Getting Started is a guitar instruction program that includes a book, CD and DVD. I designed this beginning guitar instructional program for the complete beginner. While there are countless books, CD’s and DVD’s on the market that can help you with beginning to play guitar, this program differs from them, in that rather than merely presenting information, I speak to you exactly as I do in a private guitar lesson. By doing so, I am able to address the questions and pitfalls that I have witnessed beginning guitar students deal with hundreds of times in my teaching experience. You will also have the benefit of watching me demonstrate and perform techniques and guitar exercises on the short DVD included. The DVD contains excerpts from my instructional course (Woman to Woman Guitar) that are relevant to the beginning guitar player and will fill in many of the gaps that you might experience from working without personal instruction. The CD is a recording of all of the songs in the book, with tips added to help you play along.

To help you learn to play guitar chords in an accompaniment style, I present  commonly known “easy” songs to begin with. The songs progress in a logical order, so that you learn a new guitar skill with each song, but are never over-faced. The CD will help you with the rhythm and feel of each song and the DVD will help you with fingering, strumming and pick technique, as well as healthy body use. 

In Getting Started, I show you how to find the notes on the guitar and on the staff, as this will give you an introduction to the musical language and help you read and understand charts for songs you want to play. Once you learn the songs and guitar accompaniment patterns in Getting Started, you will be able to play countless songs from books or the Internet. Or, you can go to Creative Music Services to get transcriptions of the songs of your choice.

In addition to learning notes, chords and technique, you will learn how to tune your guitar and change the strings and even how to sing with your own guitar playing. You will have questions answered that you didn't even know you had!

The cost for Getting Started: A Beginner's Guide to Guitar Playing  
(41 page book, DVD and CD) is $14.95.

Getting Started A Beginner's Guide to  Guitar Playing (41 page book, dvd and cd)   $14.95

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Download  video guitar lessons on the basics here for only $7.95.

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