This book is not for beginners. However, I'm not a beginner. In fact, I've been playing since about 1966 although there were a couple decades when I wasn't playing. In fairness, I don' think the description says the book is for beginners but I'm surprised by the many comments by reviewers that they wish they had this book long ago when they were starting out with guitar. Some reviews and the description of the book imply that you will learn the fretboard with this book. That may be true but it's a lot more than that.
Just for the information of those who may be beginners and are considering buying this book, here is a quote by the author describing what you should be familiar with before using this book:
"The musical notes, sharps and flats (including enharmonic equivalents)
Scales (and roots or tonics): pentatonic (major and minor), blues, altered blues, the modes of the major scale, harmonic and melodic minor.
Keys (major and minor), keynote (the tonic).
Chords, including the diatonic triads and 7th chords of the major scale and harmonic minor scales, extended chords (9th, 11th, 13th) and altered chords.
Chord progressions."
Now, I am familar with some of this stuff but not all of it although I may be using these things without actually knowing it consciously. And I'm not a bad player! I play both acoustic (6 and 12-string) and electric. I'm not a lead player but I'm a pretty good flat-picker and fingerpicker. I play about 50% blues and the other 50% is mostly acoustic semi-folk in the style of such artists as Neil Young, etc.
I just received the book and I will update my rating if I feel that's needed as I use the book. For now I'm giving it a neutral (3-star) rating. Hopefully, that will catch the attention of some who are thinking of buying the book. I wanted to alert beginners and some intermediate players that, according to the author, you should be a fairly accomplished player before using this book. I'm just going by what the author herself says.
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