Specifically books on exercises, techniques, scales, theory, etc.
2007-06-27 07:33:55 · 4 answers · asked by kwong_chang 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Aaron Shearer has a wonderful set of books for guitar, especially if you are interested in the Classical fingerstyle approach. Some other notable methods have been written by Christopher Parkening, Julio Sagrares, Frederick Noad, Mickey Baker, Bill Leavit, Steve Eckles, and Stefan Shyga. I have studied with some of these people and gained something from every one of them.
I stuck a few links below to help you out. Hope they help.
2007-06-27 08:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by MUDD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This all depends on what style, for instance if you learning classical guitar the book will be entirely different then then the rock and roll, folk, or rhythm. The best place that I've found is Sam Ash, they have lots of books on theory, scales, and exercises, they also have a lot of clerks who play music themselves, so they can lead you to the correct method book for your style of playing. Now if your living in New York you could probably find a larger variation of books. Try to find a book that has a Cd in the back so that you can follow along, this helps in making sure your doing things correctly. If you want to ask on the Internet try this guy, he teaches on the net and maybe he could recommend a book.
http://www.billbrutal.com
http://www.jamplay.com/guitarcords
Some of these sites have links that can lead you to some books that you might find interesting. Also I'm a big fan of youtube, it seems like anything you want you can find there, some of their guitarist are fabulous. Type in Peo Kindgren, he's a classical guitarist who plays everything from Bach to the Beatles, and I love his rendition of "Tears in Heaven." Hope this helps ! P.S. You'll find a lot of these sites say they are free but there not, that Ronnylee has Cd's that he's trying to sell, everyone on the Internet is here to make money so be careful when they say free, they usually aren't! Sometimes they reel you in with something free, but in the end you'll find out their just like everyone else, out to make a buck !!!!!! I think you'll really like that jam play site, you will have to pay but from what I've heard it's well worth it !!!!!!!
2007-06-27 08:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by chessmaster1018 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can find an excellent graded series of books at this site...
www.ronnylee.com
There is a set of note reading books which teach you the notes and a chord book which teaches chords. The books are designed to allow a beginner to learn both notes and chords at their own pace and has pictures and lots of detail to help you along.
2007-06-27 08:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by livemoreamply 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about trying youtube. I know its not a book but its free and very help full.
2007-06-27 07:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5245330
great book
2007-06-28 01:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋