How to Play Popular Guitar in 10 Easy Lessons: Amazon.ca: Norman Monath: Books

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With the easy-to-follow program, the building-block skills of playing acoustic or electric guitar can be mastered in a matter of weeks.

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Acclaimed musician and teacher Norman Monath presents and easy-to-follow program for mastering the guitar in a matter of weeks. Monath provides step-by-step instructions and more than 100 diagrams as beginner-friendly introductions to basic chord progressions. Note values, rhythms, and keys are also explained in terms even novices can understand.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for learning accompaniment!, Dec 30 2002

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First off, let's clarify who this book is and is not intended for. If you're looking for how to play awesome riffs, amazing solos, or rousing instrumental versions of your favorite songs; then this book is not for you. On the other hand, if you want to learn how to accompany yourself or someone else's singing, then this is definitely the book for you. In a few short lessons, this book will teach you how to how and when to strum chords along to a song, which chords are the most common in songs, and how to quickly change between them. As someone else mentioned, there are not many songs included in the text. The good news is that with the information and charts provided, you can EASILY start playing your own favorite songs, by taking advantage of gutiar tabulature available online at places like olga.net.

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1.0 out of 5 stars garbage, Jan 25 2002

By	C. A. Camillo "sutton-brown" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a big hoax. First, let's talk about the
misleading title: "How to Play the Guitar" actually
means how to STRUM the guitar. That's all this would-be
author tries to teach. Halfway through the book he tells you
it's not meant to teach how to play melodies.Even so, he fails in
teaching you how to accompany someone(or yourself singing).
And mind you, all you'll ever learn here is to accompany someone to "Skip to my Lou" and all those boring, idiotic traditional
songs. And only a couple of bars is introduced, not the whole song. In short, stay away from thias garbage. Don't waste your
time or money. I've wasted my money but I'm certainly not going
to waste my time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, Nov 24 2000

By	Duane (Canada) - See all my reviews

I found the quality of info and value contained in this book exceptional. Similar books with this much content are usually twice the price.

The book is very easy to follow, and had all the essentials to help get me playing the guitar quickly. Includes the requisite blues chords for beginners, and there was enough material to get me ready for jamming with my buddies by the end of the book.

Okay, so my buddies aren't that good either, but after a couple beers it doesn't really matter anyway. Great book for a small buck!

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2.0 out of 5 stars For the novice only; not much to go on
I wasn't thrilled with this book; the diagrams are downright lousy...They are not photographs but rather cartoons and only 2 or 3 chord fingerings are showed in the entire book... Read more

Published on Jan 9 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is an inspiration giver to any beginning guitarist
Because of the simple manner in which this book was written and the easy to understand explanantions I found this book to be very good reading. Read more

Published on April 26 1998