Folk Guitar Quick Start

Author: One Lake
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
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Thank you very much for choosing this textbook, and we hope that starting today, you can quickly learn the guitar, let it accompany you, express your heart, and open the door to music.
When I first started compiling this book, I thought about including more simple and easy-to-play guitar pieces to satisfy the interests of some beginner guitarists. However, during the compilation process, I realized that many pieces were simply not suitable for simplification. Many beautiful introductions and expressive ornamental phrases were hard to bear to delete, which made the difficulty of this textbook increase. Many techniques and fingerings are close to or have reached an intermediate level, but the playing effect has significantly improved.
Looking back, I have been playing the guitar for about ten years, and I have gone through many detours. Back then, there were very few guitar textbooks, and even when there were, they were often very superficial. Things are different now. Guitar textbooks can be described as "pervasive," but many of them have problems with chords and fingerings, or they neglect the importance of music theory, which has a great impact on beginner guitarists. Therefore, choosing a suitable textbook is just as important as choosing an excellent teacher, and the next step is your effort.
This book focuses on folk guitar playing and singing, while also supplementing some fingerstyle solo content. It has different styles and flavors, suitable for you to play in different moods. It is not, as some people believe, that solo is classical guitar and singing is folk guitar. Folk guitar can also play many solo pieces in different styles. Some people also think that classical guitar is elegant, while folk guitar is vulgar. This is obviously a prejudice. Music has no high or low, noble or humble—because music itself is beautiful!
Sincerely wish you to become an excellent guitarist! The structure of this book is well-organized, progressing from simple to complex and step by step. The explanation of music theory is easy to understand, using simple language to interpret the profound knowledge of music. It is highly targeted, and this book is accompanied by a large number of pictures, making it clear at a glance. The pop, classic, and songs we arranged are representative and have practical exercise value.