Getting started on the guitar has been made easier than ever The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book begins with the very basics about learning how to play a guitar, such as, how to tune the guitar, the note names on the guitar neck fingerboard and how they relate to the musical staff (i.e., the notes you find in sheet music and song books). It then moves on to illustrations of the most commonly played "open" guitar chords, that is, the chords you will be using for as long as you play a guitar. All the chords are illustrated in bold and easy to understand illustrations, these chords are followed by a uniquely designed chord combination chart that will enable you to mix these chords to form various chord combinations of your own choice without having to guess which chords go with which chords. The "Pre-Stage" Guitar Book then shows you how to transpose chord combinations to suit your voice by way of a very simple and easy to understand method. This totally new approach will have you making progress in learning how to play guitar right away After you have completed all the information contained in this guitar book, you may wish to move on to enhance your guitar playing abilities to THE "FIRST STAGE" GUITAR BOOK - LEARN HOW TO PLAY GUITAR EASILY and QUICKLY or THE "GUITAR BOOK" - FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JUST LANDED ON THE PLANET EARTH , both of these guitar books contain the same guitar learning information, the only difference is that you have a choice of which book cover you would prefer. Practice and patience are the keys to successfully learning how to play the guitar