The First 100 Guitar Exercises for Beginners: Beginner Exercises for Guitar that Improve Technique and Accelerate Development (Beginner Guitar Books)

I had always had trouble with movement/playing of my Left Hand, until I started using this book. I had decided several times that guitar must just not be for me, that my hands must be too small, but I didn't want to give up. Other folks with small hands learn to play, so I kept working at it, miserably. This book showed me things expensive guitar teachers never did. Learning how to move the left hand, and how to anticipate and place left hand fingers as I played opened up my world. I'm grateful.

When starting out learning how to play guitar......what to do and how to do it are paramount. This book was of great help in building a practice routine. Not only the what but the how as well. You or someone you know is getting into guitar....this book isn't expensive it's priceless. Buy it. NOW

I wish I had this book when I was 16.I've played guitar now for several years, mostly as a hobby. As is true of most amateur guitar enthusiasts, I spent most of my time messing around, creating strange sounds and playing around with tabs of my favorite songs that I found online. I knew basic barre chords and a few open chords, and that was about it.This book would have helped me a lot in those early days. Alexander works you through all of the basics, from how to hold the guitar to how to hold the pick, how to ensure that your right and left hands are in harmony, how to play major scales, how to strum, how to play slides, bends, and do a few other tricks. These are all the basic elements of guitar playing, yet here they are explained in such simplicity and clarity that anybody could understand them.The exercises work wonders, too. I can finally do some basic fingerstyle patterns, and I now know the appropriate place to put my right hand for effective palm muting.I can't think of any drawback to this method. There are no corny songs to play, and everything is presented at a very slow, deliberate pace.If I had this book when I was 16, I'd be much better than I am today.

I read music, having studied piano, clarinet and voice. Explains TAB as well as classical treble clef and chord charting notations. I have wanted to learn guitar, and this book has a concentrated introduction to music theory and pedagogy (recommended fingerings, strumming/picking, many recommended exercises to learn major/minor scales and jazz scales for improvising). Great resource for improving technique in many chapters dedicated to specific needs to play cleanly and in tune. Recommend for proficient musicians wanting to expand their knowledge to a new instrument or clean up skills by breaking down the elements found in music compositions.

Great beginner book for everyone at any age. Starts with basics of how to practice to the fundamentals leading to minor and major scales. As book continues each exercise applies to how it would look in Guitar Tab so it can be read and understood as one would advance. The book is not meant to be read and understood in a day, but as a guide introducing everyone to a life long journey into guitar.

been looking for something this good for awhile! if you've been struggling this is for you! this is perfect for someone starting out! match this with first 100 chords and listen to to audio examples and match them it's wonderful

Like Mr Alexander's books very well written. The book would be best for someone first picking up the guitar. If you havebeen playing for a year you should know this.

I am a beginning Guitarist and I was looking for a good beginners guide. I bought this book on kindle and I am very pleased with the exercises he outlines to play. I highly recommend.

At one point I was a pretty good guitar player. That was decades ago. Now that I have more time on my hands I've picked the guitar up again and am using this book to help my get back into it. It's a good resource. I recommend it.

Este livro eh uma grande ajuda para quem esta começando e quer exercitar a mão. Ele contém exercícios diversos, tanto de digitação, sincronia, posição dos dedos, etc. Realmente muito bom e recomendável.

Muy buen libro con ejercicios que logran independencia para la digitalización. Los complementos en línea son excelentes y ayudan a progresar de manera rápida.

With eleven chapters starting from the basics of how to play a guitar and the "first fretting movements" to "hanner-ons and pull-offs," this has exercises to cover just about everything a beginner needs to become proficient (weil, ok, the hammer-ons and pull-offs are probably intermediate level skills) in short punchy easy to follow exercises. Remember, as the author states, the idea is not to become expert at the exercises but to use them to become skilled at playing music and as such they are the perfect bridge to help the beginner guitarist achieve this - and more. I've bought a few of this series of books and intend to purchase more.

For less than the cost of a half hour private lesson, you get hours of structured practice. The book will set you (a beginner) up with a great foundation for your guitar skills. It's an ideal supplement to any instructor learning you may be doing. It actually filled in many gaps left by my 'teacher'. If you're a beginner, this book and "The First 100 Chords for Guitar" seem to work great together.