Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, Book + Online Instruction

Introduction 1
Book I: Guitar 101 5
Chapter 1: Guitar Anatomy and Tuning 7
Chapter 2: Get ting Ready to Play 21
Chapter 3: Buying and Stringing a Guitar 33
Chapter 4: Deciphering Music Notation and Tablature 59
Book II: Sounds and Techniques 75
Chapter 1: Basic Major and Minor Chords 77
Chapter 2: Adding Spice: Basic 7th Chords 95
Chapter 3: Power Chords and Barre Chords 109
Chapter 4: Right-Hand Rhy thm Guitar Techniques 123
Chapter 5: Playing Melodies in Position and in Double-Stops 147
Book III: Getting to Know Guitar Theory 163
Chapter 1: Navigating the Fretboard and Building Triads 165
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the CAGED System 189
Chapter 3: Playing Snazzier Chords with Chord Tones and Extensions 211
Chapter 4: Playing Chord Progressions by Numbers 229
Chapter 5: Identifying Tonics, Keys, and Modes 241
Chapter 6: Dominant Function and Voice Leading 271
Book IV: Rock Guitar 283
Chapter 1: I Know, It's Only Rock Guitar, but I Like It 285
Chapter 2: Playing Lead 301
Chapter 3: Groovin' on Riffs 323
Chapter 4: Going Up the Neck and Playing the Fancy Stuff 333
Chapter 5: The Care and Feeding of Your Electric Guitar 355
Book V: Blues Guitar 377
Chapter 1: Introducing the Blues and Playing Blues Rhythm 379
Chapter 2: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves 405
Chapter 3: Musical Rif fs: Bedrock of the Blues 427
Book VI: Classical Guitar 443
Chapter 1: Introducing the Classical Guitar 445
Chapter 2: Playing Easy Pieces in Open Position 467
Chapter 3: Combining Arpeggios and Melody 481
Book VII: Exercises: Practice, Practice, Practice 501
Chapter 1: Putting the Major Scales to Use in Your Playing 503
Chapter 2: Adding Major Scale Sequences to Your Repertoire 517
Chapter 3: Tackling the Three Minor Scales 531
Chapter 4: Building Finger Independence with Chord Exercises 561
Appendix A: 96 Common Chords 587
Appendix B: Accessing the Video Clips and Audio Tracks 591
Index 599

Jon Chappell is a multistyle guitarist, arranger, and author. He grew up in Chicago, attended Carnegie-Mellon University, and earned his master's degree in composition from DePaul University. He was Editor-in-Chief of Guitar magazine and played and recorded with artists such as Big Walter Horton, Billy Branch, Pat Benatar, Judy Collins, Graham Nash, and Gunther Schuller. Jon has also contributed numerous musical pieces to TV and film. Jon served as Associate Music Director of Cherry Lane Music, where he transcribed, edited, and arranged the music of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Bonnie Raitt, and Eddie Van Halen, among others. Please visit Jon's Web site at www.jonchappell.com for more info.