Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1 (Book and DVD)
- ISBN13: 9780739024058
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
This book and dvd will give you everything you need to know to start playing acoustic or electric guitar immediately, even if you have never held a guitar. Learn to play basic chords, strum power chords, basic finger picking styles and improvising techniques. Play along with easy songs right away. Close-ups of hands, split screens and music examples right on your screen make learning fun and easy.
List Price: $ 23.95
Price: $ 14.32
Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Complete Edition: Books & CD’s 1, 2 and 3
- 144 pagesSize: 12″ x 9″Composer: Greg KochISBN: 634047019
The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together, available as a book only (00699040) or book with three CDs (00697342)!
List Price: $ 22.95
Price: $ 13.10
Excellent series!,
This is a great system for learning the guitar. The instructions and photos are clear and this gets you reading music and playing tunes quickly. (Includes TAB in the second book) – since all three volumes of this serires are bound in one terrific spiral binding – this is an excellent value. I am a pianist and like this system because it gets into reading notes immediately. I tried another system that did not explain what notes were where on the guitar and found it frustrating since I knew where they were on the piano, I wanted to know where they were on the guitar – not just where to place my fingers. This is a great book!
Was this review helpful to you?
|Good for any Beginner, or Amauter player,
I have been playing guitar for several years, and even play on the worship team at church. So far I have learned by just chords or playing by ear. I picked this book up to learn how to read music and take my musical ability to a new level. AND this book definetly does it!!
This book starts of at square one of how to hold a guitar and proceeds very logically through into more advanced topics; reading music, building chords, music theory, advanced fingerings, all main key signatures, etc. This book will help practically anyone who plays guitar, to play better. (Unless you are already a Pete Townsend or Eric Clapton, but if so why are you looking for a new book on how to play guitar?). This book comes with 3-CDs that play nearly every song within the book covered allowing the guitarist to develop perfect timing, playing with other instruments, and knowing how the song should sound. This book is great for any beginner, amauter, and even the intermediate players will be able to pick something up. Especially since it’s less than $25 bucks make this a 5-star buy for any guitar player.
Was this review helpful to you?
|A method book with a curriculum and a design!,
I’m a guitar teacher who has been teaching beginning guitar since 1983 to a multitude of young start-ups learning the instrument. This has always been the main book I use for beginners. This book’s target audience is 12 to 19 year olds. Students 8 to 11 have used the book with me but struggled, as the note reading and strumming is a little difficult for them. Students under 12 need a book more dedicated to 3 and 4 string EZ chords played on the high strings (like Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course) as opposed to full 6 string chords. This book progresses into lengthly 7 and 8 line melodies pretty early on and children under 12 can’t maintain a high level of concentration for that long without soon becoming frustrated and impatient. (Maybe Hal Leonard will release a “Guitar Primer” as a preliminary to this book someday).
But it’s perfect, like I said, for the 12 to 80+ year olds. This age group has the maturity, finger strength, and the self-discipline to diligently practice the material slowly without giving up too soon. Dedicated practice time is the secret to success using this book or any other method book. The lessons are progressive, meaning each chord sequence you learn uses chords from the previous lessons and the notes you play for melodies contain sharps and flatted notes from previous lessons.
The song selection is nice because there are all styles, time periods, and ethnicities represented. There’s rock songs, folk songs, Christmas songs, traditional African American spirituals, fiddle tunes, classical pieces, and what I really enjoy as a teacher – 2 part duets! Book one covers the rudimentary chords and 1st position note playing. Book 2 gets you into finger picking, Carter Style, and alternating bass notes with open string cowboy chords. Book 3 gets into rock playing and improvisation using pentatonic scales. There are also “jam sessions” in book 3 that give you, the student, the chance to sit in with the band and apply what you’ve learned.
The book is authored by Will Schmid, past president of MENC, a national music organization that sets the national K-12 standards for music education. The book’s overall strength comes from Schmid’s insight into professional guitar education. This is a method book with a curriculum and a design.
This book is a revision. The revisionist being rock star celebrity Greg Koch. Greg Koch, although a little wacky (but in an entertaining way) can cover any genre of music to stylistic perfection. His performances have been professionally recorded with a full band of studio musicians. The tracks have a slow version to practice along with and a up-to-tempo version to hear what it should sound like up-to-speed. The CDs will be very helpful for those without the benefit of a guitar teacher. The audio tracks will help facilitate your learning because you can pop the CD into your boombox and listen to the lesson material as if Greg Koch himself were giving you a private lesson. (wouldn’t that be zany and fun!)
Was this review helpful to you?
|Perfect for the Beginner!,
I bought this for my boyfreind to go with his new guitar and I’ve been using ever since. The dvd instructor adds just the extra visual touch that a beginner needs. Love it.
Was this review helpful to you?
|Nice Book for the Never-Touched-a-Guitar-Before Student,
This is a nice book with a video guide that shows you, up close how each lesson is performed — a great plus for someone who knows NOTHING about playing guitar. However, if you know anything at all about playing, you will find these lessons too elementary. The lessons teach everything from tuning the guitar, what are the different parts of the guitar, and on to putting the lessons taught all together to play a simple song. My only problem with the DVD is that sometimes I had a hard time seeing exactly where her fingers were on the strings (just follow along with the lessons in the book – as you’re supposed to – and you’ll know what she’s performing. Don’t try to use the video alone.)
Being married to a musician, I have always wanted to learn to play guitar. After the first day, my husband was amazed by how much I’d learned and said I had picked it up much faster than he, which made me so proud! If you’re willing to dedicate some time, strengthen your fingers and get ready for the sore fingertips (your first initiations into guitar-playing!), this makes a great “newbie” package!
Was this review helpful to you?
|