Description Gigging guitarist and composer, studio player and producer, Rick Cardinali is a supreme master of guitar who has now distilled a lifetime s playing into his very own guitar method! Rick s book takes you from picking up a guitar for the first time to playing a complete blues solo. To begin Rick will explain the parts of the guitar, how to hold the instrument and tune it, holding a plectrum, correct fingering technique and how to read tablature and standard notation. Next you ll learn how to play single-note melodies, riffs, open chords and power chords. Best of all you ll learn everything while listening to Rick s superb professionally-produced backing tracks on the two included CDs! Even if you re starting from scratch, you ll be playing in no time! Acoustic or electric, surf rock or heavy metal, let Rick Cardinali teach you to play guitar, backed by a world-class band!