Release your inner Clapton... ''The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Guitar'' starts at the very beginning with learning how to hold the instrument and covers everything from reading tablature, bar chords, and strumming to playing the blues and rock riffs. Each chapter has practice songs, and the guide includes a play-along CD, so learners are playing guitar from the very first chapter. ?The first book to teach guitar as you would learn in private lessons with a guitar teacher ?Author is a master guitar teacher ?More than 3 million guitars are sold in the U.S. annually