Beginning Guitar Books

Roy Clark's Christmas Book for Guitar
Chords, notes, tablature....plus Roy's "Fingerblock" system with stickers and a poster will have you pickin' Christmas favorites in no time at all.

B-TS117 Roy Clark's Christmas Book for Guitar
List $19.95 Our Price $18.95

Teach Yourself Lead Guitar BOOK/CD
A guide book to lead playing, with an emphasis on pentatonic major and minor scales.

B-71755bcd Teach Yourself Lead Guitar BOOK/CD List $18.95 Our Price $14.95

B-OK64386 Hot Licks for Bluegrass Guitar
A lot of tasty licks in this book for guitar players and their best friend, THE SOLO.

List $22.95 Our Price $19.95

Guitarist's Note Reading Method (Book/2CDs)
Easy and useful guitar note-reading method, for beginning to advanced players who want to read notattion in addition to tablature.

B-BA-NRM Guitarist's Note Reading Method (Book/2CDs)
Special $14.95

Chordmaster Tuner Metronome
NEW from Planet Waves! The ulitmate guitar practice/reference tool!

PW-CTM Chordmaster Tuner Metronome
List $59.99 Our Price $34.99

Guitar for Dummies (2nd Ed with CD)
Step-by-step guide for the beginner or intermediate player, with a new CD.

B-GFD Guitar for Dummies (2nd Ed with CD) List $24.95
Our Price $21.95

Fretboard Roadmaps for ACOUSTIC Guitar BOOK/CD
Popular guitar teacher Fred Sokolow returns with more essential fretboard patterns.

B-695940 Fretboard Roadmaps for ACOUSTIC Guitar BOOK/CD
List $14.95 Our Price $12.25

Guitarist's Music Theory Book BOOK/CD
Designed for guitarists by a guitarist! This workbook-style book is a very useful tool for guitarists of all abilities. Theory, ear training, soloing, the Nashville Number system, and many other concepts are covered clearly.

B-BA-MTB Guitarist's Music Theory Book BOOK/CD
List $14.95 Our Price $11.25

Acoustic Rock Guitar DVD by Peter Vogl
This is the companion to the Acoustic Rock Guitar book/cd. It is for beginners and offers Peter Vogl with demonstrations of the exercises and songs in the book/cd.

D-BA-ARG Acoustic Rock Guitar DVD
Your Price: $9.95

Acoustic Rock Guitar Primer Book/CD
For beginning guitarists, this book covers a lot of ground, along with several songs.

B-BA-ARG Acoustic Rock Guitar Primer Book/CD
Your Price: $14.95

Acoustic Guitar Part 2 Book/CD
The follow-up to the Acoustic Guitar Primer, this book/cd contains 12 popular songs along with a variety of strums, arpeggios, barre chords, and advice on how to play with other guitarists.

B-BA-GP2 Acoustic Guitar Part 2 Book/CD
Your Price: $14.95

Introduction to Acoustic Guitar Part 2 DVD by Bert Casey
The companion to the Acoustic Guitar Book 2, this DVD features exercises and all 12 songs in extended versions.

D-BA-BG2 Acoustic Guitar Part 2 DVD
List: $14.95 Your Price: $12.50

Easy Christmas Songs for Little Guitar Pickers
Perfect for young guitarists during the Christmas Holidays! Melodies are in tab and notation, with chord progressions for "big" pickers to accompany the kids.

B-TS299 Easy Christmas Songs for Little Guitar Pickers $8.95

Secrets All Guitar Players Should Know

Hundreds of useful tips to make you a better musician, including tuning, set-up, tone, stage presence, and the music business.

B-SECRETS Secrets All Guitar Players Should Know Retail 19.95
Our Price $17.95

Guitar Chord Deck

Chordex makes it fun and easy to learn guitar chords! Each card is shaped like the fretboard on a real guitar. You'll see exactly how to finger each chord. You'll find additional information about each chord on the back of the cards. Perfect for beginners, students and teachers.

B-AM949872 Guitar Chord Deck List 9.95 Our price $8.10

BLUEGRASS GUITAR I - WORKSHOP SERIES FOR GUITAR By D. Huckabee

Includes: Red Haired Boy, Fire on the Mountain, Cripple Creek, Boston Boy, Old Joe Clark, Devil's Dream, Bill Cheatham, Black Mt. Rag., etc.

B-6915bcd BLUEGRASS GUITAR I $14.95

BLUEGRASS GUITAR II - WORKSHOP SERIES FOR GUITAR By D. Huckabee

Includes Liberty, Goldrush, Sally Goodin', Big Man, Clinch Mountain Backstep, Forked Deer, Hamilton Co. Breakdown, Stoney Pt., Sweet Georgia Brown, etc.

B-6916bcd BLUEGRASS GUITAR II Book/CD $14.95

THE HAL LEONARD ACOUSTIC GUITAR METHOD
A Complete Guide with Step-by-Step Lessons & 45 Great Acoustic Songs
The Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method uses real songs to teach you all the basics of acoustic guitar in the style of The Beatles, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, the Indigo Girls, Robert Johnson, James Taylor and many others.

In standard notation and tablature.

B-697347 Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method List 12.95 Your Price $10.35

Guitar From the Beginning

Jack Tottle's "Newtab," which shows timing and pick direction, along with plenty of hints and tips for the beginner are the highlights of this book. These unique tips vastly speed up progress: which hand to look at, and why; how to make you playing smooth instead of choppy; where the emphasis belongs in rhythm guitar playing -- each are important, but often neglected, aspects of learning.

B-GFB-1 Guitar From the Beginning $5.95

Roy Clark's Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrate Gospel for Guitar from Janet Davis Music

Roy Clark's Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrates Gospel for Guitar

50 Favorite Gospel Greats
3 Easy ways to play, chords, big notes, tablature
Large Print, Easy to read

List: $16.95
B-TS119
Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrates Gospel for Guitar Special $15.25

TEACH YOURSELF Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barenberg
Learn to flatpick bluegrass songs right away. Taught by a professional guitar player & studio musician. Contents:
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms --Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- Wildwood Flower --John Hardy -- Willow Garden -- Under the Double Eagle -- All the Good Times -- Old Joe Clark -- Soldier's Joy -- Cripple Creek -- Fire on the Mountain -- Salt Creek -- Blackberry Blossom -- Turkey in the Straw -- Nine Pound Hammer -- Sitting on Top of the World -- Footprints in the Snow -- Little Maggie -- Pretty Polly -- Farewell Blues -- John Henry -- Dark Hollow - Live and Let Live
B-OK64990 Book & CD OUR PRICE: $17.95

Mastering Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barrenberg from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

Mastering Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barrenberg
It is a 6-CD set with book.
Tunes: Roll On Buddy, New Camptown Races, Beaumont Rag, Wildwood Flower, Columbus
Stockade, Willet’s Horn-pipe, Timor The Tartar, Morning Glory, Nine Pound Hammer, Pike
Country, Sandy Burn Reel, Cedar Hill, Over The Waterfall, Pretty Polly, Will You Miss Me,
Farewell Blues, Orange Mountain Special, Rocky Mountain Goat, Billy in the Low Ground,
Bill Cheatham, Barrel Of Fun, Silver Bell, and Shenandoah Valley Breakdown.
B-641526 Book w/6 CDs: $59.95

BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Happy Traum
Covers every aspect of bluegrass playing from simple accompaniment to advanced instrumental. In notation and tablature.
Song List: Mama Don’t ‘Low, New River Train, Roll in my Sweet Baby’s Arms, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Going to Georgia, Handsome Molly, You’re a Flower in the Wildwood, Old Rattler, Midnight on the Stormy Deep, Rosa Lee McFall, I Am a Pilgrim, Angel Band, Crying Holy, Standing in the Need of Prayer, All the Good Times, My Grandfather’s Clock, Under The Double Eagle, Rakes of Mallow, Devil’s Dream, Forked Deer, Soldier’s Joy, John Henry, Orange Mountain Special, Barrel of Fun, Stoney Creek, Sally Goodin’, Arkansas Traveler, Dill Pickle Rag, Sittin’ On Top of the World, Handful of Love.

B-630324 - BOOK: $19.95

YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF FLATPICKING GUITAR By Steve Kauffman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF FLATPICKING GUITAR By Steve Kauffman
Recommended for all beginners! Teaches basic chords, rhythm, bass patterns & lead playing 82 pp. Video also available.
B-95190b BOOK: $9.95 V-95190 V-95190: $29.95
B-95190cd CD: $14.98

B-95190bcd : BOOK/CD $19.95

B-95190bvcd BOOK, CD, and VIDEO COMBO package: $47.50

C-95190set BOOK/CD/DVD COMBO $24.95

GUITAR PRIMER By Bert Casey from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

GUITAR PRIMER By Bert Casey
For the beginner! Step-by-step instructions for learning to flatpick. Songs demonstrate each technique; clear & concise, with CD. Recommended.
SONGS: Tom Dooley -- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands -- Going Down That Road --Feeling Bad -- Worried Man Blues -- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms --Banks of the Ohio -- Dark Hollow -- In the Pines -- Amazing Grace -- Pallet on Your Floor -- Way Downtown -- Sittin' On Top of the World -- Hammer On -- Wabash Cannonball -- Crying Holy -- Salt River -- Billy in the Lowground -- The G Run -- Pull Offs -- Little Maggie -- Nine-Pound Hammer - Slides -- Wildwood Flower -- John Hardy -- Old Joe Clark -- Blackberry Blossum -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- Scale Exercises

B-BA-GP - BOOK/CD: $14.95

CD-BA-GP Acoustic Guitar Jam Primer - 2CDs List $14.95 Our Price $11.95

DVD - Introduction to Acoustic Guitar For Beginners by Bert Casey
Quickly learn to strum and play chords with expert musician Bert Casey. 60 minute dvd includes split screen which shows right and left hand techniques.
D-BA-AVD Intro to Guitar for Beginners DVD: List: $14.95 SPECIAL: $12.50

FLATPICKING GUITAR SONGS By Bert Casey from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

B-BA-BCbcd FLATPICKING GUITAR SONGS By Bert Casey
Excellent! Recommended! This is one of the best books I have seen for flatpicking. A CLEAR, complete book showing any of the techniques involved in playing bluegrass lead guitar to achieve the Clarence White or Tony Rice "sound". Songs in tablature and notation, with several arrangements for each tune. Includes: Wildwood Flower, Home Sweet Home, Cripple Creek, Black Mountain Rag, Salt River, etc. 60 Min. cassette plays all songs slow/fast.
B-BA-BCbcd Book/CD: Your Price: $14.95

All songs played at 2 speeds on the CD.

DELUXE BLUEGRASS FLAT-PICKIN GUITAR METHOD By Neil Griffin from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

DELUXE BLUEGRASS FLAT-PICKIN GUITAR METHOD By Neil Griffin
Includes bass runs, bluegrass guitar techniques, licks to use as fills and endings. Arrangements in tab and notation, with several variations for each Tune. Includes: Arkansas Traveler, Red River Valley, Wreck of the Old '97, etc. (Mainly in pick-brush style)
B-93630 - BOOK: $9.95

MEL BAY'S COMPLETE FLATPICKING GUITAR BOOK By Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

MEL BAY'S COMPLETE FLATPICKING GUITAR BOOK By Steve Kaufman
This comprehensive study of contemporary flatpicking guitar technique presents numerous solos for the beginning through advanced flatpicking guitarist along with tips on creating your own flatpicking arrangements. The book addresses the tablature system, tuning, right and left-hand technique, use of the capo and the microphone, transposing using the Nashville numbering system, bluegrass back-up, arranging flatpicking solos and instrumentals. If you're into country or bluegrass music, or if you just want to develop outstanding flatpicking technique, this book is for you. Written in standard notation and tablature. The stereo play-along CD features Steve Kaufman's rousing performance of each flatpicking solo! Also includes a DVD containing some of the solos and techniques presented in the book.
C-94562SET - BOOK/CD/DVD: List: $29.95 $26.95

OLD-TIME FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR By Richard Lieberson from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

OLD-TIME FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR By Richard Lieberson **RECOMMENDED
Excellent arrangements for intermediate flatpicking. Popular fiddle tunes with helpful notes on how to play back-up and use special effects. Selected discography & bibliography. Standard notation and easy to read tablature. Personalized, tailor-made instruction book designed for people who already know the instrument and are anxious to move on, to improve their techniques and to pick up pointers on professionalism. Includes: Miss McLeod's Reel, Bully of the Town, You Married My Daughter, Red Haired Boy, Ragtime Annie, Black Mountain Rag, Forked Deer, Billy In The Lowground, Old Joe Clark, Paddy On The Turnpike, Sail Away Ladies, Salt River, Stoney Creek, Cotton Patch Rag & more.
B-AM16585 - BOOK List $22.95 Our Price $19.95

GUITAR PICKERS FAKEBOOK By David Brody from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

GUITAR PICKERS FAKEBOOK By David Brody
Contains over 250 arrangements for flatpickin guitar: Bluegrass, Irish, Old-time fiddle tunes, jigs, reels, rags, hornpipes & breakdowns from all the major traditional instrumental style. Special introductory materials on regional styles, interpretation and ornamentation . All arrangements in tab, Crazy Creek, Sally goodin', Snowflake Reel, Toney Creek, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Old Joe Clark, East Tn Blues, Dusty Miller, Done Gone & many, many more!
B-OK64279 - BOOK: $22.45

IMPROVISING BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Davis from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

IMPROVISING BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Brad Davis
Primarily a book containing bluegrass licks for guitar, i.e. Tony Rice licks, etc.
B-WR-IBG - BOOKS/CD: $14.95

THE SONGS OF DOC WATSON from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

THE SONGS OF DOC WATSON
Transcriptions of guitar instrumentals and accompaniment patterns for around 30 songs, in standard music notation and tablature. Notes on the songs by Doc Watson and a foreword by Ralph Rinzler. Includes: Black Mt. Rag, Blackberry Rag, Don't Let the Deal go Down, Tom Dooley, Deep River Blues, Shady Grove and many others.
B-OK62489 - BOOK: $16.99

TONY RICE Teaches Bluegrass Guitar from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

TONY RICE Teaches Bluegrass Guitar
A master picker analyzes his pioneering licks & solos.
Songs include: Red-Haired Boy -- Little Sadie -- Your Love is Like a Flower -- Old Train -- Blue Railroad Train -- Home From the Forest -- Wildwood Flower -- Wild Horse --Jerusalem Ridge.

B-695045 - BOOK/CD: $16.95

DAN CRARY- GUITAR Transcribed from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

DAN CRARY- GUITAR Transcribed by Dan Libertino
Excellent transcriptions of Dan's great flatpicking!
B-96696 - BOOK/CD: $31.95

FIDDLE TUNES and IRISH MUSIC FOR GUITAR from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

B-94020 FIDDLE TUNES & IRISH MUSIC FOR GUITAR By Dan Gelo
Fiddle tunes and Irish favorites carefully arranged for flatpicking guitar.
B-94020bcd - BOOK/CD: $22.95

CHAMPIONSHIP FLATPICKING GUITAR by Steve Kauffman
The author, three-time national flatpicking guitar champion, has compiled this rousing collection of dazzling flatpicking guitar solos. A companion CD featuring Steve's foot-tapping rendition of each arrangement is included. The book is in notation and tablature. All the songs in the book are performed on the CD. On the DVD, Steve plays both slow and fast versions of each solo. Steve's performance on the up-tempo versions of the challenging solos is absolutely astonishing.

Songs Include: Amazing Grace -- Banks of the Ohio -- Beaumont Rag -- Black Mountain Rag -- Calgary Polka -- Cattle in the Cane -- Dill Pickle Rag -- Dixie Breakdown -- Dusty Miller Hornpipe -- Farewell Blues -- Grey Eagle Hornpipe -- Little Sadie -- Ricketts Hornpipe -- Sally Goodin -- Stoney Point -- Yonder Stands Little Maggie.
C-94533SET - BOOK/CD/DVD: List: $29.95 $26.95

TWO HOUR BLUEGRASS WORKOUT by Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

FOUR HOUR BLUEGRASS WORKOUT by Steve Kaufman
Learn to read musical notation on guitar. (No tab). A Homespun Publication. Book and CD: two hour workout!
B-641379 - BOOK/CD: $35.95

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout
for ALL INSTRUMENTS - SERIES TWO BOOK/4CDs
Follow-up to the best-selling Workout #1 -- 50 more traditional favorites with a backup band on CD.

B-642067 Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout for ALL INSTRUMENTS SERIES TWO
List $44.95 Our Price $35.95

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