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…pure playing with basic scales and also tons of cool exotic scales that intermediate and advanced players will really enjoy …tons of cool guitar techniques …a rare resource that you’ll use far more than you might anticipate. –Guitar Digest Magazine

For beginner to expert… every position on the guitar and all the ways to use them… –Music Connection Magazine

…combines instruction and exercises for mastering all types of scales on the guit (more…)

About the Actor

Musician, Educator and Author Mark John Sternal began teaching his trademark method to private guitar students in 1991. He was only 17, with one year left of High School before he would attend Richard Daley College in Chicago. By 1994 Mark relocated to Florida, and with him came the manuscript of his first book. The piece was titled Total Scales Techniques and Applications, which Mark sold to his private students. One afternoon a student’s friend came into the mus (more…)

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You need only minimal playing skills and three chords; G, C and D7 to accompany the beautiful songs of faith in this innovative book. If you are a beginning or “casual” player on a chording instrument, this is the book for you. The book is bursting with a great variety of timeless standards your entire family will enjoy. An outstanding collection of innovation arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. Melody and lyrics are included with all songs. (more…)

Take the first step towards mastering blues guitar. This book & CD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing blues guitar, including shuffle rhythms, turnarounds, blues soloing, call-and-response patterns, play-along “jam” tracks, slow blues, blues scale positions, and the “B.B. King secret scale pattern.” Includes complete play-along tracks on CD.

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Teach Yourself to Play Guitar has been created specifically for the student with no music-reading background. With lesson examples presented in today’s most popular tab format, which also incorporates simple beat notation for accurate rhythm execution, Teach Yourself to Play Guitar offers the beginning guitarist not only a comprehensive introduction to essential guitar-playing fundamentals, but a quick, effective, uncomplicated, and practical alternative to the multitude of trad (more…)

The double CD set was designed to accompany the book of the same title.

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For music lovers who’ve always wanted to play guitar but have been put off by traditional guitar methods, these books get you playing right away without having to pick through heavy theory and music-reading lessons first. Every book in the For Beginners series progresses from the very basics of buying your first instrument through the fundamentals of playing your favorite style of music. 48 pages each with enhanced CD.

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Learn to play guitar from the master!In this all-inclusive package, including 2 DVDs and a full-length course book, beloved guitar virtuoso Estéban will have beginners playing confidently in no time. Estéban studied under celebrated guitar master Andrés Segovia, performed thousands of concerts, and topped the Billboard charts. More than just a top-seller on the Home Shopping Network, Estéban has become a cultural phenomenon—appearing in the pages of People, The Chicago Tri (more…)

Getting Started on Electric Guitar offers a complete course for the beginning electric guitarist. Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales and techniques used by electric guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections. Part 1 ¯ The First Step covers: tuning methods · string names · essential chords an (more…)

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…book & CD package is designed to help aspiring musicians take the first step toward experiencing the fun of playing music…packed full of tips, lessons and practical knowledge

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This book/CD package is designed to help aspiring musicians take the first step toward experiencing the fun of playing music, and is packed full of tips, lessons, and practical knowledge. Topics include: guitar basics, chords and strumming techniques, m (more…)