Guitar Quickstart: A Guide to Playing and Understanding Music Reading and Chord Techniques

Guitar Quickstarts presents the fundamentals of playing chords and reading music and tablature. The easy-to-understand method was developed over 20 years of teaching highly successful college classes for beginners. Chapters include fretboard layout, songs, and charts; counting, strumming and fingerstyle techniques, tuning and playing by ear.

Mary Jo Disler recently retired from 27 years as an adjunct instructor, guitar, at Detroit area colleges. She initiated courses in beginning guitar at Mercy College of Detroit and The University of Michigan - Dearborn. Ms. Disler is a Charter Member of the Guitar Foundation of America and earned three degrees in music. In addition to private teaching and publishing for classic guitar, she is an active church organist.