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Book Reviews of Guitar for Dummies
Book Review: Guitar for Dummies
Summary: 1 Stars
I should have known better than ordering another worthless guitar instruction book. I have been trying to learn how to play the guitar for over 50 years now and I have yet to find an instruction book that tells you how really to play more than simple chords and strumming. I have stacks of such books that have not helped me at all. It seems to me that there in a conspiracy to try to keep people from learning what all the great guitar players know. Even the private instructors keep you taking lessons for years without really teaching you anything of value. When I learned to play wind instruments the lessons were concise and they followed a definate pattern to help you achieve a high level of ability. All the guitar books I've seen so far start somewhere in the middle and go nowhere. It is my firm belief that a person is born to be a real, all around, good guitar player and if he isn't there is very little anyone can do to teach you.Book Review: Guitar for Dummies, Has Lots of Yummies
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm still learning from this book and enjoy the wonderful knowledge it expounds with humor and ease of teaching. Buy it,you'll love it.Book Review: Guitars for Dummies? I think the authors are the dummies
Summary: 1 Stars
Or maybe I'm the dummy for buying the book. This book may seem organized, but in actuality it jumps in every direction at once. I think of this book as something only a somewhat experienced guitar player should own. It's written more like a quick reference for someone who can already play. I was a beginner who mistakenly bought this book, thinking it would help him learn. Well, it didn't. Any progress I've made was from reading articles online and from another book I bought. Don't buy this book. It will only make you incredibly frustrated.Book Review: Highly Recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
I have eMedia Guitar Method, this book and I've been taking lessons with a local teacher. While this book doesn't cover everything that I've learned from my teacher, it gives a lot of supplementary exercises and information that has really helped broaden my guitar education. I recommend this book highly over any software I have seen (eMedia, Voyetra's Teach Me Guitar, etc.) First, the book is cheaper. Second, it's a whole lot better. (I say better because it isn't just basic lessons like the software gives, there is a lot of extra info in the text that is really quite valuable and entertaining).It covers chords thoroughly, goes on to explain how to play melodies and has some good exercises for getting the hang of it. Plus, the CD gives you a recorded version of the songs and the exercises so you know exactly what they should sound like.
There's also information on various styles (folk, rock, blues). It also covers simple maintenance (I finally found out why there was a little wrench in the box when I bought my guitar). There's a whole chapter dedicated to changing strings.
Since my teacher is giving me all the music theory in addition to playing, I was really happy to see the chart on page 331 that shows the relationship between the notes on the music staff and the strings/frets on the guitar.
This really is a great book for a beginner.
Book Review: I always wanted to learn guitar and sing
Summary: 5 Stars
I always wanted to study music, but I was highly encouraged to get my degree in something "sensible" by my family. So I became an avid music supporter. Going to gigs, concerts everything. Well, for my birthday my husband bought me 3 things: an accoustic guitar,
"Voice Lessons TO GO" by Vaccarino (singing lessons on CD), and Guitar for dummies. Needless to say, they were awesome gifts. Everyday I get a little better, and feel that much more in touch with the music I oh so love.