The Icons of Rock series provides a solid foundation and understanding of your instrument the "Smart Way!" Learning Electric Guitar is a detailed course into playing the guitar designed to take absolute beginners into intermediate levels, lesson by lesson. This book comes complete with over 2-1/2 hours of DVD instruction with Patrick McCormick and Greg Douglass. Section 1: Learning Guitar Step 1 with Patrick McCormick. This section covers everything a beginner needs to know to understand how to play the guitar including: Reading Music Notation, Open Chords, Finger Exercises, Chord Matching Formulas, Reading Tablature, Barre Chords, Chord Progressions, Power Chords, and more! Section 2: Lead Guitar with Greg Douglass. Greg is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, Van Morrison, and more. In this section you will discover: Lead Licks, Scale Patterns, Alternate Positions, Soloing, Phrasing, Slide Techniques, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Custom Lead Guitar Songs, and more!