Guitar 1 Start Out Jammin'

If you have a guitar and you haven't played it much, I really believe you can finally get past the beginner stage with this book/dvd set. Most beginner approaches feel that, in order to be responsible, they must try to teach you how to read at the same time as learning to play. The result? You can only learn songs that fall within your reading ability, "Ok today we're going to learn Buffalo Gals..." Who wants to spend their time on that? Let's get right to the jamming (as the name...
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If you have a guitar and you haven't played it much, I really believe you can finally get past the beginner stage with this book/dvd set. Most beginner approaches feel that, in order to be responsible, they must try to teach you how to read at the same time as learning to play. The result? You can only learn songs that fall within your reading ability, "Ok today we're going to learn Buffalo Gals..." Who wants to spend their time on that? Let's get right to the jamming (as the name implies).How am I able to slough off the importance of reading? I don't. With Guitar 1 - Start Out Jammin'!, you're learning rhythmic notation, which is a much easier task. And it actually prepares you to learn standard notation later. Then, once you've gotten past the basics on guitar, if you want to further your reading, get my first book, "The Guitarist's Link to Sight Reading". It's much easier to focus on reading if you're not struggling with how to play your first chord on the guitar. The thing that separates this book from other beginner guitar methods is, while not emphasizing reading, it works with rhythmic notation written under chord symbols. This way people can focus on getting their fingers to do what they need to do without getting too burdened by learning two difficult things at once.Another main strength is that it's a grab bag of a lot of starter material; chord progressions, rhythmic notation, strum patterns, blues progressions, single note bass riffs, theory lessons, power chord exercises... Most areas of modern guitar playing require just a start. If it's a solid enough start, then the student will be able to progress in many more areas as years pass, than if they had just learned one aspect of playing. A student can only progress on something they have actually begun. This book is intent on starting a lot of fires early on, all of which will inspire the beginning guitarist to progress further over time.