Music and bookstores, as well as specialized sites on the Internet, are full of numerous books and tutorials on playing the guitar. Choosing the right guide to mastering the instrument will allow you to master the basics of "guitar literacy" with pleasure.
Instructions
Step 1
After choosing a tutorial, think about its name. Examine the description and summary. Write down the points that you think might help you on paper. Then outline the goals you want to achieve with this book. If the tutorial does not meet these objectives, postpone it. Classes on it will be a waste of time, better find a more suitable manual.
Step 2
After reviewing the table of contents, choose one section for yourself, which, depending on your current musical goals, is the most valuable to you at the moment. Read it in full, highlight the main thing for yourself. This can be a musical technique, theoretical background, chord progression, or a phrase. Pick the one thing that has the biggest impact on your playing and musical growth.
Step 3
In a self-study guide, a worthy place should be given to teaching the setting of hands. In the future, this will allow you to play whatever you want, and your hands will not interfere with you.
Step 4
So, for example, on the pages of the book "Guitar" by Richard Chapman it is very detailed and understandable, it is stated how to clamp the strings correctly, how to hold and tune the guitar. It describes various playing techniques, clearly sets out the theoretical foundations of music, as well as information on storing and caring for the instrument.
Step 5
You will find a lot of useful information in tutorials like Mark Phillips and John Chappell's Guitar for Dummies. It is not recommended to start training with them, however, as a source of additional reference information, they will be very useful.
Step 6
It is also recommended to use video tutorials as a visual aid for the student to play the guitar. Take a look, for example, a master class by Viktor Zinchuk. Thanks to video filming from five cameras, you can clearly see how the master plays from different angles. In addition, the set with the "Video School" includes the sheet music of the works presented in it.
Step 7
In addition to printed and video materials, there are many self-study sites. The Self-Study Accompaniment Guide, developed by the Song Club, is aimed at helping those who wish to learn how to accompany the six-string guitar. A. Nosov's guitar school will help to pass self-education on the six-string guitar course, master musical notation and study elementary music theory. This tutorial will introduce you to the designation of notes, their duration, position on the fretboard, and will also offer master classes, lessons and material for various pieces of music.
