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Summary: Half Assed
Review: I have been banging my guitars around for years, and I play pretty well, but I'm like a monkey - monkey see, monkey do. I know basic chords, and I've tortuously put some lead stuff together with some tab help. But now that I've started this book, I am understanding what I'm doing; I understand how the notes work together, where to find them, and how they make up chords. Instead of just "put one finger here, and two more over there" you will understand the relationship between the major notes and it's 3rds and 5ths, etc. I'm not even halfway through the book, and I have gotten much, much more than my money's worth from this. These "roadmaps" are getting me past the "roadblocks" that have kept me from really advancing in my level of play. I'm so fired up from the doors this book has opened, I can't believe I put my guitar down long enough to type all of this.
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Summary: This book made music make sense!
Review: I have been banging my guitars around for years, and I play pretty well, but I'm like a monkey - monkey see, monkey do. I know basic chords, and I've tortuously put some lead stuff together with some tab help. But now that I've started this book, I am understanding what I'm doing; I understand how the notes work together, where to find them, and how they make up chords. Instead of just "put one finger here, and two more over there" you will understand the relationship between the major notes and it's 3rds and 5ths, etc. I'm not even halfway through the book, and I have gotten much, much more than my money's worth from this. These "roadmaps" are getting me past the "roadblocks" that have kept me from really advancing in my level of play. I'm so fired up from the doors this book has opened, I can't believe I put my guitar down long enough to type all of this.
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Summary: Where's this book been all my life?
Review: I've been playing for about 15 years and I'm sad to say that I'm not 1/32nd the player I should be. However, this book has helped me a ton. Some of the things every player should know but most don't (and people don't want to admit it):
Intervals
Circle of Fifths
Chord anatomy
Scales over chords
etc.This book is a jewel, an excellent jumping off point. If you've just picked up the guitar, stop what you are doing, click the "Add to cart" button and dole the greenbacks for this one. If you've just graduated from GIT or some other some other musical institute of higher learning, don't bother - you are far beyond all of us dime bag pickers. Someone's thinkin... Good job Fred! Fred's other books are great too, by the way.
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Summary: The Single Best Guitar Book I Ever Used
Review: The beauty of Sokolow's Roadmaps is that it is eminently practical while revealing the underlying logic of the guitar fretboard. This book took me from confusion to a performing and recording musician (and a teacher to boot). No single book (and I've gone through lots of them) compares (even the much balleyhooed Fretboard Logic SE). If you want to forge ahead with your guitar with a practical and thorough guide then you've come to the right place.
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Summary: booooooooriiiiing!
Review: this book has slowed down my guitar learning process enormously, basically because it took away the fun from playing. a guide that I would recommend to every beginner out there is found at http://guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm and is strangely enough free.
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Summary: Best guitar book I own!!!
Review: This book is a treasure. I recommend it for all guitar players from beginner to advanced. I use it all the time. It was instrumental in helping me advance from a so so guitar player to a much much better player.
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Summary: The Single Best Guitar Book I Ever Used
Review: This book is truly excellent. You need to know a bit of music theory (basically A-G, sharps and flats, and that from B-C and E-F is a half step not a whole step). Once you know the absolute basics, you will be able to use this book. This book really teaches you about chord composition, major scales, and playing chords all along the fretboard. I think it truly is a wonderful book. I'd buy it especially if you were a 2-3 out of 10 on the guitar, and only recommend it if you are 5-6. If you are 8-10, then you know what this book will teach you.
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Summary: This book is excellent
Review: This book is truly excellent. You need to know a bit of music theory (basically A-G, sharps and flats, and that from B-C and E-F is a half step not a whole step). Once you know the absolute basics, you will be able to use this book. This book really teaches you about chord composition, major scales, and playing chords all along the fretboard. I think it truly is a wonderful book. I'd buy it especially if you were a 2-3 out of 10 on the guitar, and only recommend it if you are 5-6. If you are 8-10, then you know what this book will teach you.
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Summary: The best and clearest guitar book I own!!!
Review: This book simply gives you what you need to know. It lets you climb up and down the frettboard with confidence. Teaches the tricks pros know.
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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST GUITAR BOOK EVER!
Review: This books stands out as a very concise reference of the most important patterns available to guitarists. These patterns are the key to improvisation and composition. Each chapter introduces a new pattern and explains... #1 why the pattern is important and useful, #2 What the pattern is in musical terms and what relationships it implicates, and #3 How to learn, practice and use it. I found every chapter to be an absolute treasure. None of the many many guitar books I've used show so much so clearly. It made learning complex guitar strategies almost effortless. I believe it would be most useful to intermediate guitar players, though any guitarist would certainly benefit from this book.
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