Musical Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist - Volume 1 - The Big Picture

This is the second time I've been through this book. It contains a wealth of information and it's delivered in an over-the-top friendly American style, which I find rather grating I have to say. The content's good though. The only thing is that, for this Bear of Little Brain, I have terrible trouble getting it to stick. I don't know why that is. I don't think it's a reflection on the book, rather the reader.

It has some good examples of songs and tunes, using Christmas carols to demonstrate some of the theory because, well, they're pretty well known. I'm looking forward to volume 2, which I believe will coincide quite nicely with the Kirk Lorange's PlaneTalk book, which I also have and intend to go through.

The book itself has a spiral binding, which is incredibly helpful. I wish my Noad Solo Guitar book had that!

I'm giving it four stars because the content is king and it's easy to follow and understand, which goes some way to mitigating the so-called humour.