(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.

The Suzuki Method of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. Students are taught using the "mother-tongue" approach. Suzuki Guitar School materials include: Guitar Part (Vol. 1-7) * Guitar Accompaniments (Vol. 1) * CD (Vol. 1-4). Suzuki Method Core Materials are available for piano, violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, harp, guitar, and recorder.

(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.

Metal Guitar Method guides the beginning student on a journey through the art and technique of metal guitar. This comprehensive method starts with the basics like proper playing position and reading tab and then progresses to power chords, playing scales, sweep picking, drop tuning, and finger tapping. Through the course of learning to play 24 original songs along with a real band, Matthias will teach you the concepts and techniques that every metal guitar god uses. This 96 page book includes a DVD with 2.5 hours of video instruction. $19.95

Aaron Shearer's Classic Guitar Technique is used by serious guitarists all over the world and has long been one of the definitive classic guitar methods. The Shearer Method: Classic Guitar Foundations, Shearer's final work, is the first in a series that encapsulates his lifetime experience as America's premier classic guitar pedagogue. This work is a step-by-step curriculum based on Aaron's innovative and common sense approach that incorporates all the advantages of modern technology. The method includes 63 DVD videos for up-close aural and visual learning, 74 new solo and duet compositions and arrangements (made exclusively for this method by Dr. Alan Hirsh), as well as works by Sor, Carcassi, Giuliani, and more. Plus, recorded tracks masterfully illustrate nuance, tone, and musicality. The book even includes Alfred Music's exclusive TNT 2 software that allows you to slow down and loop tracks for careful practice. In addition, a complete online supplement is available for teachers and students that want a deeper understanding of Shearer's work. The book does not replace Shearer's original classic. It augments and expands on it in ways not imaginable in the early '60s when the original was published. It's a must-have to complete the library of any classic or fingerstyle guitarist The Shearer Method Classic Guitar Foundations is not just a book but a media experience.

This book is a reprint of one of the surviving copies of Justin Holland's Comprehensive Method for the Guitar for beginners. First published in 1874, this book is one of the earliest comprehensive books for beginner guitarists.Topics include elementary principles of music; basic music reading including forms of the notes and rests; time; sharps, flats and naturals; the major and minor keys; accidentals, chords and the manner of playing them; guitar position; position of the left and right hands; manner of touching the strings; tuning the guitar; exercises for learning to read the notes; exercises in keeping time; how to play scales; exercises for reading sharps and flats; exercises for appreggios; exercises to aid in left and right hand fingering; exercises for obtaining quality of touch; slurs; appoggiatura; trills; mordents; different methods for tuning the guitar; a dictionary of musical terms; as well as various small guitar pieces to play.Born in Virginia in 1819 to free black parents, Justin Holland (1819-1889) studied at Oberlin College before establishing himself as a teacher of guitar, mandolin, piano, and flute in Cleveland, Ohio. He seldom performed in concert but gained national notoriety as a composer and arranger for pieces for the guitar. During his lifetime he published around 350 works for the guitar, only about a third of which have survived to present day. This book is 8.5" by 11" for ease of reading and usability.