As well as being full of method tutorials with exercises and technical routines, it also includes eighteen songs, written both in traditional sheet music and tablature so you can actually learn to play some tunes rather than just scales and boring stuff. The lessons are structured in a way that allows students to progress at their own pace, and the book does not require readers to be able to read music.

For example, when you are trying to play a song, and you encounter a chord that you are not familiar with, you can find that chord in the book to learn about it and play it.

The speed picking part is more focused on solos and melodies that are played at high speeds to unlock the hands of the students to have ultimate speed on the fretboard. If learning guitar theory seems daunting, allow this Idiot’s Guide to allay your fears and teach new tricks. Acoustic Guitar Primer Book for Beginners by Bert Casey is a great book for acoustic guitar students as it teaches you everything through online video and audio accompaniment. Also, some songs in this book are still harder than others, so learn the easiest first and only after this move to a bit harder ones.

Charles Kim is the author who is a member of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, the most famous and largest community music school in the U. This book includes parts from many famous electric guitar songs, such as “All Along The Watchtower”, “Carry on Wayward Son”, and “Rock You Like A Hurricane”. Look at nearly any popular songs' tab and you’ll notice that at some point a group of notes bunch up and need to be played at the same time.Not only that, the book comes with audio files for each tune at three different speeds, allowing you to select a comfortable pace no matter what ability you are. Have a look at your guitar's fretboard, what if I told you that you could memorize that entire thing Yes, the whole thing.

It’s written for complete beginners and starts at absolute zero, not assuming you have any prior experience with the guitar. The universal standard tuning is E, A, D, G, B, E, and this is what most of the songs you’ll learn early on are in tune with. The book has a massive amount of info, but they are all converted in a way that is easier to digest for readers. Lessons get straight to the point, and teach in the tablature method mentioned before, which eliminates the need for music reading altogether. Both younger students and absolute novices benefit from Ben Parker’s knowledge in “ My First Guitar” The book uses diagrams and illustrations to teach the necessary fundamentals and mold new players.

With this approach, you can expand your limits when it comes to composing, improvising, and overall playing. Book 3 covers a few advanced techniques like major and minor pentatonic scales, shapes which you can move along the fretboard, techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs.