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Have you always wanted to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster. . . Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode". . .B.B. King making his "Lucille" cry the blues. No doubt about it—guitars are cool . Guitar For Dummies ... read more

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this book helps beginners learn to play a popular musical instrument... the guitar.

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All guitars - whether painted purple with airbrushed skulls and lightning bolts or finished in a natural-wood pattern with a fine French lacquer - share certain physical characteristics that make them behave as guitars and not violins or tubas.

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This book is in For Dummies. (publisher series)

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  1. Mark Phillips (Author)
  2. Jon Chappell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: For Dummies
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 16, 1998
ISBN: 076455106X
Page Count: 394

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All ages! Anyone can learn and everyone should! Scientists have proven music can help children succede!


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