Learn how to play guitar with the Hal Leonard NYC Guitar School Book 1: A Step-by-Step and Song-by-Song Guide for Absolute Beginners. This effective guitar method has been successfully used by thousands of students at New York City Guitar School. You'll learn the fundamentals of guitar with this motivating step-by-step comprehensive course for beginners, which covers all the basics of guitar playing and includes detailed practice session plans, motivating stories and great song examples.

Topics covered include:
The Fundamental Habits of Great Guitar Players
The Rest Stroke
How to Read Chord Diagrams
The D and G chords
How to Tune Your Guitar
How to Practice
The A7 Chord
How to Play With a Pick
The Secret to Memorizing Songs
How to Read Tab and Play Cool Licks
Pivot Changes
G Major
E Minor
D 7th
The Concept of Chord Progressions
The Small Barre — Gateway to Future Guitar Greatness
And much more!

You'll play great songs while learning, too! Songs include: “Chain of Fools,” “DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love,” “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” “I Fought the Law,” “Mirrorball,” “Mustang Sally,” “Old Town Road (I Got the Horses in the Back),” “Pumped up Kicks,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Sons and Daughters,” “Truth Hurts,” “Up on the Roof,” and more.

This book is ideal for use with a teacher or in a class, and has also been used successfully around the world as a self-study course.