Originally Posted by: maggiorI've been eyeing up the Rhythm Guitar book from MI too.

The Rhythm book is probably one of the easiest ones to incorporate into your practice routine. Unlike scale concepts, where you really need to cover the whole chapter and it gets your head swimming with a lot of info, the Rhythm Guitar book is really mellow. Starts with open maj chords, then minor, then 7th chords, then barre chords, along with some really simple strumming patterns. I only work on it 10 minutes or so at a time, but find its easy to progress, just bit by bit. Something like the modes book I find is almost the opposite; while easy to understand, you're learning the mode, in all its different positions, and then the licks, then trying to apply it all to the backing track, all of which can gobble up your practice time. I know what you mean though.. so much stuff to take in!

Just to mention, I LOVE MI's books, but they do have duds... I ordered one on legato, and in my opinion, its just too friggin hard. Some of the initial examples span 7 frets... huge reaches... I was disappointed that the author chose such demanding examples. Amazon reviews seem to be pretty good indicators for MI books.