The "Guitar Book" - For Those Who Have Just Landed On The Planet Earth! - Learn How To Play Guitar!
- Book Review,
by Chris Lopez
Russ Hucek - Kradle Guitar Picks- July 2001
"Finally, an enjoyable method to learning to play guitar. Chris Lopez makes the complex appear simple."
Book Description
Boldly Ilustrated… See and Do Approach... Only the Good Guitar Stuff… Free of All That Wordy Fluff… The Guitar Book…. is a must have simplified pool of guitar playing information to carry along as your trusted companion to get any beginning new guitar playing enthusiasts moving forward. For starters, it is a guitar book without a lot of words and words, but is a See and Do guitar book that presents the basics for every beginning guitar player in bold and easy to understand fingering diagram illustrations. Here is a list of some of the basic but important learning to play guitar information contained in The Guitar Book…., the source to building a great foundation for the beginning guitar playing enthusiast: · How to tune the guitar · How to hold and strum the guitar · How to play chord progressions without reading music · Learn the most commonly played guitar chords in both Open and Barre forms · Learn how to play the most commonly played guitar chords in all keys: Majors, Minors, Minor 7ths, Dominant 7ths, Major 7ths, 9ths along with practice chord progressions galore · A number of simple and boldly illustrated practice chord diagrams to show you how to move from chord to chord with ease · Learn the most commonly and easiest fingering patterns and the best sounding fingering patterns along with suggested tips on how to enhance the sound of a chord · Instantly change a chord of the same name from a major chord to a minor to a minor seventh or dominant seventh chord by just lifting a finger (i.e., an F Major to an F Minor to an F Minor Seventh to an F7) · Kick your chord progressions into rock ‘n’ roll by adding 7th chords in every key along with illustrated accompanying chord progressions · Get into the blues mood with 9th chords in every key along with accompanying illustrated chord progressions · Simple technique on how to transpose a chord progression to suit your voice · How to play scale patterns without reading music in both staff and tab notation · Start-Up Scale Patterns With Tablature are given in easy to understand illustrated diagrams along with chord progressions to accompany the scale patterns in matching keys You will discover and experience immediate progress on your way to learning how to play the guitar and then use it toward your favorite style of music, rock ‘n’ roll, blues, country, popular, folk, etc., for as long as you play the guitar. There are more than just two or three chords and scales in this simple and clearly illustrated learn how to play guitar book. The Guitar Book…. contains the easiest and best sounding chord fingering patterns from every key as well as some of the most basic scale patterns suitable for the beginning guitar player. Put your own melodies together with the easy to understand CHORD COMBINATION CHART leaving you without the guessing of which chord goes with which chord….available only in The Guitar Book…. Special Note – The Guitar Book - For Those Who Have Just Landed On The Planet Earth! - Learn How To Play Guitar contains the same learn how to play guitar information as The First Stage Guitar Book - Learn How To Play Guitar Easily & Quickly! the only difference is that you have a choice of which book cover you would prefer.
From the Publisher
READING MUSIC AND PRIOR EXPERIENCE PLAYING THE GUITAR NOT REQUIRED...Want to learn how to play the guitar EASILY and QUICKLY? This great book by Chris Lopez will jump start your musical development in the right direction. You will find what the beginning guitar player has for so long been looking for, for starters, a guitar book filled with complete and easy to understand illustrations on how to play the most commonly played chords - both open and barre forms. Areas covered include Major, Minor, Dominant Seventh, Dominant Ninth and Major Seventh chords. Includes easy to understand chord reference chart on related chords by key, and information on transposing chords and a great deal more that would have you looking forever in other guitar books for the simplicity, all presented in clear and boldly illustrated diagrams. As it has been said before, there is no magic to learning how to play the guitar, only the desire to learn and self-scheduling practice time and before you know it you will be playing the guitar to your favorite songs and imagine this, also be able to start creating your own songs.
From the Author
For all the years I have been playing a guitar, I have never seen a "learn how to play guitar" book that provides a means of learning how to play a guitar in an easy to understand format which provides for the beginning guitar player plenty of clear and bold illustrations. So I thought it was about time to make available such a guitar book. I truly believe a picture tells a thousand words and this explains why I believe it doesn't take hundreds of pages of words to show someone how to play a guitar. I decided to present a guitar book which contains less words and more of what I like to call SEE & DO so that you won‘t spend a great deal of your time reading but spend a greater portion of your time with your hands on the guitar. You will discover that this learn to play guitar book will not overwhelm you with more than you need to know at this early stage of learning to play guitar, however will provide you with only the must know basics, learning techniques about getting started on the guitar and only the essential guitar chords, presented in simple to understand illustrations. You will find that by focusing and learning the most commonly played guitar chords and how they work together. With the information provided in this guitar book, you will be on your way to playing the songs you enjoy as well as your own creations a lot sooner. On another note, you may also wish to get a copy of a handy and quick reference guitar chord chart: The “First Stage” Guitar Chord Chart – Learn How To Play The Most Commonly Played Guitar Chords!
Excerpted from The "Guitar Book" - For Those Who Have Just Landed On The Planet Earth! - Learn How To Play Guitar! by Chris Lopez. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION: A Little Taken From The Introduction Page You will discover that this learn to play guitar book will not overwhelm you with more than you need to know at this early stage of learning to play guitar, however will provide you with only the essential guitar chords in a simplified method. You will find that by focusing and learning the most commonly played guitar chords, you will be on your way to playing the songs you enjoy as well as your own creations a lot sooner. CHAPTER 2: How To Tune Your Guitar Includes the proper way to keep your guitar in tune with a clear and easy to understand illustration for each string – the simple quick check method to tell you whether your guitar is in tune, also how to eliminate slippage - or the slack that occurs when tension on a string is lessened... The best way to tune the guitar is by using any number of quality pitch pipes, tuning forks or battery powered guitar tuners which are available at any fine music store. It is critical that you keep and play your guitar in tune. Another important, but often overlooked point, is to learn which tuning peg tunes which string, and the direction you have to turn the pegs to raise and lower the pitch of the strings. Learning this very mechanical aspect of the guitar will save you much time and confusion now and in the future. One last fine point about tuning; always tune your guitar so that you are raising the pitch to the correct note. That is to say, you should be tightening the strings as you tune your guitar, as opposed to loosening the strings, to achieve the desired note. This practice eliminates slippage or the slack that occurs when tension on a string is lessened, causing the string to quickly go out of tune again. Please, take note of the arrows in the diagram on the following page. One end of the arrow points to the note which is to be held down with the second finger during the tuning process. The other end of the same arrow points to the open string which will be tuned to the note that is being held down at the opposite end of the arrow. -Diagrams Illustrating How To Tune Each String Are Shown In The Book- CHAPTER 7: Instant Chord Changes Shows you how you can instantly change a chord to another chord by just lifting a finger... As you become more familiar with positioning your fingers to form Barre chords, you will discover that you can make two or four different forms of chords from just one chord. It is easy as lifting one or more fingers. In the chord diagrams below, we begin with one of the most commonly used finger pattern forms for the Major Chords, in this case, the F Major Chord. By lifting the gray colored number 2 finger, Middle Finger, you will create an F Minor Chord, then by lifting the gray colored number 2 and 4 finger, Middle and Pinky Finger, you will create an F Minor Seventh Chord and finally by lifting the number 4 finger, Pinky Finger, you will create an F Dominant Seventh Chord. You can now move the entire F Major Chord finger pattern toward the body of the guitar to the next fret and you will be able to do the same with the next chord which will be an F# Major Chord. You can continue doing this up and down the guitar neck forming more and more chords. In the first two diagrams below you can instantly change a Cm Chord into a Cm7 Chord by lifting just one finger. When you lift the gray colored number 4 finger, Pinky Finger, off the Cm Chord you will create a Cm7 Chord as illustrated in the second diagram. In the second two diagrams below you can instantly change a Cmaj7 Chord into a C7 Chord by lifting just one finger. When you left the gray colored number 2 finger, Middle Finger, off the Cmaj7 Chord you will create a C7 Chord as illustrated in the fourth diagram. -Viewing the clear And boldly illustrated diagrams in this book will show you how easy this is to do- Be sure to look over the TABLE OF CONTENTS on this site to view the other guitar learning information that is included in this guitar book to determine whether you want to add this must have simplified pool of information to your guitar learning adventure...
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