Chitarra for dummies

This is a decent book for those just starting out learning the guitar. But don't expect to go too far as many, many intermediate and advanced topics are not included. Once you are finished with this book, if it helped you, be sure to go on to the book How to Become a Guitar Player from Hell because

I'm already an advanced enough guitarist that I didn't need this book for the learning aspects. What I did want was a good source on reading music, and the book doesn't disappoint. Rather than simply provide a reference to the symbols used on a musical staff, it walks you through the process of read Leggi tutto

Admittedly, I may have rounded up this rating if I didn't read The Idiot's Guide to Guitar Playing first. Reading them one after the other makes it hard to review them beyond comparing and contrasting. Guitar For Dummies seems to be designed with the same audience in mind as most YouTube beginner gui Leggi tutto

If I didn't learn to play, does that make me a super dummy?

It's a good thing libraries own these books. This is definitively a "what is a guitar?" book, taking you from your first step in the world of the guitar. If you know how to tune your guitar already, skip it. There is some theory, as well as some scales, chords, but it's the very basic stuff, and act Leggi tutto

This is a good book if you know absolutely nothing about acoustic or electric guitars. But, to be honest, you may be able to learn everything just by watching some Youtube videos about to start playing the guitar, the anatomy of a guitar, how to change the strings and so on. The only part that end u Leggi tutto

Not useful enough for dummies to learn how to play(With no instant interactive, no way). The last two chapters are quite interesting, though.