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Guitar Basics: Essential Chords, Scales, Rhythms and Theory (Private Lessons) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Bruce Buckingham
Publisher: Musicians Institute Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 148844
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0793571316
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
UPC: 073999951349
EAN: 9780793571314
ASIN: 0793571316
Publication Date: January 1, 1998
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Product Description
This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, 'color' chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions.
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 Good Book September 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good book for starters...author explains basics like fingure positioning, in detail before moving to the next level...
The Best in Its Kind August 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If are a begginer and have failed with many toher books, this is the last book your should need. With this book you can work on your own or find an instructor to get you going. Bruce doesn't teach you how to play songs, he teaches you rhythm patterns and strive to groove your rhythm.
My chord shifting/holding and rhythm has improved a lot (of course I should have made more efforts). Do your part (practising regularly) and you'll find yourself you can be a guitarist. The rhythms on CD are so beautiful and the quality is excellent. One thing Bruce could have done was helping with "counting" (such as 1 e & da, etc.) and play the examples in slower tempos. I also have his "Ryhthm Guitar" (the Complete Guide).
On the side note, Bruce Buckingham could be the best rhythm guitar player on earth.
Guitar Basics Level 1 July 11, 2007
I have been teaching guitar for a number of years and this book would be the best learning aid I have come across. The lessons are interesting and arranged in an excellent way. Chords, strumming, scales, rhythm playing are easy and manageable for the beginner. There are sections on the blues, movable chord shapes, inversions. A good section on practice tips and the audio cd is well done. Bruce Buckingham is a good teacher and he is able to communicate all the basics well. The logical step up from this book is another Bruce Buckingham book, "Rhythm Guitar The Complete Guide".
This book is more in depth but is really the complete guide to guitar playing for the beginner, intermediate student. Great stuff!
Excellent Guitar Refresher Course June 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a good book if you want to get away from all the "licks & tricks"
guitar method books out there on the market.This book gives you the first
steps to really understanding the guitar & its primary function in a music
setting.You can learn by rote & imitation or you can truly understand the
chords that make up songs & the rhythms within them.By learning chords &
progressions,this book helps you play the universal ingredients in all
popular song forms.This book along with Jody Fisher's "I used to play
guitar" are excellent if you want to build a strong foundation.If you
really want to understand what it takes to be a compitent guitarist,start
with this book!
Just what I needed to start playing for real February 27, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been fiddling with the guitar for years now, without making any progress. It's tough being married, with kids, a job, and other hobbies to get serious with lessons and everything. I found this book gives enough direction to make real progress in short practice sections. The steps are deceptively simple; you'll learn a principle, and then you'll be responsible to practice it until it's right.
Even with just a little time I'm filling in a lot of gaps in my playing. I'm learning open chords I ignored before. I'm getting much better at my transitions. My fingers are getting stronger. In just a few weeks, I've advanced more than in many years of goofing around. This book is well worth the price.
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