Essential Acoustic Guitar Lessons

This book and CD pack offers a superb selection of fourteen in-depth lessons and songs for the acoustic guitar, expertly played by teachers on the accompanying CD.

Included inside you will find: exercises, licks and eight full songs to play, in standard notation and tablature with chord diagrams. Lessons are taught by the master teachers at Acoustic Guitar Magazine whose experience and analysis have already taught countless guitarists.

The CD includes two versions of each song: one played slowly and the other, up to tempo.

The book is divided into four main sections: Basics - covering the fretboard, barre chords and flatpicking; Rhythm - bluegrass in droppedD, bass lines, classic pop changes; Lead - Celtic jigs, melodic improvisation, soloing with arpeggios; and Exploration - capo use, Hawaiian slack key, classical etude variations; and modal harmony. Players of all levels will find lessons to benefit them.