The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Get A Grip On Your First Guitar! - Learn How To Play Guitar! [Spiral-bound]

Chris Lopez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Getting started on the guitar has been made easier than ever! The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book begins with the very basics about learning how to play a guitar, such as, how to tune the guitar, the note names on the guitar neck fingerboard and how they relate to the musical staff (i.e., the notes you find in sheet music and song books). It then moves on to illustrations of the most commonly played "open" guitar chords, that is, the chords you will be using for as long as you play a guitar.

All the chords are illustrated in bold and easy to understand illustrations, these chords are followed by a uniquely designed chord combination chart that will enable you to mix these chords to form various chord combinations of your own choice without having to guess which chords go with which chords.

The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book then shows you how to transpose chord combinations to suit your voice by way of a very simple and easy to understand method. This totally new approach will have you making progress in learning how to play guitar right away!

After you have completed all the information contained in this guitar book, you may wish to move on to enhance your guitar playing abilities to The "First Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How to Play Guitar Easily & Quickly! or The "Guitar Book"- For Those Who Have Just Landed on The Planet Earth!, both of these guitar books contain the same guitar learning information, the only difference is that you have a choice of which book cover you would prefer. Practice and patience are the keys to successfully learning how to play the guitar!!

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Learning how to play a guitar can be easy and simple if it is presented in an easy to understand format. For all the years I have been playing a guitar, I have never seen a "how to play guitar" book that provides a means of learning how to play guitar in an easy to understand format which includes less words and more clear and bold illustrations. So I thought it was about time to make available such guitar books with this approach in mind. I truly believe a picture tells a thousand words and this explains why I believe it doesn't take hundreds of pages of words to show someone how to play a guitar.

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You will discover that this learn to play guitar book will not overwhelm you with more than you need to know at this early stage of learning to play guitar, however will provide you with only the essentials to learning how to play guitar in a simplified method. You will find that by focusing and learning the most commonly played guitar chords, you will be on your way to playing the songs you enjoy as well as your own creations a lot sooner. On another note, you may also wish to get a copy of a handy and quick reference guitar chord chart: THE "FIRST STAGE" GUITAR CHORD CHART - LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE MOST COMMONLY PLAYED GUITAR CHORDS!

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 58 pages
• Publisher: First Stage Concepts (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966771958
• ISBN-13: 978-0966771954
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,588,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to get started on the guitar....., September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Get A Grip On Your First Guitar! - Learn How To Play Guitar! (Spiral-bound)

This guitar book is very clear and to the point with bold and easy to understand illustrations. It provides the easiest way to play guitar chords and how to form chord progressions from them. It includes plenty to learn about playing the guitar for anyone making that first go at it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Is this book really for First Timers?, June 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Get A Grip On Your First Guitar! - Learn How To Play Guitar! (Spiral-bound)

I really had trouble following this book. I have never played Guitar before and I was utterly confused over what this guy was trying to teach me. If you have no experiance in playing the Guitar then i would suggest looking elsewhere.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too little info spread across 48 page, January 19, 2002

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This review is from: The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Get A Grip On Your First Guitar! - Learn How To Play Guitar! (Spiral-bound)

Although this book has some helpful information, the author spreads too little useful information over many pages.

The book starts out with the usual how to hold/tune/strum your guitar and a fret chart. It doesn't "Get Going" (to use the author's term) until page 14A. Here we finally find the usual C-A-G-E-D-Em-Am charts. All in open form. F-G7-Cmaj7 and Fmaj7 are added later. The approach is in a logical sequence; however, there is very little quality information above and beyond labeling those chords that are moveable (they can be transposed anywhere on the neck using the same finger positions), and some very simple progressions.

We get some additional chord charts starting on page 29; however again the information is so spread out that, for the rest of the book, the author takes a four chord diagrams per page approach.

Quick synopsis: The author has a nice approach that's useful for a beginning guitarist; however, he could and should have packed A LOT more useful information into a 48 page book.