Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR MANUAL is the ultimate guitar manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music or playing the Guitar and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn about the different types of guitars and the styles they are used for, and learn all the essential techniques of both acoustic and electric guitar, along with how to read traditional music notation, guitar TAB, and rhythm notation. You will also learn many well known pieces and songs and get a great introduction to many different styles of music. The book is divided into sections, the first covering the basics of left and right hand technique, chord playing, picking, fingerpicking and music reading. The second section covers playing in all keys and introduces a variety of new styles and techniques. The later sections deal with playing along the whole fretboard, lead guitar playing and more advanced fingerpicking, including some great classical pieces. The 2 accompanying CD's also contain several jam-along tracks for you to play your solos over, or improvise with.