Learn Guitar: From Beginner to Pro Hardcover – 1 Sept. 2017

Very impressed with it so far. I’ve only recently received it and started working through the tutorial section but seems clear and easy to follow, with a reasonably quick progression from learning the basics through to the sections on specific styles of music. It’s written for readers wanting to learn the electric guitar really, despite the front cover picture. I’m not a beginner, but am primarily an acoustic strummer- so it’s hard to say what a complete beginner would think of it - but I do have lots of guitar tutor books and I would say that this is definitely one of the best from what I have seen so far. Looking ahead in the book to the styles section, it doesn’t look too daunting and actually seems achievable - unlike some other books - but yet looks fairly comprehensive to get you to a reasonable level. The backing/example tracks are provided on CD but there’s a website link provided to listen to them online instead. Each example has it’s own track on the CD - not several examples one track as in some other books - so that makes it easier to use. It’s a big book and has a spiral binding, which is good. It doesn’t include real/known songs to learn but teaches you all the techniques to be able to play and learn songs yourself. Some of the influences of the example tracks are easily recognisable though - e.g. in the Alternative section - there are a couple of exercises which are obviously based on REM songs.

bought this for our grandson who is just learning and he loves it.