The Complete Guitar Course

by Tom Fleming

Accompanied by sheet music for dozens of great songs, as well as inspirational stories of legendary guitarists, a comprehensive course takes would-be musicians step by step through the techniques of learning how to play the guitar and includes helpful tips on how to select the right guitar to suit one's individual needs.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 19, 2006

Reviews

[Yycdaisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information in this book, but not the most practical for learning to play. For one thing the book is quite large and heavy for most music stands, and it does not lend itself to staying open. It's really an introduction to learning to play, you would likely need supplementary material. The lessons are a small part of the overall book when you get right down to it, but are interspersed with a lot of history of famous guitar players and other things. If there was a Guitar 101 course offered somewhere, this book would make a great textbook as it covers just about everything in the guitar world.

[Yycdaisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of information in this book, but not the most practical for learning to play. For one thing the book is quite large and heavy for most music stands, and it does not lend itself to staying open. It's really an introduction to learning to play, you would likely need supplementary material. The lessons are a small part of the overall book when you get right down to it, but are interspersed with a lot of history of famous guitar players and other things. If there was a Guitar 101 course offered somewhere, this book would make a great textbook as it covers just about everything in the guitar world.

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really like that it includes both the pattern recognition diagrams and the photos of finger placement. I found it helpful for learning the first few chords and then found myself needing to keep flicking back and forwards through pages and quickly plateaued. Think I'll check out a few other books as well.

[Brandon I · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book id for anyone with guitars. this book will teach you hands-on on how to play a guitar! i just recently got a guitar and i'm already playing music! even if you dont have a guitar this book has interesting facts on different famous guitarists ranging from elvis and kenny rogers.

[Matt Walch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned more in 2 weeks with this book than i did in one year of playing by myself. Very helpful

[Barri]

Very good if you want to learn the bloody basics !