This first book launches you straight into a hands-on contemporary approach to learning the basics of both guitar and music. The essential visual element of shapes and patterns on the fingerboard unlock the secret to successful and creative playing. You
2 ½ stars perhaps. It seems to be for blues guitarists who want to learn how to read music. There's all the beginning notation stuff, tab, quite a few easy exercises, and by the end it goes into special techniques like string bending. The chords are just 2 and 3 note power chords.