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    How To Play Electric Guitar: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar Like a Pro
    How To Play Electric Guitar: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar Like a Pro
    How To Play Electric Guitar: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar Like a Pro
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    How To Play Electric Guitar: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar Like a Pro

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    If you want to learn how to play the electric guitar, then get this step-by-step guide.

    In this step-by-step course, you will discover:
    - How to play electric guitar.
    - How to get ready to play the electric guitar.
    - How to select your electric guitar.
    - Know what equipment to get started to play the electric guitar.
    - How to play position
    - Basic electric guitar techniques
    - How to sit down and hold the electric guitar.
    - Fretting secrets
    - How to pick using a plectrum.
    - Impress your friends and family with your new found talent.
    - Impress the opposite sex with your amazing musical skills.
    - Basic chords and scales.
    - Play the electric guitar to play your favorite songs.
    - Learn how to play the electric guitar quickly, easily, and affordably.
    - And much more.

    Click "Buy Now" to get it now!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowExpert
    Release dateApr 8, 2011
    ISBN9781458110428
    How To Play Electric Guitar: Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar Like a Pro
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      How To Play Electric Guitar - HowExpert

      How To Play Electric Guitar

      Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing The Electric Guitar

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      Table of Contents

      Part 1 : Introduction

      How It Works

      How the Electric Guitar Came To Be

      Parts Of The Electric Guitar

      The Neck

      Machine Heads

      Nut

      Truss Rod

      Frets

      The Body

      Body

      Pickups

      Jack Socket

      Volume and Tone Knobs

      Bridge

      Part 2 : How To Get Ready To Play Electric Guitar

      How To Select Your Guitar And Equipment

      Types of Electric Guitars

      The Stratocaster

      Amplifiers

      Effects And Other Peripherals

      Effects and Pedals

      Cables

      Strap

      Picks

      Strings

      Tuner

      How To Set Up Your Electric Guitar

      Method 1

      Method 2

      How To Set Up The Amplifier

      Part 3 : How To Play Position & Basic Techniques

      Economy Of Motion

      Playing Without Tension

      Playing With Feelings

      How To Sit Down And Hold The Guitar

      Fretting

      Slide

      Hammer on’s and Pull off’s

      Picking Using a Plectrum

      How To Use The Downstroke, The Upstroke And, The Economy Picking

      Downstroke

      Upstroke

      Economy Picking

      The Two Ways To Attack The Strings:

      Flat

      Angled

      Part 4 : Basic Chords and Scales

      Notes and

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