Scott Ferguson, a guitar teacher and professional guitarist for over 30 years, shares what he's learned and taught to thousands of students. Scott has distilled his years of teaching into the fundamental guitar playing concepts every guitar player needs to know.This smart approach to learning how to play guitar focuses on what you NEED to know to play popular music on the guitar without years of study or lessons. Even if you've been playing for a long time but have had few or no guitar lessons, this guitar book will give you the knowledge you've been missing so you can realize explosive guitar playing growth.WHAT YOU GETA year's worth of guitar lesson's for a fraction of the costSelf-paced instruction that's easy to understandOver 50 figures/diagrams that show you How to PlayThe most important concepts to focus on and practice----------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS----------------------------FORWARDTHE GUITARTuning the GuitarNotes on the FretboardREADING MUSICStandard Music NotationTime SignaturesChord SymbolsChord Diagrams* TablatureCHORDSFor Left-Handed PlayersThe First 10 Chords to LearnTips on Fingering ChordsTips on Arm and Wrist PositionStrummingFinger PickingThe CapoTwo Keys and the TruthThe Next 10 Chords to LearnBarre ChordsPower ChordsChord VariationsAdd9 ChordsSlash ChordsSCALESThe Chromatic ScaleThe Major ScaleThe Pentatonic Major ScaleThe Pentatonic Major Sliding ScaleThe Pentatonic Minor ScaleThe Blues ScaleALTERED TUNINGSEb TuningDrop D TuningTHANKS AGAINContact PlaySmartGuitarAbout the Authors