Guitar Exercises For Dummies Paperback – December 10, 2008

After buying few books and one of the famous DVD full-guitar course I finally found what I needed and wanted in the first place.I'm a self teaching guitar-lover.--- About my research ---I was looking for material to start from scratch and slowly build up some good technique. Some of the books I bought start with "easy-songs" that you can play right-away but after a while there is no overall real improvement in your technique. They get you accustomed to certain hands-movements and it gets boring very quickly.The Full-course (Guitar Method by eMedia) is a "fun to play course" and overall interesting but after a while again I noticed no significant improvement about my technique/speed/strength especially in my "left-fingers-action". I was playing "happy and sloppy". In the end I wanted much more..I looked on-line where you can find every kind of information, Tabs, Chords, free stuff and of course I got lost in that ocean of knowledge. All I wanted was a "DAY TO DAY EXERCISING ROUTINE" that will bring me up to serious playing.--- About this book ---If you know the very basics:-How to correctly sit and hold a guitar.-Which guitar will do for you (there are lots of free info on Internet about how to choose your first guitar).-The knowledge of the various guitar-parts, the neck, the nut, the frets, etc.-Basic knowledge of the music-terminology.-How to strum and how to use a pick.(all stuff that you can find free of charge on internet) This book will boost you into learning solid technique.It starts with the "famous-boring" exercises but guess what? they work! you will need to build some confidence and strength in your fingers before playing songs. This book teach you exactly that. Step by Step with discipline and patience this book will bring your concentration-mind-fingers-muscles-speed up to a ready-to-perform status.MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL I EXACTLY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WHEN EVERY DAY I PICK MY GUITAR UP. No trying new ways, Not trying new books, No trying the "fast-lane" to learn how to play. No bad feelings and discouragement. Simple as it sounds "my day to day routine" 1/2 hour or more when have the time. Patiently going "up the stairs" one step at the time and feeling great. Sooner than later I'll be able to play with confidence and challenge myself with complicate songs.- A great easy-book for the serious beginner who wants to learn from scratch with scales, arpeggios, chords and more. It will bring you up from beginner to intermediate and you'll be able to tackle pretty much everything you want afterwords. That's the beauty of it. Want to learn flamenco? you'll have a good base to start from. Feeling like playing Heavy metal? guess what, you'll have a good starting point. Fingerstyle? again you'll be able to learn it.- Also a book for intermediate who want to reinforce overall skills such as strength/speed/accuracy and have a ready-to-go routine to follow.Buy it and practice every day with discipline. It is a "guitar-gym". This book has so many exercises to keep you busy for quite a long time and you won't be disappointed.

Very easy to read. But it's the very cheap school work book paper versus a higher quality papart to make it long lasting. Seems to be a good resource for beginners though

This was a bit more complicated than I am ready for. It is a good intermediate book.

Just ordered this book. After going through the first couple chapters, it looks to be a very good book.I've been "attempting" to teach myself guitar for several years now and have read a lot of guitar books. Most are pretty helpful teaching theory, scales or other fundamentals. Many are good at reinforcing what previous books have presented. Occasionally there's an "Ah, Ha" moment reading a book when certain fuzzy concepts finally click and many pieces fall into place. But I finally realized what I was missing was simply a book of exercises that would reinforce everything I was learning and also help develop muscle memory.This looks like just the book that will do that.

This is a very informative book but the paper quality makes it hard to read the tabs.

Great book !!! I’m learning how to play guitar and this book makes it so easy to follow . The tabs are good and also comes with cd so you can hear what it suppose to sound like , I highly recommend this book.

Just got into it. Bought along with Guitar Theory for Dummies. Right from the get go they talk about stretching and strengthening your hands to play. They show scales and exercises to increase your knowledge of the fretboard. Came promptly and packaged well. Thank you.

It has helped in reviewing my skill.

Not very useful for a total novice who’s never picked up a guitar before , unless I should have ordered one for super dummies

Bought as a gift for my guitar playing husband and he found it very useful even though he can play reasonably well already.

Good book contents let down entirely by the very low print/paper which left the practice scales etc mainly illegible.

Using this for scales knowledge/practice and great for that.

Great book and easy to use would benefit from a dvd to show better the complicated parts but still a good book