title: Enjoy Playing the Guitar Book 1 (Tutors for Guitar) (Bk. 1)
author: Debbie Cracknell
description: Debbie Cracknell studied guitar and piano at Trinity College of Music in London. After graduating with licentiate diplomas in both instruments, she has been teaching as a peripatetic guitar teacher for Buckinghamshire County Council for many years. Her very successful series, Enjoy Playing Guitar, has been followed by many solo and ensemble works aimed mainly at beginners and those in the early grades.
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  # Guitar Theory For Dummies®
  
  
  Visit
  [www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/guitartheory](http://www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/guitartheory)
  to view this book's cheat sheet.
  
  
  
  
  
  **Table of Contents**
  
  
  [Introduction](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a1)
  
  
  [About This Book](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a2)
  
  
  [Foolish Assumptions](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a3)
  
  
  [Icons Used in This Book](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a4)
  
  
  [Beyond the Book](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a5)
  
  
  [Where to Go from Here](03_9781118646779-intro.html#a6)
  
  
  [Part I: Getting Started with Guitar Theory](04_9781118646779-pp01.html#a1)
  
  
  [Chapter 1: Guitar Theory in a Nutshell](05_9781118646779-ch01.html#a1)
  
  
  [Why Learn Guitar Theory?](05_9781118646779-ch01.html#a2)
  
  
  [Navigating the Fretboard](05_9781118646779-ch01.html#a3)
  
  
  [Seeing the fretboard as a grid](05_9781118646779-ch01.html#a4)
  
  
  [Viewing neck diagrams](05_9781118646779-ch01.html#a5)
  
  
  [Reading guitar tablature](05_97811186