Learn How To Play Guitar

I was surprised by this book having gone through a few previous books by this author. This one was written to appeal to the intermediate level guitarist. The beginner could aspire up but the more advanced players would have to expand or actually increase the difficulty level on many of these examples. I found the book to be relatively easy and useful. The only sections of the book I wasn’t interested in were the tapping and legato sections. I’m probably weak in those areas but they would have more appeal to rock guitarists. The slash chord section is short but very good, I enjoyed the octave displacement section. The very last example is a flamenco strum pattern if you can believe that ! This book attempts to cover alot of territory but you’ll probably learn a thing or two; just not in any great detail.

Being a serious guitarist with a day job, it is always a challenge to make your practice time as valuable and efficient as possible. It was with this in mind that I purchase this book. Warning; this book, like all of the books I have used written by this author, is not for beginners; it is written for the advanced guitarist. There is no explanation on how to execute the techniques required to play these exercises. The exercises are perfect for the advance player looking to improve and maintain all areas of their technique. There a numerous exercises covering tapping, chording, stretching, sweep picking, alternate picking string skipping and legato. The exercises within each of these areas are very diverse exposing even advanced players to different approaches in these technical areas. I highly recommend it for what it is a complete diverse set of technical exercises for the advanced guitarist.