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First Act Discovery FALPG1 Learn & Play Guitar Book and CD

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We purchased this book for my daughter with her guitar. She is a bright girl and had a very hard time understanding it. Even we didn't understand much of it and we have played instruments!I would pass on this book and purchase one from a musical instrument store.

The book itself it pretty good, but the CD has some flaws. The first track is to tune your guitar. It would have been better to make each string a different track to tune each separately, but instead it gives you three plucks to tune each string from the lowest to the highest note. If you need more time however, you end up starting over, and this can take a very long time to get through! There is no actual instruction on the CD, it must be used with the book as it is just musical accompanyment and demonstration of the chords, no words. It would have been nice if the book came with a pick. The guitar didn't come with one either, so now I have to find a music store to purchase one.

this book is good, but it is hard for kids to understand.me being only 11 i didn't understand very much. i think u should get a guitar teacher insted.

I purchased this book along with a guitar for my 6 yr old at Christmas. Based on the description and recommendation from others I assumed that it would be a good starter guide and she would at least learn where to put her fingers, etc. It may be helpful for practice once she has a private lesson or to, but until then its not helpful at all. I have no musical experience, but as an adult I can't even understand what its trying to tell me. The CD just plays the music so there's no instruction there either. I was disapponted.

I was so disappointed in the fact that the guitar didn't come with any picks or a strap- I didn't realize it when ordering, or I would have ordered that, too. My son had trouble holding it without the strap... when I finally got around to buying those items, I showed the guitar to my brother, who has been playing for 30 years, and he said it didn't stay tuned. once you play a chord, it goes out of tune. I'm not thrilled, to say the least.