Learn to Play the Guitar: Teach Yourself by Simon Pitt

Learn to Play the Guitar: Teach Yourself by Simon Pitt

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From the UK's only provider of genuine rock music courses, this manual covers everything from basic techniques to performing live on both acoustic and electric guitar, with a CD of helpful practice exercises, hints and tips

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Learn to Play the Guitar: Teach Yourself by Simon Pitt

Is this the right book for me? Learn to Play the Guitar is a fresh guide to learning guitar, written and supported by Rockschool, the UK's only teaching body for rock, pop and country musicians of all ages and abilities. It explains which type of guitar to play, what model suits you best and the basic playing techniques before introducing rhythms, chords, riffs and melodies and showing you how to combine them all together. Punctuated by practical exercises and featuring an audio CD to show you how it all works, this is an essential guide for all those who want to play modern popular music on guitar for their own pleasure but don't know where to start. Learn to Play the Guitar includes: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: An overview of guitar types and construction Chapter 3: Buying a guitar Chapter 4: Guitar amps Chapter 5: A practice area Chapter 6: Changing the strings Chapter 7: Pitch Chapter 8: Tuning your guitar Chapter 9: Playing guide Chapter 10: Song #1 - 'On Track' Chapter 11: Song #2 - 'Heroes' Chapter 12: Song #3 - 'Lifted Up' Chapter 13: Song #4 - 'Nevada' Chapter 14: Song #5 - 'Gravellin' Man' Chapter 15: Song #6 - 'Glass Circle' . Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject. Five things to remember Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Simon Pitt is Director of Rockschool Ltd, the UK's only provider of examination materials and syllabi for students who want formal qualifications in performing modern music. Simon Troup is the director of Digital Music Art, a music publishing company. He composes, plays guitar and teaches website design on a Commercial Music degree course.
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ISBN 13 9781444107241
ISBN 10 1444107240
Title Learn to Play the Guitar: Teach Yourself
Author Simon Pitt
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Multiple-component retail product
Publisher John Murray Press
Year published 2010-09-24
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.