Lou Manzi

Guitar First Steps: Melody

This beginning level book teaches you to play single-note melodies using all six strings of your guitar. The skills in this course apply to both acoustic and electric guitarists in all musical styles. Whether you are into folk, blues or rock 'n' roll, learning to read and play melodies is not only very useful, but fun as well. You'll learn notes on all six strings, the definition of 'pitch' and how it's notated, how to read standard music notation and tablature (TAB), the measures, bar lines and time signatures used to organize musical beats, whole-note, half-note and quarter-note rhythms and rests, the proper technique for playing single-note melodies, and much, much more!