Pell - Learning To Play The Guitar: An Absolute Beginners Guide

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Elliott,John, Justin, Paul and most of all Rachael.

Parts of the Guitar - Main Typesof Guitar - Guitar Accessories & Practice Tools - Holding the Guitar TheNotes of Music - Tuning - Finger Numbers - Holding the Pick

Daily Practice - Practice Log

Using the Guitar Pick - The 5Picking Exercises - Using a Metronome

A D & E Major Chords -"Wild Tune" - Changing Between A D & E Major

Major & Minor Chords - GMajor & E Minor Chords - Strumming Patterns & Rhythms - Strumming witha Metronome - "Sit With Me" - C Major Chord - 5 String Strumming

Sugar House Alhambra - Faster Chord Changes - ChangingBetween D & C, C & G, G & D Major Chords

A Minor Chord Tapping on GodsGate - E7 Chord Yo Jim

D Minor Chord DDU-UDU StrummingPattern White Witch Lady - F Major Chord The 4 Chord Song - G7Chord

Using a Capo

Power Chords - A D & E PowerChords Wild Tune Open E A & B Power Chords Real Crazy Kid

6/8 time signature EveryoneFeels Everything Else Does

Sugar House Alhambra House of the Rising Sun

Major Scales - C Major Scale -Octave - G Major Scale F Major Scale

Steps of a Major Scale - KeySignatures - D Major Scale

Using The Major Scales - C Major Scalefor The 4 Chord Song - G Major Scale for Sit With Me - D Major Scale forEveryone Feels

Pentatonic Scales E MinorPentatonic Scale Everything Else Does - A Minor Pentatonic Scale Wild Tune

Blues Scales - E Blues Scale ABlues Scale - Examples of Scales in Songs

12 Bar Blues - A7 D7 E7 Chords -Swing Rhythm - 12 Bar Blues in A - Spread Rhythm

Lead Guitar Techniques - StringBending - Hammer On - Blues in A Solo

Blues in E - B7 Chord - B SpreadRhythm - 12 Bar Blues in E - Slides- Blues in E Solo

How to Improvise Wild Tune Sit With Me Tapping on Gods Gate Sugar House Alhambra Yo Jim White Witch Lady The 4 Chord Song Completely Crazy Kid EveryoneFeels Everything Else Does House of the Rising Sun Blues in A Blues in E

Thisbook is written for absolute beginners wanting to learn the basics of playingthe guitar. By the end of the book you should be able to play many songs usinga range of skills required to play the guitar. If youve always wanted to learnto play the guitar but didnt know where to start this is the book for you.

Thebook is divided into 21 lessons covering a range of guitar techniques to get youplaying. The best way to use this book is to work on one lesson a week or untilyou have mastered the lessons exercises and songs before moving onto the nextlesson. You may find that that some lessons require more time or you may movefaster through some lessons than others. This all depends on how much youpractice.

Here is an overview of what the lessons in the book cover.

The Guitar, Practicing & Picking Lessons 1- 3
This is all about learning the parts of the guitar, essential accessories andpractice tools. You will also learn how to hold the guitar, finger numbers, howto hold a guitar pick and practice with picking exercises. To improve andmaintain your guitar skills regular practice is essential so practice tips areincluded here.

Chords & Strumming Lessons 4-10
You will learn the main chords used in thousands of songs, how to change betweenthem and strumming patterns to suit a range of music styles including rock,pop, folk, blues and country.

Arpeggios Lessons 11-12
Arpeggios are simply chords played one note at a time. A famous example of this techniqueon guitar is the start to Led Zeppelins "Stairway to Heaven".Arpeggios can make simple chords sound more interesting and they sound great inslow songs and ballads.

Scales Lessons 13-17
Single note / lead guitar playing will also be looked at with an introduction toscales and how they're used to play melodies and guitar solos.

Blues & Rock n Roll Lessons 18-20
All the previously covered skills will come together as you are introduced to theblues which is the foundation for rock n roll, jazz, soul and rhythm and bluesmusic. The blues is also great fun for jamming with other guitarists andmusicians and is an essential style to learn for any aspiring guitarist.

Improvising Lesson 21
Tips to improvise are given here with all the songs used in the book listed withtheir matching scales and links to their backing tracks to practice with.

To help you learn to play the guitar the book features many photos, diagrams, exercises and songs.

The exercises and songsalso include links to mp3 audio samples so you can hear what they sound like asyou progress through the book. There are also numerous video lessons thatcompliment the lessons in the book. Look out for the Mp3 Track and Videoicons and links to these audio and video files.

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So lets start learning to play the guitar!

Parts of the Guitar - Main Types Of Guitar - GuitarAccessories & Practice Tools - Holding The Guitar The Notes Of Music -Tuning - Finger Numbers - Holding The Pick

Before we start playing its a good to get familiar with the parts of the guitar.While there are differences between various types of guitars all have the same mainparts. The picture below is of a steel string acoustic guitar.

There are 3 main types of guitar, nylon string acoustic(classical), steel string acoustic and the electric guitar. Each hastheir own pros and cons and differences in tone that makes them suit differentstyles of music.

The nylon string or classical guitar is traditionally usedin classical, flamenco and folk music. The sound of this guitar is much moremellow and rounded than a steel string acoustic and tends to sound betterplayed with the finger tips verses being played with a pick.

The advantage for beginners is that the nylon string guitaris much easier on the fingertips than steel strings because nylon is a muchsofter material than steel. Also the cost of a reasonable quality nylon stringacoustic guitar is fairly cheap and is often less than an equivalent qualitysteel string guitar.