Guitar First Steps -- Strums, Fingerstyle and Soloing

Download or read book Guitar First Steps -- Strums, Fingerstyle and Soloing written by Lou Manzi and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book and DVD set is designed for the absolute beginner. It covers both acoustic & electric guitar, in all styles, teaching you basic strumming and chord patterns. You'll learn how to tune without an electronic tuner, how to read strum patterns in rhythmic notation, new chords, and new variations on familiar chords. It also explains the theory behind major scales, keys and the circle of 5ths, the two-note shuffle pattern used in blues, how to improvise by combining melodic phrases into a solo, how to transpose chord progressions into different keys, and much, much more!