Guitar for Dummies Book

This 500 000-copy bestseller is now revised with 25 per cent new material and an all-new interactive CD. Guitar sales are on the rise jumping from 1.7 million sold in 2000 to nearly 2 million in 2003. Now revised and updated this is the perfect introductory guide for all those novice acoustic and electric guitar players. It offers easy step-by-step instructions on fingering chords strumming and picking using specialized techniques like the slide and playing in a wide range of guitar styles - from rock and blues to folk and classical - plus tips on selecting the right guitar maintaining it and finding the best accessories. For this new edition the authors provide expanded coverage of guitar styles including a whole new chapter on jazz guitar - as well as fresh practice pieces and techniques an all-new play-along CD and updated charts illustrations photographs and resources. Mark Phillips (Bayside NY) is a guitarist arranger and editor with more than 30 years in the music publishing field.Phillips has served as Director of Music and Director of Publications at Cherry Lane Music where he has edited or arranged the songbooks of artists such as John Denver Van Halen Guns N' Roses and Metallica and has served as Music Editor for "Guitar" and "Guitar One" magazines. Jon Chappell (Rye NY) is a multistyle guitarist transcriber and arranger. He is currently Editor in Chief of "Guitar" magazine Technical Editor of "Guitar Shop" magazine and musicologist for "Guitarra" a classical magazine. His other books include "Rock Guitar For Dummies" (0-7645-5356-9).

The 500,000-copy bestseller, now revised with 25 percent new material and an all-new interactive CD Guitar sales are on the rise, jumping from 1. 7 million sold in 2000 to nearly 2 million in 2003. Now revised and updated, this is the perfect intro

Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell