The Complete Guitarist is the easiest-to-follow playing manual yet devised. It takes you from the simplest chords and picking out your first tunes to more complex styles and advanced improvisation. It breaks new ground with its all-visual; approach to learning fingering chords notes scales modes rhythm sequences soloing and improvising. Richard Chapman is a respected guitarist journalist and media personality. He has taught many leading performers and acts as a consultant to the auction house Christie's in London as an authority on the history of the guitar.