From total novice, to totally confident, in 21 Sessions. This comprehensive, practical, and effective method book for Beginning Guitarists also includes 140 concise videos, demonstrating many of the examples. The Beginning stage is where great instruction is most vital - and you deserve a book that finally takes Beginners seriously.

Ask yourself: "What's one of the biggest problems that I face as a guitarist?" If you think you know the answer to that question - think again, and keep reading. It may surprise you, but neither your Guitar technique, nor your music theory knowledge (or lack thereof!) is the "biggest problem".  In fact, most Guitarists' biggest roadblock has nothing to do with what they're practicing... It's how you're practicing ...

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Are you a Guitarist who’s fuzzy about modes? You’ve heard the names - you know, those weird ones like Phrygian - and you know that a lot of your favorite players use them. Maybe you can even play a couple of finger patterns (only in one place, of course!) It’s still a confusing subject for you - but you sense intuitively that knowing more about modes would make you a better player. Modes: No More Confusion is the ...

When it comes to playing Guitar & music theory, things aren’t always as they seem. There are concepts and techniques, literally hidden in plain view, that most Guitarists will go through their whole lives not seeing. Unless, that is, someone (or some book) points it out. Modes? Mastered! : Advanced Guitar Applications will get you utilizing the modes in ways that most players never will. And it sounds really, ...

In Beginner Guitar: No Wimps!, I’ve distilled over 15 years of experience teaching players of all ages, styles, and ability levels - into a 120 page, super-comprehensive book. If you’re a newbie on the guitar, there are a special set of problems and hurdles that you face. For you, No Wimps! is like the Golden Ticket in the Wonka Bar - you’ll have work to do, it won’t be easy, but if you follow where it leads, then...

Some guitar players seem to pick so fast and so effortlessly... Have you ever asked yourself "Why is it so difficult for me to play that way? What am I doing wrong?" If you have, then it's time to stop being frustrated, and to start making real progress. With Speed Picking: Daily Guitar Gains, you'll get an intensive program designed to build picking speed, stamina, and power. You’ll build your speed picking techn...

This book is a road map to devastating sweep picking speed and accuracy! Sweep Picking: Steam Powered is focused on building your technique - period. With over 400 detailed examples, including advanced right and left hand combinations and patterns, Sweep Picking is all TAB (no music reading required), and is organized clearly and efficiently for maximum results. You’ll build your sweep technique step-by-step, star...

Serious guitarists don’t want 10 pages of the same chord, written on every fret. They want 10 movable and memorizable shapes for a chord - written on one page. And tons of chords. Can something as simple as a chord book be improved? Made more practical, easier to use? Actually be something a Metal Guitarist would want to use? Absolutely - and The Chord Book: Movable Shapes for Guitar is the proof. If you’re lookin...