Beginner Guitar: No Wimps!

In Beginner Guitar: No Wimps! Ive distilled close to 20 years of experience teaching players of all ages styles and ability levels how to play guitar. If youre a newbie on the guitar there are a special set of problems and hurdles that you face. No Wimps! is the beginner guitar book that tackles them all head on. With this method book you are finally taken seriously as a beginning guitar player.Beginner Guitar is organized into 21 Sessions. Each is carefully designed to give you exactly what you need in exactly the right order. Youll take as long as you like to master each Session - its the results that matter not the time table. Each Session is further organized into two areas: Physical and Mental. Its this distinction and the cumulative skill-building that results that makes No Wimps! such a powerful and effective book. Here are just some of the topics and skills youll dive into right away: PhysicalHolding and using the pick - the right way for maximum speed and powerDetails of left-hand placement for the most efficient movementThe most useful chords for playing songs right away - and how to master them anywhere on the neckSecrets of clean crisp and chunky Power Chords - a staple of Rock & MetalFundamentals of awesome soloing like legato alternate picking tremolo bending sequencing and phrasingMentalHow to understand build and use chords anywhereFundamentals of reading rhythm and how to mix rhythm with TABMaster the notes on the guitar neck like a real musicianUnderstand how scales relate to chords and how guitarists use them to write great riffs songs and solosHow to take what most guitarists only think of as patterns and actually make music with them - confidently and all over the neckAll that - and a lot lot more! No Wimps! is as detailed and comprehensive as it gets while remaining clearly written and easy to understand throughout with tons of playing examples exercises and photos.