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Summary: Great book!!!
Review: After years of trying and failing I finally understand the guitar. This is a great book for anyone, beginner or advanced.
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Summary: Well worth the money - Excellent learning tool
Review: I got my first guitar in 1965 and took 6 months of lessons. I've been playing off and on since then, self taught and with the help of friends. This book filled in a lot of holes in my knowledge of guitar. It's well laid out with lots of examples and exercises. It's helped me learn some music theory, blues scales and some great techniques.
After a month I went back and bought copies for my son and daughter. Now they can bypass a lot of the frustration I had.
If you really want to sharpen your skills, this is the book for you. The only thing you have to add is practice, practice, practice......
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I just recently got this book and I am really enjoying it. The author notes in the beginning that this book has something for everyone and he's so right. Not only does the book cover lots of interesting ground, but the writing style does not play down to "dummies" ;-)Also, I like that the tabs and images are nice and big in this book, along with the font, that makes it very easy to read from a stand, while holding a guitar. And, its great to have the CD with it, really nicely put together -- I highly recommend buying this one!
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Summary: Excellent for smart folks!
Review: I just recently got this book and I am really enjoying it. The author notes in the beginning that this book has something for everyone and he's so right. Not only does the book cover lots of interesting ground, but the writing style does not play down to "dummies" ;-) Also, I like that the tabs and images are nice and big in this book, along with the font, that makes it very easy to read from a stand, while holding a guitar. And, its great to have the CD with it, really nicely put together -- I highly recommend buying this one!
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Summary: Excellent For Beginners!
Review: I just recently took up the guitar as an adult and bought about 6 different "how to" books including this one along with starting music lessons. This is the book to read if you are just getting started and would like easy to understand explanations about music theory and playing the guitar. It has tons of great tips and CD examples concentrated into one publication. Like one other reviewer, I too wish that the book was spiral bound so I could pop it up onto my music stand while reading and listening to the CD but unfortunately the world of publishing thinks more about profit (spiral bound is much more expensive to produce) than what the person buying the book needs so consequently very few music books are spiral bound. Once you have read this book AND have found yourself a great music teacher, I would highly recommend Bruce Arnold's series of workbooks also sold here on Amazon. They are a bit more expensive because they are spiral bound. I have purchased several of his books and am just beginning to work through them. One word of warning: his books require that you abandon any ideas about becoming an instant Carlos Santana that many "learn guitar in a day" books advertise and instead realize that music requires a lot of self motivation and is an everyday committment that pays off with a lifetime of enjoyment. Having said all this about Arnold's books, I want to empahsize that the "Everything" book is a great self-teaching publication and I keep coming back too it and re-reading parts and working on different chapters. It is well worth the money and still remains my favorite to just read and learn without even picking up my guitar.
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Summary: Excellent For Beginners!
Review: I just recently took up the guitar as an adult and bought about 6 different "how to" books including this one along with starting music lessons. This is the book to read if you are just getting started and would like easy to understand explanations about music theory and playing the guitar. It has tons of great tips and CD examples concentrated into one publication. Like one other reviewer, I too wish that the book was spiral bound so I could pop it up onto my music stand while reading and listening to the CD but unfortunately the world of publishing thinks more about profit (spiral bound is much more expensive to produce) than what the person buying the book needs so consequently very few music books are spiral bound. Once you have read this book AND have found yourself a great music teacher, I would highly recommend Bruce Arnold's series of workbooks also sold here on Amazon. They are a bit more expensive because they are spiral bound. I have purchased several of his books and am just beginning to work through them. One word of warning: his books require that you abandon any ideas about becoming an instant Carlos Santana that many "learn guitar in a day" books advertise and instead realize that music requires a lot of self motivation and is an everyday committment that pays off with a lifetime of enjoyment. Having said all this about Arnold's books, I want to empahsize that the "Everything" book is a great self-teaching publication and I keep coming back too it and re-reading parts and working on different chapters. It is well worth the money and still remains my favorite to just read and learn without even picking up my guitar.
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Summary: Excellent For Beginners!
Review: Marc Schonbrun has provided guitar players of all ilks with a breadth and depth of information unlikely to be found elsewhere. He has taken great care to present his information in a manner that insures a thorough understanding of the concepts and that promotes creativity in their usage, whether one's personal style preferences lean toward jazz, rock, blues, etc. Kudos as well for the CD that accompanies the book, which allows the "student" to hear as well as see the information and offers many fine examples of specific areas of learning. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A Very Well Done Instructional Treatise
Review: Marc Schonbrun has provided guitar players of all ilks with a breadth and depth of information unlikely to be found elsewhere. He has taken great care to present his information in a manner that insures a thorough understanding of the concepts and that promotes creativity in their usage, whether one's personal style preferences lean toward jazz, rock, blues, etc. Kudos as well for the CD that accompanies the book, which allows the "student" to hear as well as see the information and offers many fine examples of specific areas of learning. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: Marc's book has been a blast to read through, it starts with the basics and moves up, and is laid out very clearly with good diagrams and tips. I'm still working my way through it, but this time I've actually kept at the lessons and am now the proud owner of some good callouses. Well worth picking up as a good introductory book to guitar, or for people looking to get a good clean view at the theory behind rock performance.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is a really great book! It's just so well put together. I can tell it's going to really do wonders for my playing. I can not tell you what a great surprise this was, looking through the shelves and finding this! I think I may finally understand the modes and how chords work. Can't wait to dig in!
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