Frederick M. Noad (1929–2001)

This is a good supplement to watching YouTube videos. It's easy to get lost, watching a video for this basic, that song, but not really understand what's in between. Videos give you the bare minimum to play popular songs, but a good book makes you well rounded and gives you a sense of direction. Now I understand hows and whys of different postures, hand positions, what chords really are, how to play finger style when I had to be on YouTube for a long time before learning you don't always show more strum--you can't learn what you don't know to look for. This book also focuses on classical style, something I didn't know about until more recently, which is more my preference. Don't know any classical songs off hand? This book is full of them. This book goes on to cover musical notation and chapters on different styles like folk, rock, jazz, and country, including a few sample songs. I think continuing from this book and returning to videos I'll have a lot better idea what I need and want to learn, and progress better. show less

An instructional guide for acoustic guitar players, this book includes basic techniques, music reading, ear training, mastering the fingerboard, building speed and dexterity, developing tone colour and phrasing, position playing, and interpretation. There are graded exercises, practice studies, a survey of guitar repertoire and some solo works. A useful guide for home study.

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