The PlaySmartGuitar QuickStart

Scott Ferguson, a guitar teacher and professional guitarist for over 30 years, shares what he's learned and taught to thousands of students. Scott has distilled his years of teaching into the fundamental guitar playing concepts every guitar player needs to know.



This smart approach to learning how to play guitar focuses on what you NEED to know to play popular music on the guitar without years of study or lessons. Even if you've been playing for a long time but have had few or no guitar lessons, this guitar book will give you the knowledge you've been missing so you can realize explosive guitar playing growth.



WHAT YOU GET

* A year's worth of guitar lesson's for a fraction of the cost

* Self-paced instruction that's easy to understand

* Over 50 figures/diagrams that show you How to Play

* The most important concepts to focus on and practice



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FORWARD



THE GUITAR

* Tuning the Guitar

* Notes on the Fretboard



READING MUSIC

* Standard Music Notation

* Time Signatures

* Chord Symbols

* Chord Diagrams

* Tablature



CHORDS

* For Left-Handed Players

* The First 10 Chords to Learn

* Tips on Fingering Chords

* Tips on Arm and Wrist Position

* Strumming

* Finger Picking

* The Capo

* Two Keys and the Truth

* The Next 10 Chords to Learn

* Barre Chords

* Power Chords

* Chord Variations

* Add9 Chords

* Slash Chords



SCALES

* The Chromatic Scale

* The Major Scale

* The Pentatonic Major Scale

* The Pentatonic Major Sliding Scale

* The Pentatonic Minor Scale

* The Blues Scale



ALTERED TUNINGS

* Eb Tuning

* Drop D Tuning



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