A Step-by-Step and Song-by-Song Guide for Absolute Beginners. Par . Learn how to play guitar with this effective guitar method successfully used by thousands of busy New Yorkers in their classes at New York City Guitar School. You'll learn the fundamentals of guitar with this motivating step-by-step comprehensive course for beginners which covers all the basics of guitar playing, and includes detailed practice session plans, motivating stories and great song examples. Topics covered include: The fundamental habits of great guitar players; The rest stroke; How to read chord diagrams; The D and G chords; How to tune your guitar; How to practice; The A7 Chord; How to play with a pick; The secret to memorizing songs; How to read tab and play cool licks; Pivot changes; G Major; E Minor; D 7th; The concept of chord progressions; The small barre--gateway to future guitar greatness; and much more. You'll get to play great songs while learning, too! Songs include: Chain of Fools · DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love · The First Cut Is the Deepest · I Fought the Law · Mirrorball · Mustang Sally · Old Town Road (I Got the Horses in the Back) · Pumped up Kicks · Rebel, Rebel · Sons

10 Pieces for Solo Guitar. Maria Linnemann was born in Amsterdam in 1947 and grew up in England. She attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying conducting, piano and violin. Later, inspired by the guitarist, viola player and painter, Martin Nicolai, she turned to the guitar. Since 1971 she has lived and worked in Germany as a musician, composer and pedagogue. She has travelled through many countries and lived and worked in China for five years. Many of her compositions, numbering around 500 to date, were written on these journeys, and include works for solo guitar, guitar duets and trios, songs and chamber music. Maria Linnemann?s music is loved and much played all over the world.

kleine Stücke für kleine Gitarren-Anfänger-Step?n Rak (1945) is a prominent Czech guitarist composer and teacher. Minute Solos is a collection of short musically inventive compositions for Guitar beginners. They are divided according to their character into the sections of Moods Songs Without Words and Dances. Although not technically demanding they represent a good introduction into a wide range of expressive means the Guitar offers. The texts are set in Czech English and German.

DIE NEUE GITARRENSCHULE by Heinz Teuchert is one of the most successful methods for classical guitar in German. Since it was first published in 1983, the guitar technique has evolved in many respects so that the need of a revised edition has become more and more evident. Prof. Michael Koch has taken up this mission and now presents the revised method in two volumes: the texts, parts of the playing material, and the appearance of the books have been modernized while preserving Teuchert?s methodical approach and the underlying structure of the method. One of its strengths is the diversity in terms of playing techniques and musical styles ? not only solo playing but also fingerpicking styles, flamenco techniques, and song accompaniment are taught. The BOOK CD AUDIO ONLINE packs also feature demonstration and play-along recordings of many pieces included in the books.