Santorella’s New Teach Yourself Guitar

Teach Yourself Guitar published by Santorella Publications is the first in a series including CD that was initially created as an impulse product for a typical independent Guitar & Amp shop. In a market flooded with similar products, we swiftly learned that this edition was more than just a quick fix for the beginner. Although titled Teach Yourself Guitar, it contains much more than basic instruction. Accordingly it has become the standard for countless educators as a private lesson study guide. Our challenge was to create an approach to guitar that was easy to understand and followed a logical step by step progression. To truly master the guitar, one must have their eyes set on short-term goals in order to achieve long-term results. Santorella met this challenge by providing a proven curriculum to learning the many facets of playing the guitar in this guide.

• Types of Guitars
• Tuning the Guitar
• Holding the Guitar
• Musical Notation
• Timing and Note Values
• The First String: E
• The Second String: B
• The Third String: C
• Playing Chords
• It’s Time to Rest
• Notes on the Fourth String: D
• Notes on the Fifth String: A
• High A Notes on the Sixth String: E
• Bass Chord Accompaniments
• The F Chord Using Three Strings
• Accidentals
• Ascending Scales
• Descending Scales
• Enharmonic Notation
• Arpeggios
• Transposition
• Major Scale and Key Signatures
• Important Tablature Symbols