title: GUITAR BOOK #1: Beginner Basics and Beyond: FASTEST and EASIEST way to learn to play, GUARANTEED!
author:  Mark John Sternal 
description: <b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b><br /><br /> Expert Guitar Instructor Mark John Sternal has authored over 40 best selling guitar and bass instructional titles. Mark began teaching his trademark method to private students in 1991. He was only 17, with one year left of high school before he would attend Richard Daley College in Chicago. By 1994, Mark had relocated to Florida and with him came the manuscript for his first book, GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications. Fueled by glowing user feedback and testimonials from thousands of satisfied customers, Mark's growing number of titles awarded him national recognition in 2004. Since then, his work has consistently held the #1 best selling music instruction slots at some of the largest music and book stores across the United States and Canada.<br /><br /> As of this current 2014 print edition, Mark John Sternal has authored over 40 best selling music instructional books and DVDs.<br /><br /> When he isnt traveling and performing throughout the United States, Mark John Sternal performs regularly in his home town of Crystal River, FL. Mark performs acoustic guitar solo and duo shows, and electric guitar with a 3 to 5 piece band.
zlib_text: Teach	Yourself	How	to	Play	Guitar
  By	Tara	Lee
  Copyright	©	2016	By	Tara	Lee
  	
  All	Rights	Reserved.	No	part	of	this	publication	may	be	reproduced	or	utilized	in	any	form
  or	by	any	means,	electronic	or	mechanical,	including	photocopying,	recording,	or	by	any
  information	storage	and	retrieval	system,	without	permission	in	writing	from	the	author.
  There	is	no	resale	rights	included.	Anyone	caught	reselling	this	ebook	will	be	prosecuted
  to	the	full	extent	of	the	law.
  The	pages	within	this	ebook	have	been	copyrighted	with	the	U.S.	Copyright	Service.
  ASIN:
  
  CONTENTS
  	
  ABOUT	THE	AUTHOR
  INTRODUCTION
  GETTING	TO	KNOW	THE	GUITAR
  A	BRIEF	HISTORY
  TYPES	OF	MODERN	GUITARS
  THE	ANATOMY	OF	THE	GUITAR
  FINGERBOARD	DIAGRAMS
  MUSICAL	TERMS	EXPLAINED
  HOW	TO	PLAY	YOUR	GUITAR
  PICKING	AND	STRUMMING
  POSTURE	AND	POSITION
  TUNING
  Step	1:	The	6th	String	–	E	(thickest)
  Step	2:	The	5th	String	–	A
  Step	3:	The	4th	String	–	D
  Step	4:	The	3rd	String	–	G
  Step	5:	The	2nd	String	–	B
  Step	6:	Tuning	the	E	String
  GUITAR	CHORDS
  WAR