of the guitar by giving you a backing track to play during each of the 12 lessons. A lot of the tracks sound like Chrsyanthemums/Yukio without the vocals - except for the bizarre (and frankly a bit crappy) funk stuff in one of the lessons... but then I hate that sort of thing... As the other reviewer said, this isn't a reference work by any means, but since getting this I've found another book by Burrows called TOTAL GUITAR TUTOR which for some reason doesn't feature on amazon. This really IS the ultimate reference on the instrument. I'd recommend both books as they are pretty complemantary.