Guitar Books

Now complete in one volume, this time-honored method addresses the six-string lap steel guitar in E7 tuning.

This is a very "user friendly" text. It is ideal for daily practice sessions and contains frequently used major and minor guitar scale forms. In addition, each scale is shown in numerous positions up the guitar fingerboard. Also included is a special section on blues and scales in various positions. Each scale form is carefully shown in diagram, notation and tablature.

From the most talented professional musician to the beginner with his first guitar, there are times when tuning can be a frustrating experience. This book is written to help you tune your instrument as well as it can be done. The first two chapters are very basic, later chapters are more complex. Even if you are a skilled teacher these first chapters may have a point or two you can use.

Play guitar even if you can't read music. This easy to follow guide book tells you everything you need to know about Tab, the easy alternative to standard notation. Keep this easy-to-follow guide book in your guitar case for easy reference.

This tutor, written in tablature by Peter Flanagan, provides a carefully worked out method to give instant gratification from the moment you Pick up the Guitar. You are taught to play tunes with a simple accompaniment rather than just how to strum. Soundtrack available.

This beginner's method for 12-string guitar by veteran guitarist Tommy Flint covers all of the basics for getting started. Topics include tuning and strings; reading chord diagrams, notation and tablature; blues; triplets; slurs; slides; melody playing on the 1st and 2nd strings; two and three part harmony; movable chords; and rolls. Numerous solos give the student a chance to practice the skills being taught. The companion Online Audio is a helpful audio tool for attaining the correct sound.

The ancient Celtic repertoire offers the fingerstyle guitarist a tantalizingly wide range of moods and emotions from sad laments to lyrical ballads to vibrant dance rhythms. This collection presents a vast array of fingerpicking guitar solos settings on timeless airs, hornpipes, reels, planxties, set dances, jigs, slip jigs, marches, songs and compositions by the renowned 17th century blind Irish bard, Turlough O'Carolan.

DADGAD is rapidly gaining acceptance as the "other standard tuning". Tune your guitar to it and find out why! This book is intended for guitarists who want to explore the D-A-D-G-A-D tuning, but feel a need for more guidance than their ears alone can provide. The majority of these selections are traditional Irish dance tunes, airs and songs. Accessible to musicians with at least an intermediate knowledge of guitar technique. In tablature and notation.

This method is loaded with information. In the author's words, "The electric bass is in a very exciting developmental period. No longer does it just provide 'low-end support.' Now entire songs are built around the bass line." This method is both easy to understand and thorough! It provides the theory and technique needed to play contemporary bass, and it covers such modern effects as slap & pop and right-hand hammering techniques. While note reading is taught, tablature is also presented.

Author Steve Marsh has spent many years playing guitar in the folk clubs of the United Kingdom where Irish music is in abundance. This collection draws from his extensive collection of original arrangements of traditional tunes.

This is the standard-bearer for pedal steel instruction books. It is extremely comprehensive in scope.

This book presents a comprehensive guide to chords and scales in the popular G,D,E,A, and D minor tunings. In addition to their application as elementary accompaniment, there is sufficient material here for soloing and improvisation.

Newly revised and updated repertoire book to accompany the new editions of the world's bestselling Complete Guitar Player tutorial series. Full words and music for 13 great songs arranged in the same easy-to-follow style, with chord boxes, strumming patterns, and highlighted lyrics.

This book teaches you how to play guitar from the very beginning to advanced techniques. A complete method for learning country, folk, blues and rock styles. Included are sections on tuning, chords, strums, to pick or not to pick, fingerpicking, chords in common keys, even how to deal with sore fingers when you have finished running through this unique and compact guide.

This book definitely falls into the category of one of those books no pedal steel player should be without! Written by Pedal Steel Hall of Fame member, DeWitt Scott, this fine text teaches the styles and techniques of playing contemporary pedal steel guitar. In addition, solos are presented by many of todays greatest steel guitar artists such as Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Mike Smith, Nils Tuxen, Weldon Myrick, Paul Franklin, Jerry Byrd, DeWitt Scott and Doug Jernigan. In notation and tablature.

Understanding DADGAD is a complete introduction to using the DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. The book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how DADGAD can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles. Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, intervals, the harp-effect, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more, all in the context of either short musical examples or complete tunes.

Learn to play chords and scales on the pedal steel Guitar. This simple-to-follow guide includes over 1,100 chords and 430 scale forms.

The perfect introduction for anyone just discovering the tenor guitar. This easy-to-use book and audio pack also functions as a crossover method for folks who already play guitar, mandolin, or tenor banjo. Many useful exercises, fun songs and popular arrangements await! Topics covered include: tuning, scales, arpeggios, sequences, position shifting, chord strumming, single-note picking, fingerpicking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and more.

In this volume Peter Pickow gives guitarists a concise thesaurus of essential and practical forms for study and practise. Tips on using scales to build speed, endurance and fretboard fluency.

13 classic songs from this popular country guitarist, arranged for piano, voice and guitar. Includes A Better Place • By the Time I Get to Phoenix • Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) • Galveston • Gentle on My Mind • I'm Not Gonna Miss You • It's Only Make Believe • Reason to Believe • Rhinestone Cowboy • Southern Nights • True Grit • Try a Little Kindness and Wichita Lineman.

Finally, a method solely devoted to lefties, complete with photos, diagrams, and grids designed especially for the left-handed player! Chords, scales, riffs, strumming, various styles.C.D included.

This book groups chords in a new way that makes looking up and learning new chords easier. The chords are grouped by family, so the chords you are likely to find together in any one piece are next to each other in the book. You can understand how they are related at a glance. Chord diagrams also indicate the position of the root and the third. Includes both moveable and non-moveable chords.

Follow the brilliant but ill-fated career of the legendary hero of fifties country music in this superb songbook. Contains 26 classic songs in easy-to-intermediate arrangements for fingerpicking and flatpicking guitar, including 'Lovesick Blues', 'Move It On Over', 'You Win Again' & more.

With First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar, author Jay Leach has created a fun, easy-to-follow approach to learning the Lap Steel Guitar.

In this comprehensive book, Leach explains the basics of the instrument including bar control, picking, and string groups, with fun exercises to play. First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar also includes several catchy tunes and accompanying online audio with play-along tracks.