Basic Guitar Manual: The Book on Playing Guitar

By Christopher Adam Cutro and Raymond Aaron

Would you like to learn a new skill that can earn you extra money while you learn? Perhaps a skill in the arts so you can create something new that can make a large number of people feel happier?

Have you thought about playing the guitar and playing for audiences but you feel so frozen by fear that you haven't made that leap?

No matter who you are or what your current situation is, regardless of your age or culture, this book is full of insights and will act as a guide in your guitar and performance education.
Christopher Adam Cutro is an American guitarist from the Chicago area, who has been playing the guitar since 1980. From his own experiences learning the guitar, playing in bands and studios, and teaching others how to play, Chris has written Basic Guitar Manual: The Book on Playing Guitar so that you can learn how to play just as he did.

Chris shares with you all his personal experiences to help you to overcome fear, and show you what to expect on your journey of learning. This guide will help you to buy a guitar, learn how to play it, learn songs, write songs, start a band, play shows, and record your own music.

Read this amazing book, and get ready to create a massive change in your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Apr 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781772775518

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Introduction

Be sure in reading this book that you don’t go past any words or symbols that you don’t fully understand. Look them up in a good dictionary or a music dictionary.

I’m a believer in figuring things out on your own. When you do, you actually learn the subject and know it. The way I structured this book is that I give you what you need on each subject, so that you can use that to figure out the subject. That way, you can apply it to your favorite music, and you can learn it for real.

Chapter 1

Buying a Guitar

Types of Guitars

Well, the first thing that you want to know is, what type of music do you want to play? That will determine the type of guitar you should get. If you want to play classical music, then you should get a classical guitar. A classical guitar is an acoustic guitar with a wide neck and nylon strings. An acoustic guitar is different from an electric guitar, mainly because it provides its own sound. The strings vibrate, causing sound to enter the body of the guitar, and then the sound comes back out louder. An electric guitar has pickups on it that pick up the sound and send it through a guitar cord to an amplifier. Most electric guitars are solid body, but some are semi-hollow, and some are almost acoustic. But they all have pickups. You can get a pickup for an acoustic guitar also. Some acoustic guitars have a pickup already installed. There are obviously a lot of