Guitar for Absolute Beginners

How to play guitar: The effective guitar method successfully used by thousands of busy New Yorkers in their classes at New York City Guitar School. Learn the fundamentals of guitar in the motivating step-by-step comprehensive course for beginners from New York City Guitar School. This program cover all the basics of guitar playing, and includes detailed practice session plans, motivating stories and great song examples. Topics covered include: The Fundamental Habits of Great Guitar Players; Identifying Strings, Frets and Fingers; The Rest Stroke; How To Read Chord Diagrams; The D and G Chords; How To Fret Properly; How To Tune Your Guitar; How To Practice; Quarter Note Srums; The A7 Chord; How To Play With A Pick; The Secret To Memorizing Songs; How To Read Tab and Play Cool Licks; What Are Pivot Changes; G Major; E Minor; D 7th; The Concept of Chord Progressions; examplesThe Small Barre--Gateway To Future Guitar Greatness; Lock Your Hand In With The Beat; How To Count and Strum Eighth Notes; The Gentle Art of Riffing; A Minor (The Saddest Chord); How To Change Between G and C; Rhythm 101--Understand This And You Will Understand How Chords Work; Learn ""The Basic Strum""; Learn ""The Best Strum""; How To Change Chords in The Middle of A Measure; Mixed Rhythms and Split Measures; A Major and E Major; and More. This book is ideal for use with a teacher or in a class, and has also been used successful around the world as a self-study course. Students who complete this book will be able to play arrangements of songs such as ""I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"", ""Last Kiss"", ""Crazy"", ""Stand By Me"", ""Viva La Vida"" by Coldplay, ""Wild Thing"", ""Knockin' On Heaven's Door"", ""Brown Eyed Girl"", ""Sweet Child O' Mine"", ""Redemption Songs"" and LOTS MORE. For added help, students can visit NYC Guitar School's youtube channel for video examples of the lessons.