Presents a method for learning to play guitar chords quickly and easily without delving into music theory, featuring diagrams of the most commonly played chord forms, a chord combination chart, illustrations of how to transpose chord progressions, and basic practice scale patterns.

Boldly Illustrated... See and Do Approach... Only the Good Guitar Stuff... Free of All That Wordy Fluff... The First Stage Guitar Book.... is a must have simplified pool of guitar playing information to carry along as your trusted companion to get any beginning new guitar playing enthusiasts moving forward. For starters, it is a guitar book without a lot of words and words, but is a See and Do guitar book that presents the basics for every beginning guitar player in bold and easy to understand fingering diagram illustrations. Here is a list of some of the basic but important learning to play guitar information contained in The First Stage Guitar Book...., the source to building a great foundation for the beginning guitar playing enthusiast: *How to tune the guitar *How to hold and strum the guitar *How to play chord progressions without reading music *Learn the most commonly played guitar chords in both Open and Barre forms *Learn how to play the most commonly played guitar chords in all keys: Majors, Minors, Minor 7ths, Dominant 7ths, Major 7ths, 9ths along with practice chord progressions galore *Simple and boldly illustrated practice chord diagrams to show you how to move from chord to chord with ease *Learn the most commonly and easiest fingering patterns and the best sounding fingering patterns along with suggested tips on how to enhance the sound of a chord *Instantly change a chord of the same name from a major chord to a minor to a minor seventh or dominant seventh chord by just lifting a finger (i.e., an F Major to an F Minor to an F Minor Seventh to an F7) *Turn your chord progressions into rock 'n' roll by adding 7th chords in every key along with illustrated accompanying chord progressions *Turn your chord progressions into the blues mood by adding 9th chords in every key along with accompanying illustrated chord progressions *Simple technique on how to transpose a chord progression to suit your voice *How to play scale patterns without reading music in both staff and tab notation *Start-Up Scale Patterns With Tablature are given in easy to understand illustrated diagrams along with chord progressions to accompany the scale patterns in matching keys *Put your own melodies together with the easy to understand CHORD COMBINATION CHART leaving you without the guessing of which chord goes with which chord....available only in The "First Stage" Guitar Book.... You will discover and experience immediate progress on your way to learning how to play the guitar and then use it toward your favorite style of music, rock 'n' roll, blues, country, popular, folk, etc., for as long as you play the guitar. There are more than just two or three chords and scales in this simple and clearly illustrated learn how to play guitar book. The First Stage Guitar Book.... contains the easiest and best sounding chord fingering patterns from every key as well as some of the most basic scale patterns suitable for the beginning guitar player.

2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.

The first hurdle a beginning guitarist encounters is difficulty switching between chords quickly enough to make a chord progression sound like music. This book provides exercises that help a student gradually increase the speed with which they change chords. Special free audio files are also available on the muse-eek.com website to make practice more productive and fun. Within a few weeks, remarkable improvement by can be achieved using this method. This book is excerpted from "1st Steps for a Beginning Guitarist Volume One."

"Chords for Kids" is a handy resource for children and early learners of guitar and keyboard. Chords are one of the most important ways that children can learn about music. They provide a fast route into playing with others and encourage a feeling for structure and composition. The simple and clean layout provides chord diagrams on each spread, for both guitar and keyboard, allowing a parent or teacher to explain easily. Using a simple tab-per-key approach, it covers all of the basic chords in each key, including majors, minors, triads, fourths, sixths, sevenths and ninths. Some variations are included at the back for further exploration.

The First 100 Chords for Guitar will teach you to correctly fret, strum and combine the essential chords in music to become a better musician, quickly and easily.