A Modern Method for Guitar - Volume 1 (Music Instruction)

A Modern Method for Guitar - Volume 1 (Music Instruction)
Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1995-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480344540

(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.

A Modern Method Guitar

A Modern Method Guitar
Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2020
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780876391990

(Berklee Methods). The William Leavitt Modern Method for Guitar, used as the basic text for the Berklee College of Music guitar program, has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated guitar students and instructors. By popular demand, Berklee Press has created a compilation of the original volumes 1, 2, and 3, including all audio and video tracks. Now, serious guitar students and instructors, from beginning through advanced, have the convenience of progressing through all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one comprehensive book. Innovative solos, duets, and exercises progressively teach melody, harmony, and rhythm. This edition contains audio and video produced by William Leavitt's students Charles Chapman and Larry Baione (who was his successor as chair of the Berklee Guitar Department), demonstrating the examples and providing play-along tracks for the ensemble exercises.

A Modern Method for Guitar Scales

A Modern Method for Guitar Scales
Author: Larry Baione
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1540030342

(Berklee Guide). Improve your command of the guitar by mastering the essential scales and their fingerings. This reference will help you play scales up, down and across the fingerboard, in all keys. You will learn multiple scale fingering options to suit different musical contexts. Practice exercises will help you build your muscle memory as you play different fingering patterns across the strings, and then expand them to three octaves. Graphical illustrations, exercises, and etudes will help reinforce all the most useful scale types. Traditional notation and tablature are included.

The Advancing Guitarist

The Advancing Guitarist
Author: Mick Goodrick
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1987
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0881885894

General Reference

Melodic Rhythms for Guitar (Music Instruction)

Melodic Rhythms for Guitar (Music Instruction)
Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 83
Release: 1986-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476867208

(Guitar Method). A thorough presentation of rhythms commonly found in contemporary music, including 68 harmonized melodies and 42 rhythm exercises. This highly respected and popular book is also an excellent source for duets, sight-reading and chord studies.

Berklee Basic Guitar - Phase 1

Berklee Basic Guitar - Phase 1
Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1986-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634013331

"An essential resource for every beginning guitar student. This modern instructional method is designed for individual study or a classroom environment. Guitar technique and reading skills are developed through two-, three-, and four-part ensemble arrangements of both traditional and newly-composed music. To round out your training there is also an introduction to chord playing. 'Berklee Basic Guitar' is THE way to learn guitar. Guitar players quickly advance with the essential tools provided here." -- page 4 of cover.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1
Author: Will Schmid
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1970-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476862036

(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.

Guitar Fretboard Workbook (Music Instruction)

Guitar Fretboard Workbook (Music Instruction)
Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2003-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476859078

(Musicians Institute Press). Navigate the guitar neck better than ever before with this easy-to-use book! Designed from Musicians Institute core curriculum programs, it covers essential concepts for players of every level, acoustic or electric. A hands-on guide to theory, it will help you learn to build any scale or chord on your own and unleash creativity. No music reading is required.