Beginner Guitar

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Notes / Playing Solos
This very easy to understand, step by step introduction to note reading and guitar solo performance presents basic notes in first position. It features a companion play-along CD and special sections on types of guitars, frequently asked questions, how to string a guitar, musical and guitar terms.

Get Started on Guitar Book/CD Set
The heart of this guitar course is the true love of the instrument that Chet Atkin's good-natured presence projects. His enthusiasm is infectious and his legendary mastery is evident in the beautiful simplicity with which an enormous amount of information is conveyed," says New Video Review. If you're serious about learning to play the guitar, now you can learn all of the basics and a lot more from the master himself. This video was originally released in 1986 and we are very happy to offer it now in book form. You'll have hours of fun playing along with Chet on songs like Yesterday; Jambalaya; Country Roads; and New Guitar Blues. For each song you'll learn the chords, the melody, plus some of Chet's hottest licks. Tips on tuning, changing chords, fingerpicking , and much more are carefully explained. The book's companion CD presents phrase-by-phrase instruction.

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar
 

Play Guitar Today! - Level 1
This method can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. It is a complete guide to the basics, designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and a professional-quality CD with 99 full-demo tracks. Students can learn at their own pace and open the door to the world of guitar music! This method covers: songs, chords and riffs; picking and strumming; playing tips and techniques; standard notation and tablature; and over 80 great songs and examples!
 

How to Play Guitar (Book & CD)
An easy to follow method covering all aspects of guitar playing for the beginner. Shows you how to read & play guitar music and teaches you the notes, chords and rhythms of many well-known songs. Suitable for students of all ages.

Guitar Technique, A beginner
This book is for both the beginning guitarist or the more experienced guitarist who wishes to improve their technique. All aspects of the physical act of playing the guitar are covered, from how to hold a guitar, to the specific way each hand is involved in the playing process. Pictures are provided within the book to help clarify each technique. More valuable explanatory pictures and videos can be downloaded for free at www.muse-eek.com This book is excerpted from "1st Steps for a Beginning Guitarist Volume One."

Beginning Guitar for Adults
This is an adult-friendly beginning guitar instruction book. It assumes the reader is an absolute beginner with no background in music or guitar. It starts with easy chords, and teaches using songs in the style of classic tunes every baby-boomer will know. Teaches how to read music, but only after the reader has learned lots of chords and songs.

First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Chords/Playing Songs
A step-by-step, concise, user-friendly guide to learning chords, strumming, and songs. Music is presented in the keys of G, D, E minor and C with a play-along CD. The book also features sections on types of guitars, frequently asked questions, how to string a guitar, and musical and guitar-related terminology. Ideal for beginners of any age.

The Guitar: By William Leavitt
A modern method ideal for all beginning guitarists, studying individually or in a class. Technique and reading skills are developed through two-, three- and four-part ensemble arrangements of traditional and newly composed music. Also includes an introduction to chord playing.

Absolute Beginners: Guitar (DVD Edition)
Provides the learner with visual information on tuning, proper hand and finger positions, basic chords and transitions as well as how to accompany the audio/video backup tracks on the DVD.

Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1 (Book and Enhanced CD)
Book One teaches the complete novice everything they need to know to start playing right away. The music lover that has never even held a guitar will be playing easy songs immediately. Teaches everything from chord strumming to finger-picking and basic lead guitar. Susan Mazer's warm and encouraging style motivates even the most casual hobbyist to learn. Book Two introduces more challenging chords and strums as well as the basic principles of blues and rock improvisation and classic fingerstyle patterns. An Enhanced CD demonstrating every example and providing play-along opportunities is available.
 

Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Guitar, The
 

Beginning Classroom Guitar : A Musician's Approach (with CD-ROM)
Ideal for any teaching setting, this text includes all the information and instruction a novice student needs to successfully learn to play the guitar. Drawing on his own experiences as a musician and instructor, the author capably guides student and teacher from the very first encounter with a time signature, through learning finger placement, playing chords and reading compound meter.

Basic Instructor Guitar, Vol. 1
One of the most successful guitar methods of all time has been revised to include pick style as well as fingerstyle guitar technique. This 96-page book covers notation, theory, chords, accompaniment styles, strum patterns, fingerpicking and pick technique with over 60 tunes for solo, duet and ensemble formats.

Barre Chord Basics
 

Guitar Worship - Method Book 1
We are very proud to present the first guitar method ever targeted towards church musicians! If you're an aspiring acoustic or electric guitarist who wants to sing and play songs in praise of God, then this book/CD pack is a must-have. You'll learn: chords, strum patterns, 24 great songs, how to read music, how to tune your guitar, how to change strings, and much more! As an added bonus, it also features a special section on how to lead contemporary worship. The companion CD features 87 tracks, including tuning notes and 24 songs. No prior musical experience is required to use this book.

Beginning Guitar
The basics on tuning, chords, strums, and fingerpicking—plus photos and chord diagrams—in the complete guide to playing country, folk, blues, and rock for beginning guitarists.

Beginning Guitar Superbook
Five complete best-selling books in one: Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1, Easy Pop Melodies, The Chord Strummer, Easy Chord Trax, and Rock Trax 1. This collection gives any guitarist all the information they need to start playing, including: playing solo guitar and accompaniments in a variety of styles; playing melodies or strumming along with over 100 famous songs; chord charts, strum and fingerpicking patterns; and more!

Guitar Basics: A Beginning Guitar Method : Book 1
 

Absolute Beginners Guitar Course
This complete guitar course brings together the entire Absolute Beginners series in a single multimedia package to provide a total learning system. It's easy to use and takes you from the basics of holding and tuning the guitar to mastering advanced playing techniques. In this great pack you'll get: a complete Guitar Tutor and Chord book, 2 CDs, and a DVD. Build your chord skills and learn effects like vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs & string bends. The CD audio tracks tell you how everything should sound, and the full length accompaniment tracks give you instant backing.The DVD features an expert teacher demonstrating proper playing techniques.
 

How to Play Guitar: A New Book for Everyone Interested in the Guitar
 

Play Famous Blues Guitar Rhythms in 60 Minutes