Guitar Six-in-One for Dummies

6 BOOKS IN 1* Guitar For Dummies* Guitar Theory For Dummies* Guitar Exercises For Dummies* Rock Guitar For Dummies* Blues Guitar For Dummies* Classical Guitar For DummiesView video demonstrations and listen to audio tracks onlineYour one-stop resource to learn to play guitarSo, you want to play guitar? Who could blame you? The guitar is a beautiful, soulful, and versatile instrument that sets the standard for coolness in the music world. Whether you want to play acoustic, electric, or classical guitar, this all-encompassing guide puts everything you need to start playing and continue improving at your fingertips.* Get started with guitar -- discover the anatomy of a guitar, figure out how it works, make sense of strings and frets, and develop basic playing skills* Strike a chord -- grasp major and minor chords, spice it up with some basic 7th chords, put power chords into play, and get behind the barre* Have fun with theory -- get to know guitar theory to navigate the fretboard, add chord tones and extensions, play chord progressions, and use the pentatonic scale to start improvising solos* Make beautiful music -- learn all the tricks of the trade to play acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar like a star* Practice makes perfect -- find tons of exercises to put your skills to practice, from putting the major scales to use to adding sequences to your repertoire--and everything in betweenOpen the book and find:* Guidance on buying and stringing guitars* Plenty of musical examples to quickly start playing acoustic, rock, blues, and classical guitar* Help deciphering music notation and tablature* Chord and rhythm techniques* The lowdown on guitar theory and the CAGED chord system* How to play lead guitar and groove on riffs* Chord exercises to help build finger independence* Online audio and video tutorialsVisit Dummies.com to: Improve your skills by listening to and playing along with audio tracks and viewing videos demonstrating concepts and examples from the book.