Teach Yourself Guitar Basics

This book is a must for those starting the guitar or wanting to brush up on the rudimentary princples. In a step-by-step approach the fundamentals; such as chord building and scales; are all covered clearly and concisely in Tablature and simple diagrams. All the music theory fundamentals needed by guitar players. Explains the different guitar types and the basics of sound production. Provides a step-by-step description of how to build scales and chords. Entertaining and practical puzzles riddles and quizzes. Fingerboard chart and Chromatic wheel diagram.

More and more adults are taking the positive step to learn or rediscover how to play the Guitar. But having made the decision the challenge is knowing where to turn! Whatever your starting point leading Guitar educationalists James Longworth and Nick Walker provide the answers in this all-in-one adult tutor It’s Never Too Late To Play Guitar: An instructive teach-yourself programme covering essential music theory and the basics of Guitar technique. Contains a wealth of original music alongside pop rock blues folk classical and jazz hits. Breaks down the key musical features of different styles such as classic chordprogressions riffs and strumming patterns – ideal for aspiring songwriters! Packed with useful information in the form of technical tips help with notation and ‘Did you know?’ boxes. Photocopiable chord and notation guides for quick reference. Recommended listening ideas. CD containing a vast range of play-along tracks to make even the simplest pieces sound great. Perfect for beginner acoustic and classical guitarists and an ideal grounding for aspiring Electric Guitar players.

A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners-This quick and easy introduction for beginners covers: the basics - major scale - minor scale - scale theory and transposing - scale patterns and alternate fingerings - pentatonic scales - blues scales - three octave scales - and much more. No music reading is required and audio examples are available online for download or streaming.

Teach yourself how to sing with these easy rock singing lessons for beginners. Progressive Beginner Rock Singing covers the important techniques required to learn to sing including how to match pitch andrhythms pre-hear notes copy melodies by ear and harmonize melodies. This book also covers the basics of reading and understanding music the blues scale time signatures and the language of rock.ProgressiveBeginner Rock Singing includes 85 singing exercises and popular easy vocal music for beginners in rock singer styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read singing music forbeginners.This set comes with 1 CD containing Guitar audio demonstrating all examples. No prior knowledge of how to read music or singing is required to teach yourself to learn to sing using this book.Suitable forall ages and all types of vocal ranges including soprano mezzo soprano alto tenor baritone and bass.