The Ultimate Guitar Course: From Zero to Hero in a Lesson a Day

Fogg, Rod

ISBN 10: 1937994333 / ISBN 13: 9781937994334

Published by Race Point Publishing, 2014

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Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelfwear, bumped corners, CD Condition UNknown. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # BP4-02483

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ultimate Guitar Course: From Zero to ...

Publisher: Race Point Publishing

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

The Ultimate Guitar Course is the ideal instructional for beginner guitar players who are looking to start playing a few chords from day one. It's a graded course that will take you from your very first lesson through mastering advanced soloing techniques. It includes an illustrated book with over 200 images, a laminated wall chart illustrating the guitar chords, as well as a CD-ROM in a slick and easy-to-carry portfolio. The Ultimate Guitar Course book is composed of self-contained one-page lessons with simple, easy-to-follow instructions as well as clear photos illustrating both hand placement and technique. The laminated guitar chord wall chart was designed so players can hang it behind your door for easy reference while you work yourself up from playing 1- and 2-chord songs to more complicated pieces. Access the CD-ROM in your portfolio which includes a complete set of audio backing tracks for you to practice and test yourself. With the memory stick being so small and portable, we've also added the book and exercises in tab and notation right on it so you can take the complete course anywhere you need to be. Why wait? If you've wanted to learn guitar for years but just don't have the time or patience for an expensive guitar instructor, then The Ultimate Guitar Course is for you. The lessons are quick and easy, and you'll be strumming a few chords by the end of your first day!

Review:

With chord and scale diagrams, notation, tablature, and pictures, you will find the book visually stimulating and musically inspiring.

The Ultimate Guitar Course gets you playing in your very first lesson and takes you on a step-by-step journey through to advanced soloing techniques. We begin at the very beginning, assuming no prior knowledge. The exercises progress smoothly so that both beginners and more experienced players can soon find their level and start to make satisfying progress. Each exercise builds on what has gone before, presenting new material in a sensible and systematic way and including all the necessary information for complete understanding. Also, the music is fun and sounds like the real thing—the sort of music a guitar player would actually want to play.

Laying the fingers flat across all six strings is one way to quickly mute the guitar.
View larger The outside of the pick hand can also be used to silence the strings between pick strokes. Finger one tip joint flat on D and G-strings at the third fret. All four fingers on the low E-string first position A Marshall Guv’nor distortion pedal is used between guitar and amp to provide a powerful lead sound. The fingers should be close to the frets.

Explanations are detailed and thorough, and the course is extremely practical.