Written for both beginners and more experienced players, Essential Skills for the Guitarist presents a set of core techniques every guitarist needs to know to play in almost any musical situation. Instead of focusing on a particular style of music, the focus is on learning a set of fundamental skills for playing the guitar and for music in general. While it's not a blues or rock guitar book, the skills gleaned from this book will greatly help you to play music in these styles, or any other styles you wish to play. Knowing how to read music is not required. Topics covered include learning the notes on the fretboard, intervals, major scales, open chords, barre chords, as well as tips for practicing. For anyone who's been playing guitar for a while but find themselves stuck and unsure of how to put it all together, this book is for you.

Dana Wright has been teaching and performing throughout Massachusetts and New England for over 20 years. Originally from Southborough, Dana began studying guitar at age 14. He later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee he was awarded the Professional Music Achievement Scholarship for outstanding progress.