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SO YOU WANT TO BE A

GUITAR GOD

Take Hope, All You Frustrated Guitarist Wannabees

ow many of you out there has a gui- towards the back to practice with and is
tar gathering dust in a dark corner available in two great formats. The online
Hof your sitting room or dining room. version, which you can find here, https://bit.
Forgotten, unloved, but most of all, unplayed. ly/GuitarGodBook is completely free to read
and download or if you prefer the printed
So let me take a while stab in the dark edition, you can purchase these for a few
here, your dreams of being the next singer/ measly pounds and the Guitar Studio on York
songwriter were smashed because the strings Road.
hurt your fingers or you just couldn’t get your
head around the chords or they didn’t sound So you have no more excuses, dust off the old
right when you strummed the strings. Or axe and get playing.
there maybe another reason for your disap-
pointment, maybe the book you bought to
learn from was too in-depth or the Youtube
videos were not clear enough.
Well, peeps, do not despair. Help is at
hand with a Layman’s guide to playing your
discarded axe. ‘So You Want To Be A Guitar
God’ in a very simple guide to learning the
basics of playing guitars. It only deals with
what you really need to know to start playing
your favourite songs and doesn’t confuse
you with all of the technical and theoretical
mumbo jumbo that only serves in putting
you off. It will tell you what chords you need
to start with, basic chord combinations of
what makes a song, basic rhythm patterns
and one or two other help hints to get you on
your way.

It is written with a sense of humour and in a
way that everyone can understand regard-
less of IQ size. There are a few starter songs
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