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Post subject: Need help finding good book on Rock Guitar
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:10 am
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Hello:

We are looking for a book on playing Rock Guitar for my son. The current material we have is either too advanced, or only contains licks and techniques. What we are looking for is a book that delivers lessons in such a way that the parts of whole songs are studied, and at the end of the lesson the parts are put together to play a whole song. The important thing is that the book needs to be for a beginner. A book with a CD of the examples would be a huge plus.

I have an excellent blues book that does this and it is the best book I have. I study from it and recommend it to a beginning guitarist interested in the blues:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Play-Electric ... 348&sr=1-8

If we could find something like that for rock, it would be very helpful.

By the way, I had some difficulty finding my blues book. I had started with one by the Alfred company on the topic of beginning blues, but it was sadistically difficult and I gave up after realizing that a beginner should not be starting with a book where lesson 1 is making a catchy rhythm using D7, A7 and G7 barre chords. (My index finger took weeks to heal).

Thank you for your help.


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:39 am
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you pretty much have three choices. you could search the internet for begginer rock guitar books. you could get your son lessons at a local music stor( this would be your best bet). or you could go to a music store like pied piper or gorby's they'll probally have what your looking for and more!

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:59 am
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Thanks.

As usual, that leads to another question: What's the value of getting guitar lessons when I can make good progress playing what I want to play by using books, CDs, you-tube demonstration videos, and instructional DVDs? It seems to me that I'd be paying somebody to do something that is already adequately covered. I'm not being snide about it, I just don't see the value.

It would seem that with the army of people publishing music instruction these days it should be just a matter of weeding through it all to find what I am looking for.


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:24 am
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I suggest Doug Marks Metal Method:
http://www.metalmethod.com/
I took lessons in a store, but a friend of mine bought a few of these way back in the late 80s and I thought they were pretty good lesons. Doug Marks has been selling his lessons through the mail for probably close to 20 years now, so he must be doing something right...

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:42 am
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RudyH wrote:
Thanks.

As usual, that leads to another question: What's the value of getting guitar lessons when I can make good progress playing what I want to play by using books, CDs, you-tube demonstration videos, and instructional DVDs? It seems to me that I'd be paying somebody to do something that is already adequately covered. I'm not being snide about it, I just don't see the value.

It would seem that with the army of people publishing music instruction these days it should be just a matter of weeding through it all to find what I am looking for.


lessons will probably go around 30-50 bucks a week.i've never had a lesson before(no need when your dad and uncles are awesome!!)but im sure they would help. the one thing you dont get from books is the hands on teaching that a private lesson offers. one good thing about books is that they cost way less and you allways have them to look at! i hope i helped!!!

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:17 am
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Go check out the Book/CD/DVD selection at www.alfred.com

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:58 am
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Guitar for Dummies is pretty good thats what I started with it comes with a cd and teaches you chords, how to tune by ear, and stuff like that... :)


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