Basics 1 - The Wolf Marshall Guitar Method | Beginner Guitar Lesson Book with Chords Riffs Strumming Techniques Music Theory and Audio | Contemporary Rock Blues Learning Method for New Guitarists

Even though this is just Basic 1, anyone desiring to learn to play guitar from scratch needs this entire course, including the Power Studies volumes. I first purchased these volumes when they were new on the shelves in the early 90's and have had much success through the years playing just as a hobby. I actually became pretty good, but never wanted to actually be a Rock Star. I've re-purchased the entire course because the originals are now thousands of miles away, as I'm in the military overseas. You can even get a couple of these for the Kindle App, but of course, that doesn't include the audio tracks (highly recommended). Power Studies 3 seems to be way over-priced from what I can see these days, but if you can get it, it will be worth it in the end. Best of luck to all!

I am a Guitar instructor and use this book with my students. It works well because it is centered around learning rock guitar and has a smooth learning curve. It focuses on open position power chords, riffs, and elementary lead playing. This book book should be used with supplementry material so it may not be a good self learning book. I also recommend if you buy this book you buy the version with the CD so you can hear what the examples sound like.

Basics 1 is an excellent teaching tool for rock guitar students ages eight to fifteen. It provides students with a good understanding of rock rhythms, meter, and simple rock riffs. It also exposes the student to the ever popular 12 bar blues and 1, 4, 5 chord progressions.

I bought this siries of books when I first started playing 8 years ago, it just didnt work for me. The teaching style in the book just didnt click with me

This is a book I started to study this year. I am really having fun while doing the exercises in this book. Still, sometimes I realize that it repeats itself a lot. It teaches you the basics of rock. This book is generally on power chords on the 6th string.