Guitar 101 is an exceptional introduction to beginner's guitar. The practical nature of the book means you will be able to learn at a quicker rate compared to most other systems of teaching.
Where most books give you an impossible amount of single note exercises to learn, this book merely bypasses that and gets you playing quickly.No more having to wait 6 months or so to play a song you really like, because with this book you can start learning all the songs you really want to within 10 weeks. Maybe even less than that, depending on your learning ability.
In those ten weeks you will learn:
* open chords,
* barre chords,
* scales in one and two octaves,
* hammer-ons, pull-offs and slide techniques,
* chord progressions and song construction , and much more.
This is not to say that your learning from the book stops in 10 weeks. Far from it. While you get to learn your favourite songs on your own, there are two chapters that last you all the way through those songs and beyond.
Guitar is not easy, but it is not meant to be difficult either. Stonethrow Music's Guitar 101 is the ideal start for anyone beginning guitar.
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