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Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why
Written by Ged Brockie
Narrated by Ged Brockie
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About this audiobook
Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this short listen is for you.
This publication is part of the GMI Short Read series. This audiobook in the series contains a discussion on why, as a guitarist, you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life.
This audiobook is a transcription, both edited and at times expanded upon, of a GMI podcast given by Ged Brockie in February 2017.
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