First 15 Lessons – Electric Guitar

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome!

The electric guitar book, written in rhythm tab notation, features lessons on: guitar fundamentals, chords, strumming, arpeggios, syncopation, hammer-ons & pull-offs, slides, string bending & vibrato, double stops, harmonics, alternate picking, palm muting and scales & basic theory.

Includes guitar parts from 33 songs: American Pie, Brown Eyed Girl, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Hit Me with Your Best Shot, James Bond Theme, Layla, Runnin' down a Dream, Smells like Teen Spirit, Smoke on the Water, Under the Bridge, When I Come Around, You Really Got Me, and more. Fast-paced learning for your first year of instruction!