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Guitar for Dummies

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by: Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell

October 11, 2005
I'd always wanted to play guitar but had never got round to it and was worried that I'd be no good. Having bought this book, I need not have worried. It very gently lowers you into the world of Guitar playing at your own pace, and you can stop using the book and play about a bit whenever you want. When you then want to go back and pick up the next stage it's like going back to an old friend. I could competently play little dittys withink a week

Buy it. Don't hesitate!

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How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons (Fireside Books (Fireside))

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by: Norman Monath

November 01, 1984
I am really enjoying working with this book, it is giving me a greater insight into the mechanics of music than I gleaned from formal piano lessons as a child. It treats me as an intelligent adult and instills confidence. A great way to take up the piano again after 50 years.

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Fretboard Roadmaps: The Essential Guitar Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use (Guitar Techniques)

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by: Fred Sokolow

August 01, 1993

I thought this book was extremely intuitive and with an easy writing style.

I liked the many diagrams which makes understanding the chord patterns easier.


However, being left handed, I also found the book very hard going, where I have to transpose over every tab notation and chord diagram.

I would not recommend this book for left handed players, although I would happily buy it again if Fred Sokolow would write and publish a left handed version of this book.

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Piano for Dummies

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by: Blake Neely

September 04, 1998
one of the worst things when learning an instrument is frustration, something i have experienced whilst reading other books on the subject of piano/keyboards. this book tells you how to play in plain english and goes into good depth on the basics of playing. you never feel overwhelmed.

highly recommended

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It's Never Too Late to Play Piano (Tutor book with CD)

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by: Pam Wedgwood

June 01, 2006
This is a great book - as long as you go through every section and don't be tempted to jump ahead to the more exciting stuff, you will be reading music and knocking out simple tunes in no time. I learned to play basic piano when I was about 11 and 30 years later, having forgotten absolutely everything, found this book ideal. It tells you everything you need to know and tests you from time to time to check you're paying attention.

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Bass Guitar for Dummies

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by: Patrick Pfeiffer

July 29, 2003
This is a great book, it's easy to follow and full of useful tips. It's helpful for beginners (like me) and a friend of mine with 25 years' playing experience found it worth his while too.

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How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar Playing and Song Writing Course

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by: Rikky Rooksby

August 24, 2000
This book has it all as songwriting goes.

Chords sequences, song structures, harmony, how to write lyrics, famous songwriter quotes on their insipations and more.

There are also frequent examples of songs, we know and grew up with, that refer to the issues being tackled in the various sections.
The book even has a suggested album listening list for various styles of music for inspiration and eye-opening.

And finally something that I haven't seen mentioned before is the extremely high producion quality of the book. This is probably the nicest looking and highest quality print publishing I own now for musicianship, and my musicbooks produce quite an impressive stack if piled up.

Beutiful and ... Read More:

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The "First Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How to Play Guitar Easily & Quickly!

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by: Chris Lopez

January 01, 2006
Better than I anticipated. I had expected the original version. What I received is a newer version which has been revised and updated: contains more pages with more examples, chord structures, and narrative.

Very, very nice.

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The Inner Game of Music

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by: Barry Green

August 07, 1987
This book is now my new bible, It has helped me so much in overcoming those performance nerves that you will always aquire at a performance. My self doubt and fear of failure has always been a problem, this book is the solution to my problem and has made me look at performance in a whole new perspective. My nerves have been reduced to that of a 'fun' feeling instead of gut wrenching sensation. Now I enjoy performance and have found myself to be more relaxed, this is one game you can't miss out on!!

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All the Tunes You've Ever Wanted to Play: All-time Piano Classics : Easy-to-play Arrangements (All the Tunes Piano Music)

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by: Carol Barratt

August 01, 1999
Lots of good songs for the price. I found the A5 format fine (not "much too small" as another reviewer commented). Piano arrangements are of intermediate difficulty - perhaps grade 4 or 5 on average.