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Guitar For Dummies

by Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell · 1998

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"Guitar For Dummies" offers full coverage of the subject, from picking out a guitar to learning to play, expert advice from America's leading guitar authorities, musical exercises and fretboard illustrations—plus a tutorial CD that features licks and songs from the book. Illustrations.

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adult
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long · 408 pages

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