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New York Guitar Method Primer Book One (Bk. 1)

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This is a very good introductory book. It covers everything from how to hold a guitar, pluck notes, using a pick, left and right hand position to music theory. This includes basic major scales, intervals and basic triads. It also has sight reading exercises and basic chord progressions. It will improve your nonexistent ability to read notes and identify rhythmic patterns. It is intended as an introductory book and further delves into guitar scale theory and seventh chords in later books in the series. It is ment to prepare you for a very comprehensive set of books that will create musicians out of you (New York Guitar Method books 1 & 2).

The information is presented as exercises that you first think about, then write on the staff and also tab, then play it on the guitar, kind of like a workbook.

The sight reading exercises and some of the theory may be difficult to grasp for a complete novice, but he supplies a contact email address to members so that you can ask questions from the author. This is extremely helpful when you come across something you don't understand or are having trouble with on the guitar. He is very good at getting back to your emails promptly. You become a member when you buy a book an register on the publisher's website. This is extremely handy and is almost like a "virtual" teacher. Someone you can correspond with when you have questions, unlike every other guitar book known to man!