Pauric Mather - How To Learn Guitar: The Ultimate Teach Yourself Guiar Book

T HE U LTIMATE T EACH Y OURSELF G UITAR B OOK

First Edition - 2014 Revised Editions - 2016 - 2018 Copyright Pauric Mather - All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systemswithout the prior written permission of the author. ISBN-13: 978-1499216356 ISBN-10: 1499216351 Layout - Design & Photography Micaela Machado - Portugal Emma Curtin - Ireland PixelStudio - Bosnia Translations Marco Chu - Australia Carlos Reyes - Mexico Florica Dohan - Ireland Jean-Michel GEORGE - France H OME G UITAR A CADEMY .COM A ND M UCH M ORE! T O S TRUM I N P ERFECT T IME T HE M OST P LAYED R HYTHMS T HE M OS T P LAYED C HORDS T O C HANGE C HORDS F AST T O I MPROVE S OUND T O R EAD C HORD B OXES T O R EAD G UITAR T ABLATURE If this is your first day learning guitar youre in good company. All the greats had a first day too - and began a lifetime playing guitar that day. Y OU C AN B EGIN A L IFETIME P LAYING G UITAR T ODAY! Y OU W ILL L EARN C H O R D I N D E X CONTENTS C O N T E N T S C H O R D I N D E X E S HAPED A S HAPED C O N T E N T S C H O R D I N D E X As well as being The Key To Your Success , the Practice Programs keep you on track from start to finish. And you can achieve in a few weeks, what took many people years to learn.

So Come On Now ... Pick Up Your Guitar ... and come with me on A Truly Unique Musical Journey. HOW TO LEARN GUITAR The ability to play guitar is A Priceless Gift . It lets your heart speak, and your imagination roam. Even when words fail, music speaks.

And yet, unlike material wealth, once you have it, no one can take it away from you. The lessons in this book have helped thousands of people to play guitar. They are the most Complete, Individual and Personalised you will ever find. You start simply by knowing what not to do - and also by making sure you have the right guitar to learn on. From there, it is vital that you follow each lesson step by step. Dont just read them.

Personalise them. Interact with the thumb, finger, and bar chord techniques. Highlight tips that really transform your guitar playing. M AKE T HIS Y OUR O WN B OOK Do not skip lessons. The only way they will not work is if youre too eager to move to the next lesson. By taking the time to absorb what you just learned, the quality of your guitar playing will be so much better.

Most importantly, all your practice is pre-planned from start to finish. You know exactly what to work on and wont forget to practice anything.

C O N T E N T S LESSON C H O R D I N D E X There are Reasons Why People Fail to learn guitar. Avoid them and you have just about written your own guarantee of success. Here they are; BAD THUMB If your thumb is badly positioned, fast chord changing is impossible. Also your guitar will produce a muddy sound at the start of any chord you play.

BAD HOLD With a bad grip you can play basic rhythms but you will find advanced rhythms very difficult to perfect. HOW NOT TO PLAY GUITAR NO Weak fingers Bad guitar teachers Bad thumb positioning Learning music theory Learning rhythms badly Learning G the wrong way Holding a guitar pick badly Learning on nylon string guitars Holding guitar neck in chord hand

NO C O N T E N T S RAISED THUMB KNUCKLE This locks your fingers. You might be able to learn some chords from this position, but again, fast chord changing is impossible. Your thumb is positioned before or at the same time as your fingers. NEVER AFTER THEM . This has a huge impact on how your hand moves up and down the guitar.

Many people leave it behind or raise the knuckle. This Is Fatal . If your thumb falls sideways you can play basic chords but you will not be able to change quickly from one chord to another. THE GREATS CANT READ MUSIC WHY SHOULD YOU? Did you ever buy a teach yourself guitar book...or enrol on a program of guitar lessons only to end up being taught music theory instead? So many people lose interest over this. Sheet Music Is Not Music - It Is Ink On Paper. Also, sheet music does not show you how to set up, which fingers to use, or how to position your thumb and hands.

All you need are guitar boxes and guitar tablature, which takes only five minutes to learn. NO C H O R D I N D E X YES NO Learning the G chord as shown below is one of the main reasons why people give up playing guitar. This G only works when you pick each string one by one. But not when you strum all the strings at once. It Sounds Muddy . And it can lead to other problems as you try to improve.

The best way to learn G is more difficult, but only for a few weeks. After that you have a lifetime of endless possibilities. It is mostly played two ways. Changing to C and D can be difficult. You cant add as many bass runs or ornamentation.

One gives a rich airy sound.

The other frees your 1st and 2nd fingers to add more notes, polychords, and bass runs.

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