Guitar category: 1577 books

A popular and easy to understand book which teaches and explores the many aspects of bottleneck/slide guitar techniques developed nearly a century ago and made famous through the recordings of legendary blues greats like Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Muddy Waters. Much of the book...

Seasoned guitar instructor Fred Sokolow offers a wealth of classic blues licks that can be applied in a variety of blues performance situations. Sokolow has divided the licks into categories to aid in thought organization about the guitar fretboard. Some of the licks are based on scales, and others on chords. Written in standard notation and tablature.

This is an updated edition of Chet Atkin's famous guitar method. It contains numerous picking studies, chord etudes and great Atkin's style guitar solos. Written in notation and tablature.

This book is an excellent study of the history and unique musical stylings of the Hawaiian guitar. Stacy Phillips successfully pinpoints the characteristics of Hawaiian guitar solos. A special feature is the inclusion of a superb historical survey of Hawaiian music. Written in tablature only, G tuning....

This book of exercises and studies is designed to develop left-hand guitar technique. The book concentrates on eight different technical areas: chords and chord changing skills, playing barre chords, shifts, slurs, scales, intervals, extensions, and left-hand harmonics. The text is divided into two...

Johnny Rector has been recognized for years as one of America's top jazz guitar writers. Here, for the first time, he presents an analysis of modern chord progressions, extensions, alternations, substitutions and a ""hands-on"" series of exercises designed to utilize and apply...

Get Started with Blues Guitar eBook is essential reading for any guitarist. Most players don't start with the Blues and if you haven't you're missing some of the building blocks of guitar-based music.   This eBook will guide you through the basics of the style including forms, chords, scales and much more.

This guide will use photographs, diagrams and sketches made by the author and some provided by various manufacturers to teach how to clean, condition, adjust the action and properly intonate your acoustic guitar, as well as: John's trade secrets on hand-carving bone nuts and bridge saddles, wiring...

Wes Montgomery took jazz guitar to a new level when he came to the public's attention in the late 1950's. Known for his fluid lines and his big jazz guitar sound, Wes influenced thousands of guitarists in the styles of jazz, blues, and rock. This book will present some of the soloing techniques that...

Guitar Picture Chords In Colour offers a easy-to-digest encyclopaedia of guitar chords with full-colour pictures to demonstrate exactly how to position your fingers along with colour-coded diagrams of the notes being played. While suitable for beginners who need a handy reference for playing...

The Big Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook (Platinum Edition) serves up eighty acoustic classics from the last twenty-five years, arranged with Guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to bolster your repertoire with...

This handy little book is an essential guide to chord structures and techniques for guitar, all contained in one handy, little book. Images of hand shapes and fret positions, tabled diagrams, as well as chord and note names, allow you to learn and visualise these chords in a variety of ways....

25 original jazz guitar licks from the Harmonic minor scale and its modes in tablature and notation. 120 bars of music over 25 licks (average lick length 4.8 bars) Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable) Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable) Scale...

10 original progressive metal guitar licks from the Lydian mode in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above. 63 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 6.3 bars) Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable) Backing...