Be your own guitar teacher and rock with the best in no time!

Teach Yourself Basic Guitar introduces you to basic rhythms, chords, rifts, and melodies. You'll learn how to play modern genres such as pop, rock, and country. The accompanying CD features audio samples to help you progress through the course.

Introduction/1. An overview of guitar types and construction/2. Buying a guitar/3. Guitar amps/4. A practice area/5. Changing the strings/6. Pitch/7. Tuning/8. Playing guide/9. Song #1 - On track/10. Song #2 - Heroes/11. Song #3 - Lifted up/12. Song #4 - Nevada/13. Song #5 - Gravellin’ Man/14. Song #6 - Glass Circle/Taking it further

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.

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.

Imprint: McGraw-Hill
Distributor: The McGraw-Hill Companies
Publication Date: 04-21-2008
Pages: 224
Measurements: 7.800in X 5.000in X 0.750in X 0.576lb