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Teach yourself to play guitar, by David M. Brewster

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Teach yourself to play guitar, by David M. Brewster

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instructional materials

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studies and exercises

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other

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Teach yourself to play guitar

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58802246

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by David M. Brewster

Summary

"This book provides a quick, effective, un-complicated, and practical method to playing guitar. Get started right away and learn at your own pace in the comfort of your home."

Table Of Contents

Getting started: Guitar anatomy, fingerboard diagrams, pitch, hand and finger placement, picking and strumming, posture and position, tuning -- How to read and interpret the notation used in this book: Chord diagrams, tablature, rhythm notation -- Open-position chords: major scale: G chord (1), G chord (2), C chord, D chord ; Amazing grace ; Home on the range -- Open-position chords: minor scale: Am chord, Em chord, Dm chord ; The strumming song ; When Johnny comes marching home -- Power chords: Basic power chords, power chord boogie ; 12-bar blues progression ; AC/DC-style rock progression -- Single-note patterns: Major, minor, and combined single-note patterns ; Extended single-note riff 1 ; Extended single-note riff 2 -- Open-position scales: Major, minor, and pentatonic scales in open-position ; Auld lang syne ; The sailor's hornpipe (Popeye's theme) -- Barre chords: Open-position, 5-string, and full barre chords, major/minor barre chord composition ; Scarborough Fair ; Canon in D

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Guitar

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