Guitar Exercises For Dummies by Mark Phillips (PDF)

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Guitar Exercises For Dummies includes over 300 exercises along with lots of technique-building practice opportunities. It starts off with warm-up exercises (on and off-instrument) and then logically transitions to scales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chords, with a focus on building strength and consistency as well as refining technique.

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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Review More to Explore: See More Guitar Guides Title Guitar For Dummies, with DVD Guitar Exercises For Dummies Guitar Chords For Dummies Guitar Theory For Dummies Guide Type Music Instruction Music Workbook Quick Reference Audience Level Beginner to Intermediate All Player Levels All Player Levels Intermediate to Advanced Pages 408 240 384 312 List Price $24.99 $22.99 $16.99 $24.99 Publication Date October, 2012 December, 2008 June, 2010 October, 2013 Author(s) Phillips and Chappell Phillips and Chappell Polin Serna Imprint For Dummies For Dummies For Dummies For Dummies Print Book 1118115546 0470387661 047066603X 1118646770 Kindle Book B008KPM31Q B00B9UORG8 Not Available – Request Kindle Version B00EFB447U Edition 3rd 1st 1st 1st Brief Description A step-by-step guide to guitar basics & beyond. Includes photo-illustrated exercises, and play along audio and video on the DVD. A practice-oriented playbook with hands-on technique builders, warm-up exercises, scales arpeggios, chords, and much more. Includes simple & complex chords. Over 600 illustrated & photographed chords of finger positions on a string. Handy & portable. Everything needed to improve improvisational & compositional skills. Plus, get access to audio tracks and video instruction online. From the Inside Flap Train your fingers to become a lean, mean guitar-playing machine!Want to sharpen your guitar-playing skills? This practice-oriented playbook is packed with hands-on technique builders, from warm-up exercises and scales to arpeggios, chords, and much more. You’ll see how to apply your technique with performance pieces at the end of each chapter.Review basic guitar fundamentals — posture, holding the guitar, sitting and standing with the guitarBrush up on guitar notation — decoding tablature, comprehending chord diagrams, interpreting neck diagrams, recognizing rhythm slashesWarm up away from the guitar — release tension, improve breathing, prepare your mind and body to playWake up those fingers — limber up your fingers by playing simple exercisesDevelop strength, speed, and independence — play single-note patterns and chord progressionsOpen the book and find:More than 300 exercises in various keys, positions, and rhythmsDrills & tips to perfect your playing and maximize your practice timeTechnique building opportunitiesScales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chordsFull-length pieces to play along withWays to improve your musicianshipBonus CD IncludesSelected exercises from each chapterEvery performance pieceOpen string tuning notesMetronome tracks of different tempos From the Back Cover Train your fingers to become a lean, mean guitar-playing machine!Want to sharpen your guitar-playing skills? This practice-oriented playbook is packed with hands-on technique builders, from warm-up exercises and scales to arpeggios, chords, and much more. You’ll see how to apply your technique with performance pieces at the end of each chapter.Review basic guitar fundamentals ― posture, holding the guitar, sitting and standing with the guitarBrush up on guitar notation ― decoding tablature, comprehending chord diagrams, interpreting neck diagrams, recognizing rhythm slashesWarm up away from the guitar ― release tension, improve breathing, prepare your mind and body to playWake up those fingers ― limber up your fingers by playing simple exercisesDevelop strength, speed, and independence ― play single-note patterns and chord progressionsOpen the book and find:More than 300 exercises in various keys, positions, and rhythmsDrills & tips to perfect your playing and maximize your practice timeTechnique building opportunitiesScales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chordsFull-length pieces to play along withWays to improve your musicianshipBonus CD IncludesSelected exercises from each chapterEvery performance pieceOpen string tuning notesMetronome tracks of different tempos About the Author Mark Phillips is a guitarist, arranger, author, and editor with more than 30 years in music publishing. Jon Chappell is a multi-style guitarist, arranger, author, and journalist, and former editor of Guitar magazine. Phillips and Chappell are bestselling authors of Guitar For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Just ordered this book. After going through the first couple chapters, it looks to be a very good book.I’ve been “attempting” to teach myself guitar for several years now and have read a lot of guitar books. Most are pretty helpful teaching theory, scales or other fundamentals. Many are good at reinforcing what previous books have presented. Occasionally there’s an “Ah, Ha” moment reading a book when certain fuzzy concepts finally click and many pieces fall into place. But I finally realized what I was missing was simply a book of exercises that would reinforce everything I was learning and also help develop muscle memory.This looks like just the book that will do that.

⭐enven though the book was labled guitar for dummies, the instructions in learning tabulature/reading music was confusing, definately not for dummies, sent it back was not useful for me.

⭐It has helped in reviewing my skill.

⭐After buying few books and one of the famous DVD full-guitar course I finally found what I needed and wanted in the first place.I’m a self teaching guitar-lover.— About my research —I was looking for material to start from scratch and slowly build up some good technique. Some of the books I bought start with “easy-songs” that you can play right-away but after a while there is no overall real improvement in your technique. They get you accustomed to certain hands-movements and it gets boring very quickly.The Full-course (Guitar Method by eMedia) is a “fun to play course” and overall interesting but after a while again I noticed no significant improvement about my technique/speed/strength especially in my “left-fingers-action”. I was playing “happy and sloppy”. In the end I wanted much more..I looked on-line where you can find every kind of information, Tabs, Chords, free stuff and of course I got lost in that ocean of knowledge. All I wanted was a “DAY TO DAY EXERCISING ROUTINE” that will bring me up to serious playing.— About this book —If you know the very basics:-How to correctly sit and hold a guitar.-Which guitar will do for you (there are lots of free info on Internet about how to choose your first guitar).-The knowledge of the various guitar-parts, the neck, the nut, the frets, etc.-Basic knowledge of the music-terminology.-How to strum and how to use a pick.(all stuff that you can find free of charge on internet) This book will boost you into learning solid technique.It starts with the “famous-boring” exercises but guess what? they work! you will need to build some confidence and strength in your fingers before playing songs. This book teach you exactly that. Step by Step with discipline and patience this book will bring your concentration-mind-fingers-muscles-speed up to a ready-to-perform status.MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL I EXACTLY KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO WHEN EVERY DAY I PICK MY GUITAR UP. No trying new ways, Not trying new books, No trying the “fast-lane” to learn how to play. No bad feelings and discouragement. Simple as it sounds “my day to day routine” 1/2 hour or more when have the time. Patiently going “up the stairs” one step at the time and feeling great. Sooner than later I’ll be able to play with confidence and challenge myself with complicate songs.- A great easy-book for the serious beginner who wants to learn from scratch with scales, arpeggios, chords and more. It will bring you up from beginner to intermediate and you’ll be able to tackle pretty much everything you want afterwords. That’s the beauty of it. Want to learn flamenco? you’ll have a good base to start from. Feeling like playing Heavy metal? guess what, you’ll have a good starting point. Fingerstyle? again you’ll be able to learn it.- Also a book for intermediate who want to reinforce overall skills such as strength/speed/accuracy and have a ready-to-go routine to follow.Buy it and practice every day with discipline. It is a “guitar-gym”. This book has so many exercises to keep you busy for quite a long time and you won’t be disappointed.

⭐Not a beginner’s guide. Wish I Hadn’t bought. Will save for future.

⭐Great reference source.

⭐Great book !!! I’m learning how to play guitar and this book makes it so easy to follow . The tabs are good and also comes with cd so you can hear what it suppose to sound like , I highly recommend this book.

⭐This is a very informative book but the paper quality makes it hard to read the tabs.

⭐Not very useful for a total novice who’s never picked up a guitar before , unless I should have ordered one for super dummies

⭐Using this for scales knowledge/practice and great for that.

⭐Bought as a gift for my guitar playing husband and he found it very useful even though he can play reasonably well already.

⭐Great book and easy to use would benefit from a dvd to show better the complicated parts but still a good book

⭐Good

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