Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar: (55 Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)

Everything beginners need to know to start playing guitar Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a guitar and start strumming! Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar shows you the basics—step by step and note by note. You begin with basic chords and techniques and progress through suspensions, bass runs, hammer-ons, and barre chords. As you learn to read tablature and lead sheets, you can play any number of songs and styles of music, from rock to folk to country. The chord chart and scale appendices are ready references for use long after you master the basics. Plus, this new edition includes an audio CD so you can hear what each note, chord, and technique should sound like, along with a new chapter on reading music. This new edition includes substantial improvements to get readers playing the guitar faster A photo-intensive, step-by-step approach to playing acoustic and electric guitar The bonus CD includes more than 100 audio tracks Whether you've never picked up a guitar or want to brush up on the basics, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar will get you strumming in no time.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1 Learning to Play 2 Hit the Ground Running 3 Continue Your Guitar Education 4 Some Final Advice Before You Start 5 CHAPTER 2 Parts of the Guitar 6 Parts of the Acoustic Guitar 7 Parts of the Electric Guitar 8 Headstock and Tuning Pegs 9 Neck 10 Body 12 Bridge 14 Strings 15 Electric Guitar Controls 16 CHAPTER 3 Tuning the Guitar 19 Standard Tuning of Strings 20 Tuning with an Electronic Tuner 21 Relative Tuning 25 CHAPTER 4 Getting into Position 28 Sitting 29 Standing 32 Fretting Hand Position 35 Picking Hand Position 38 CHAPTER 5 Your First Chords and Song 40 How to Read a Chord Chart 41 D Chord 42 A7 Chord 44 G Chord 45 Put These Chords Together in a Song 46 CHAPTER 6 The Rest of the Open Chords 48 A Chords 49 B7 Chord 52 C Chords 53 D Chords 55 E Chords 57 G7 Chord 60 CHAPTER 7 Moving Between Chords 61 Economy of Motion 62 Chord Shifts with Common Fingering 64 Chord Shifts on the Same Fret 65 Chord Shifts on the Same String 66 Move from Chord to Chord without a Common String 67 CHAPTER 8 Strumming and Picking 69 Start with Your Thumb 70 Play with a Pick 72 Fingerpicking 74 CHAPTER 9 Rhythm Guitar 83 The Basics of Tempo 84 4/4 Time 85 3/4 Time 90 CHAPTER 10 Reading Chord Symbols, Tablature, and Lead Sheets 91 Five Common Types of Guitar Chords 92 Read Tablature 97 Play a Song from a Lead Sheet 99 CHAPTER 11 The Capo and Barre Chords 103 Use a Capo 104 Barre Chord Technique 109 Your First Barre Chord: F 111 Related Barre Chords: F7, Fm, and Fm7 114 Moving Up and Down the Neck 116 CHAPTER 12 Arpeggios, Suspensions, and Bass Runs 125 Arpeggios 126 Suspensions 133 Suspension Chord Fingerings 136 Bass Runs 146 CHAPTER 13 Reading Music and Basic Theory 166 Scales 167 The Treble Clef and Ledger Lines 174 Note and Rest Values 175 Time Signatures 177 Accidentals 178 Key Signatures 179 CHAPTER 14 An Introduction to Soloing and Improvisation 184 The Pentatonic Scale 185 Simple Solos 190 CHAPTER 15 Advanced Techniques 201 Slides 202 Pull-Offs and Hammer-Ons 205 Vibrato 213 String Bending 215 Tremolo Bar 217 Harmonics 218 CHAPTER 16 Purchasing and Maintaining Equipment 220 Buy an Acoustic Guitar 221 Buy an Electric Guitar 223 Buy an Amplifier 225 Care for and Maintain Your Strings 226 Restring Your Guitar 227 The Truss Rod 231 Adjust Intonation on an Electric Guitar 232 Humidification and Other Maintenance 233 CHAPTER 17 Electric Guitar Sounds 234 Controls on Your Electric Guitar 235 Controls on Your Amplifier 236 Effect Pedals 238 APPENDIX A Chord Charts 240 Major and Minor Chords 241 E-Shaped Barre Chords 242 A-Shaped Barre Chords 247 APPENDIX B Scales 251 Major Open Scales 252 Major Movable Scales 253 Minor Open Scales 253 Minor Movable Scales 254 Major Pentatonic Open Scales 255 Major Pentatonic Movable Scales 256 Minor Pentatonic Open Scales 256 Minor Pentatonic Movable Scales 257 Blues Scales 258 APPENDIX B Scales 251 Index 259

About the Author :
Charles Kim teaches guitar, bass, songwriting, recording, and music theory at Chicago's renowned Old Town School of Folk Music. A multifaceted musician, producer, and composer, his scores have been commissioned and featured by the Royal Academy of Art, Showtime, and the History Channel.