Review
All these outstanding instructional books in the Icons of Rock series are well thought out, clearly presented, and highly recommended for self study. –Mid West Book Review
Product Description
The Icons of Rock series provides a solid foundation and understanding of your instrument the “Smart Way!” Learning Electric Guitar is a detailed course into playing the guitar designed to take absolute beginners into intermediate levels, lesson by lesson. This book comes complete with over 2-1/2 hours of DVD instruction with Patrick McCormick and Greg Douglass. Section 1: Learning Guitar Step 1 with Patrick McCormick. This section covers everything a beginner needs to know to understand how to play the guitar including: Reading Music Notation, Open Chords, Finger Exercises, Chord Matching Formulas, Reading Tablature, Barre Chords, Chord Progressions, Power Chords, and more! Section 2: Lead Guitar with Greg Douglass. Greg is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, Van Morrison, and more. In this section you will discover: Lead Licks, Scale Patterns, Alternate Positions, Soloing, Phrasing, Slide Techniques, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Custom Lead Guitar Songs, and more!
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Waste of my money and time. They don’t teach you the same way that your favorite rock legends learn. They use music tab just like piano players use instead of guitar tab. In my opinion, this book is not the smartest way to learn at all. Go with Guitar for Dummies, much better.
August 27th, 2009