Kirk writes: "I have had so many beginners write to me via my site that I decided to make another dedicated to them. I registered the name guitarforbeginners.com. There are many others out there -- the www is a wonderful source of guitar information -- but having looked around I find there is room for at least one more."

"I concentrate on my forte, namely explaining the workings of music in plain old English, because the fact is, I still don't read or write notation. This is not something I'm proud of; it's just that I was always dyslexic when it came to reading music. It never sank in -- never made sense to me. Recognizing sounds by ear came easily however, and everything I now know I figured out myself -- with the help of the hundreds of fellow musicians I've known over the years."

"So -- I won't be boring you with notation lessons of 'Mary had a little Lamb'. I will simply try and impart some of the musical knowledge I have acquired over the past four decades -- restricting myself to the basics -- in the plainest English I can muster. And if you haven't got it already, download RealPlayer 8.

"Let's start by talking about guitars in general..."

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