An exhaustive and complete guide to learning to read notes on the guitar. This text was drawn from all the best of William Bay's Modern Guitar ethod/Expanded Version, Mastering the Guitar and First Lessons/Guitar books. If you want to master note reading on the guitar fingerboard, this is the book for you

An exhaustive and complete guide to leaning to read notes on the guitar. This text was drawn from all the best of William Bay's Modern Guitar Method/Expanded Version, Mastering the Guitar and First Lessons/Guitar books. If you want to master note reading on the guitar fingerboard, this is the book for you.

(Essential Elements Guitar). Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction and get beginning guitar students off to a great start. This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; ensemble playing; and much more! Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind * Eleanor Rigby * Every Breath You Take * Hey Jude * Hound Dog * Let It Be * Ode to Joy * Rock Around the Clock * Stand By Me * Surfin' USA * Sweet Home Chicago * This Land Is Your Land * You Really Got Me * and more!

The exercises in Sight Reading Mastery are limitless and continually challenge, develop and improve your sight reading skills - however far you advance.

Know your fretboard. Build confidence in your playing. Learn songs faster. Jimi Hendrix could break a string and keep playing by figuring out where the notes were on the strings he still had left. That's someone who really knew his fretboard! In fact, in a pinch, many jazz and classical guitar players can do the same. Let's face it, everyone who plays guitar wants to feel like they know the instrument at that level. Yet doing so can often times be so confusing and frustrating. We all want it to make sense and be easier to navigate. And it can be! The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series can help you go from uncertainty to total mastery! Learn what you need in order to finally master your instrument! Book one in this series is your step-by-step guide on learning how to read guitar music. Even if you've had some experience in the past, The Missing Method for Guitar Book 1 will take your understanding of music reading to a whole new level. What you'll learn: Reading standard guitar notation in open position (Frets 0-5) The basic elements that will allow you to read guitar music The difference between beat and rhythm Why time is the secret ingredient to being a solid player The basics of understanding notation, plus a brief history of standard notation. (Don't just play it; understand it!) Applying sharps, flats, and naturals and how they relate to keys Understanding what keys are and why they are important Practice and play in every key! Learn scales in every key while you learn the neck! Basics of guitar music theory How to hone your sight reading skills! Also included: How to keep time and play with others! Technique Tips Practicing a variety of rhythms Clear explanations The opportunity to develop your skills with hundreds of practice songs! Use this book in conjunction with other method books, with a teacher, or on your own. Great for beginners or experienced players who want to master reading guitar notation. Why wait? Download your copy and start mastering your instrument today! Already know the basics? Then be sure to check out The Missing Method for Guitar Book 2 and take your music reading skills beyond the open position! (Yes, there's a left-handed edition just for you!)

How to Read Guitar Tablature contains tips, insights and over 90 recorded musical examples that demonstrate the techniques in action.

(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.