Learn to Play the Guitar

by Simon Troup and Simon Pitt

Focused on pop, country, and rock, this book and audio CD package empowers guitar students to be their own teachers ? Punctuated by practical exercises and?with an audio CD to?demonstrate how it all works, this is an essential guide for all those who want to play popular music on guitar for their own pleasure but don't know where to start. It covers which type of guitar to play and?the basic playing techniques, before introducing rhythms, chords, riffs, and melodies and?how to combine them all. New musicians will?learn?about buying?a guitar, different?amps, finding a practice area, changing the strings, and tuning up.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444107240
• ISBN13: 9781444107241
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"