Guitar Shop: A Beginner's Guide to Learning Lead and Rhythm Guitar

Guitar Shop: A Beginner's Guide to Learning Lead and Rhythm Guitar
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10+
Release Date
March 10, 2001
ISBN
0967075181
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This beginner's guide to learning to play the guitar features bite-size, easy-to-understand lessons that will help you progress quickly! It covers all open major, minor and seventh chords and scales. Chord construction theory, tablature, note reading and scale applications are all presented in very easy-to- comprehend style. The concepts are arranged systematically, but the lessons appear in a staggered fashion, so that the student isn't forced to absorb too much of any one principle at once. For added value, your book purchase allows access to the Guitar Shop website featuring downloadable backing tracks; additional diagrams and photos; e-mail support and more! This book is designed to lay flat for ease of use! If you want to learn to play the guitar from scratch, or teach a beginner how to play, this is the book you need. A checklist at the back of the book tracks the student's progress. Great for beginners and guitar teachers alike.

This beginner's guide to learning to play the guitar features bite-size, easy-to-understand lessons that will help you progress quickly! It covers all open major, minor and seventh chords and scales. Chord construction theory, tablature, note reading and scale applications are all presented in very easy-to- comprehend style. The concepts are arranged systematically, but the lessons appear in a staggered fashion, so that the student isn't forced to absorb too much of any one principle at once. For added value, your book purchase allows access to the Guitar Shop website featuring downloadable backing tracks; additional diagrams and photos; e-mail support and more! This book is designed to lay flat for ease of use! If you want to learn to play the guitar from scratch, or teach a beginner how to play, this is the book you need. A checklist at the back of the book tracks the student's progress. Great for beginners and guitar teachers alike.

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Really easy to understand
(Updated: June 28, 2026)
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Reader reviewed by Theresa Morgan

Really easy to understand. I tried a couple other guitar books first but this one stands head and shoulders above them. No questions about what to learn first or which chords sound good with which chords, it's all laid out very clearly. I also quickly learned some scales and actually understood how to use them, the other books didn't even discuss scales. There are at least one hundred illustrations and they're very simple to understand too.

The best part was the website access that comes with the book. I downloaded several MP3 files and could jam right along using the scales and chords I learned in the book. A very pleasant learning experience. Highly Recommended.
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