How to Play Guitar Books

Designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar, this method is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages and reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around

This revolutionary new method combines solid pedagogy with a focus on real-world guitar skills such as strumming and fingerpicking, pivotal rock and blues riffs, improvising, reading music, and music

This updated and expanded edition of one of the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available features a new layout, making it easier to read and quicker to learn. Now includes blues, country,

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Alfred's

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Now

Putting lessons in the context of popular styles and classic tunes, this complete course introduces new topics at a progressive speed using both music notation and tablature. Correlating supplemental books

Teach kids to play songs on the guitar right away with this easy to understand guitar course. Book 1 covers basic music symbols, chord frame reading, and three-string chord strumming. In addition, the

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most-thorough guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to playing guitar. Now, Alfred's Basic Rock

This edition of Alfred's Basic Guitar Method, Book 2 features a new colorful layout and covers new notes, songs, techniques, and many other important topics. For the first time, companion audio tracks that

Specifically designed for teaching guitar in a classroom setting, this standards-aligned, comprehensive curriculum uses guitar learning and music from diverse traditions to teach core music competencies.

These works were specifically chosen to be used as supplemental materials during a student's second year and fourth quarter of study. Works in this series include: Trio No. 6 by Ferdinando

This work was specifically chosen to be used as supplemental material during a student's third year and fourth quarter of study. Works in this series include Dance of the Goblins by Antonio

This work was specifically chosen to be used as supplemental material during a student's third year and second quarter of study. The Maiden from Carulli's opus 333 has an extended range to high E,

The Shearer Method, Book 3: Learning the Fingerboard is the third in a series of works that define Aaron Shearer's approach to playing the classic guitar. The work by this legendary figure, with videos and

These works were specifically chosen to be used as supplemental materials during a student's second year and third quarter of study. Works in this series include: Two Guitars, a traditional Russian

Jaco Pastorius is arguably the greatest bassist of the 20th century. Modern Electric Bass breaks down the musical elements and characteristics that made him such a unique and once-in-a-generation

Are you a brand-new guitarist seeking to improve your playing abilities with no-nonsense instruction? This book gives you an overview of the tools you need to solidify your skills and strengthen your

Through the years, Jimmy Page's guitar playing has inspired countless music fans to play guitar. The Led Zeppelin Guitar Method, the first method to feature Led Zeppelin songs, teaches you

These works were specifically chosen to be used as supplemental materials during a student's fourth year and third quarter of study. Pieces include: Quartet VI for Guitar by Francois de Fossa,

The traditional Catalan piece El Rossinyol was specifically chosen to be used as supplemental material in a student's fourth year and second quarter of study.