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Play Guitar

Volume 1

Learn guitar techniques for playing songs today!

Contents

Page

Introduction

Some background on our company – who we are, how we got

started, and why we wrote this book.

Section 1:

Approach

How to use this book and the accompanying videos.

Section 2:

Guitar Anatomy

Overview of the guitar neck, body, bridge, tuning keys, and the fret

board.

Section 3:

How to hold your guitar

Learn about hand and guitar positioning and posture, so you can

play comfortably for hours.

Section 4:

Guitar pick

How to get strings to sound just right, and the pros and cons of

learning with a pick vs. learning by hand.

Section 5:

Tuning your guitar

Step-by-step instructions and standard tuning techniques.

Section 6:

Basic chords

Learn how to construct and play the most popular chords, which are

the building blocks for playing many popular songs.

Section 7:

Strumming patterns

Now we’re making music! See how with just a few chords and

strumming pattern combinations in your repertoire you will be well

on your way to playing popular songs.

Section 8:

Transitions

Learn the trick to playing chord changes seamlessly.

Section 9:

Practice tips

Tips on how to strengthen your fingers and refine your technique.

Section 10:

Next steps

Two popular songs that you can play, plus suggestions for where to

go for further instruction and resources for learning your favorite

songs.

Introduction

The vision of iPlayMusic, Inc. is to teach people how to play their

favorite songs on their favorite musical instruments. The iPlayMusic

Play Guitar

series is our first set of learning materials for the guitar.

In Volume 1 we present the essentials you need to know in order to

start playing songs right away.

iPlayMusic, Inc. was formed by three friends who share a passion for

music and instruction. We have 20 years combined playing experience

and have studied music formally at Musician’s Institute (GIT) and the

university level.

In developing our teaching method, we conducted extensive research

– we spoke to friends, other instructors, advanced players, beginners,

and people who always wanted to play a musical instrument but hadn’t

even taken the first step. In this process we quickly learned that most

people quit playing guitar because they get frustrated with traditional

teaching methods and don’t find the process enjoyable.

The key reasons we found were that books, videos and even personal

instructors typically focus the first few lessons on guitar theory, scales,

notation and other topics that can be confusing and frustrating for

beginners. Based on this research, we decided to focus on teaching

people the skills they need to play songs as soon as possible.

Playing guitar is a skill you will enjoy the rest of your life. It can be a

way to escape the mundane, give joy to others, or simply have fun

and relax. We hope you will pick up skills from this book that will help

you learn guitar and the songs you love.

Sincerely,

Quincy, Scott, and Mike

The iPlayMusic Team

1. Approach

This book is designed to be used in combination with the internet and

accompanying sound files and videos. The videos are

downloadable

from the iPlayMusic website:

http://www.iPlayMusic.com

You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 6 or higher to play the

sound files embedded within this document. To download the latest

version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

You should be able to play the sound files by simply

clicking

on the

speaker icons. However, if you are unable to play them from this

document, they are also available for download from the website.

For sections where we have included video, you will follow the

download instructions from the iPlayMusic website and then

double

click

on the specified file once you have saved it to your computer. All

of the videos are in Windows Media 9 format, so to play the videos you

will need the latest Windows Media Player from Microsoft.

download

the latest player, go to:

http://windowsmedia.com/download

We are committed to ensuring that you have a great experience with

our products. If you have any problems at all, please email us at the

following address:

support@iplaymusic.com

This book is written for the beginning student. Each section builds

upon the previous sections, so it is very important to take a

step-by-

step

approach.

If you approach the lessons this way, by section 10 you will have

mastered the fundamentals that will enable you to play songs

effortlessly.

So, if you’re ready to start playing music, let’s get started!

2. Guitar Anatomy

Before we get into the lessons, it is important to understand some

basic

terminology

and the layout of your guitar. The anatomy of the

guitar is organized much like the human body:

Figure 1

Guitar Head

This is the part of the guitar that has the

knobs

(called tuning keys)

that you use to tune your guitar.

Guitar Neck

This is the long part of the guitar that the

strings

run across. The front

of the neck is called the

fretboard.

Guitar Body

This is the largest part of the guitar. If you have an

acoustic guitar

or hollow body

electric guitar,

then it’s the part that is hollowed out.

Guitar bodies have many different shapes, sizes, and wood types that

create a variety of tones. If you have an

electric guitar

with a solid

body, the sound is converted to an electric signal through your guitar

pickups that are located under the strings on the body of the guitar.

The signal is sent to your amplifier via the guitar cable, and the

amplifier then boosts the signal and adds its own character to the

sound.

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