A one-stop resource to learn to play guitar! This guide puts everything you need to start playing and continue improving at your fingertips.

"Presents a guide to playing the guitar for young readers, explaining how to hold a pick, find each chord, and improvise." --

"In one helpfully concise volume, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class: A Practical Guide provides all of the practical tools that are necessary to teach guitar in the classroom, especially for music instructors who are not guitar specialists"--

Learn to play songs on the guitar right away. Learn how to hold the guitar and tune the strings, and play chords and melodies. Includes live performances and MP3 audio tracks of all examples.

Using a combination of easy-to-follow text, step-by-step photography, and diagrams, this guide provides all you need to achieve your guitar goals. Whether it's the electric, bass, or acoustic guitar, you'll find detailed information on the different styles plus tips and advice on buying the right guitar. You'll also be inspired by reading how famous guitarists reached the top.

Improve your playing in rock, blues, jazz, funk, Latin, and r & b styles. Learn performance techniques taught at Berklee College of Music at your own pace. Ten original compositions in many styles provided in standard notation and tab.

"This book now in its third and updated edition digs deep into the world of the guitar riff, identifying 30 distinct types and illustrating them with reference to 150 examples"--