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.
Guitar Basics: Essential Chords, Scales, Rhythms and Theory
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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!
Rating: 5 / 5
November 18th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Good book for starters…author explains basics like fingure positioning, in detail before moving to the next level…
Rating: 4 / 5
November 18th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 18th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
This book really took my playing to another level. When I first came across this book I was struggling to keep my fingering for even the few major chords that I knew. A month later I have a repitore of 35 chords I can play without having to think about, and a limited but expanding ability to solo. And I owe 75% of it to this book alone. This book is where it’s at for beginners who are tired of playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb”, and “Greensleeves”, and the rest of those boring songs most beginners get force fed.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 18th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
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!
Rating: 5 / 5