Guitar Exercises for Dummies [With CD]

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.

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.

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 guitar Brush up on guitar notation -- decoding tablature, comprehending chord diagrams, interpreting neck diagrams, recognizing rhythm slashes Warm up away from the guitar -- release tension, improve breathing, prepare your mind and body to play Wake up those fingers -- limber up your fingers by playing simple exercises Develop strength, speed, and independence -- play single-note patterns and chord progressions Open the book and find: More than 300 exercises in various keys, positions, and rhythms Drills & tips to perfect your playing and maximize your practice time Technique building opportunities Scales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chords Full-length pieces to play along with Ways to improve your musicianship Bonus CD Includes Selected exercises from each chapter Every performance piece Open string tuning notes Metronome tracks of different tempos

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 guitar Brush up on guitar notation decoding tablature, comprehending chord diagrams, interpreting neck diagrams, recognizing rhythm slashes Warm up away from the guitar release tension, improve breathing, prepare your mind and body to play Wake up those fingers limber up your fingers by playing simple exercises Develop strength, speed, and independence play single-note patterns and chord progressions Open the book and find: More than 300 exercises in various keys, positions, and rhythms Drills & tips to perfect your playing and maximize your practice time Technique building opportunities Scales, scale sequences, arpeggios, arpeggio sequences, and chords Full-length pieces to play along with Ways to improve your musicianship Bonus CD Includes Selected exercises from each chapter Every performance piece Open string tuning notes Metronome tracks of different tempos

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