Hi
Can anyone recommend a good tutor book for guitar?
I've been playing for years with chords but I'd like to move on and learn to play blues. Part of this is that if I can get better I'll treat myself to a good semi-acoustic guitar.
As a second part, perhaps you could recommend guitar tutor books to avoid.
Thanks.
The New Complete Guitarist by Richard Chapman. Everything you will ever need to know about guitar/music in a single book.
mdsc83k wrote:
Hi
Can anyone recommend a good tutor book for guitar?
I've been playing for years with chords but I'd like to move on and learn to play blues. Part of this is that if I can get better I'll treat myself to a good semi-acoustic guitar.
As a second part, perhaps you could recommend guitar tutor books to avoid.
Thanks.
Indianola Mississippi Seeds by BB King
Live at the Fillmore by the Allman Bros
You just can't play the blues out of a book ....
how about that old, snoozer of a guy who gives guitar lessons for free, on PBS?
get "A Modern Method for Guitar"
it's the berklee college of music guitar book, good stuff, will teach you how to read music and play well
because honestly, if you just can play fast, but you don't know what you are doing, you aren't much of a musician. You need to be able to read and know scales, chord scales, arpegios, etc
most of the guitar books just teach technique
seriously, i'd like to add that Berklee is all about the contemporary music, so if you want to learn blues and jazz...that book is a great place to start
Thanks. I've had a look at both of the recommended books and it looks to me that getting both of them would cover a lot of ground.
Thanks again.
njmatt wrote:
because honestly, if you just can play fast, but you don't know what you are doing, you aren't much of a musician. You need to be able to read and know scales, chord scales, arpegios, etc
most of the guitar books just teach technique
Beatles couldn't read music. I guess the Beatles weren't really musicians.