Although this book is clearly intended for self-help I was interested to read it for possible use with my students. I am familiar with Noad's books, having used his SOLO GUITAR PLAYING with great success for a number of years; but I was curious to see what this latest book might have to offer that was new or different. A glance through immediately revealed two major differences from his SOLO book. First, the scope is much wider, with the inclusion of popular styles such as Blues and Flamenco. In addition I found extensive use of guitar tablature as well as standard notation. Students find tablature very easy, and this enables them to play more advanced pieces at an earlier stage. Some teachers regard this as a crutch, bur Noad clearly wants to get students into interesting music as soon as possible. I found the choice of music most appealing, including the famous Anonymous Romance which is credited with drawing more people to the guitar than other single piece. In summary, I plan to use this book with students who wish to experiment with various styles to find where their major interest lies. I find the text clear and interesting. The sidebars with cartoons and information on "Guitar Gods" etc. are a bit overcute for my taste, but are actually quite informative. In contrast the hand drawings by Linda Trujillo are some of the best and clearest that I have seen in any music instruction book. My only regret is that a CD was not included. Nowadays most self-instruction books seem to have these, and I feel that the publishers would be well advised to include this in a future edition. Overall, a fine addition to the teaching literature.Enter this link :
http://rapidshare.com/files/117394019/Complete_Idiots_Guide_to_Playing_the_Guitar.pdf
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