Guitar / Bass Methods

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 2 builds on the solid foundation of Book 1, guiding players through more advanced techniques, rhythms, and musical styles. With 92 songs, riffs, and examples, it’s a comprehensive next step for developing guitarists...

Book 2 continues the instruction started in Book 1 and covers: Am, Dm, A, E, F and B7 chords; power chords; fingerstyle guitar; syncopations, dotted rhythms, and triplets; Carter style solos; bass runs; pentatonic scales; improvising; tablature; 92 great...

Five complete best-selling books in one: Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 1 • Easy Pop Melodies • The Chord Strummer • Easy Chord Trax • Rock Trax. This Hal Leonard Guitar Method collection provides any guitarist with all the essential...

The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn...

Mel Bay’s Modern Guitar Method is the world's premier instruction series for learning modern plectrum or pick-style guitar technique. Time-tested and proven successful in building the theoretic and technical foundation needed to play in any style,...

Standard Tuning Slide Guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and über-guitarist Greg Koch for over 30 years. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, Koch...

The Suzuki Method of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an...

Bring the world of classical music to guitarists of all levels! This collection features classical guitar technical studies from Sor, Tarrega, Guiliani, Carcassi, and Aguado, as well as presenting fresh guitar arrangements of well-known classical...

If you're the type of person who can't wait to learn their favorite songs on guitar, this series is what you need! The Hal Leonard Really Easy Guitar series features easy-to-follow charts with lyrics, chords and basic tab–everything you need to...

A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar is designed for anyone just learning to play guitar. Written by one of the premier classical guitarists of our time and based on years of teaching students of all ages, this revised edition includes many new...

A graded anthology of solo pieces ranging from easy to intermediate level. This collection can serve as a supplement to Books Two and Three of A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar or to any classical guitar method. It features works by Calvi,...

Enrich your playing with the expressive and dynamic textures of solo fingerstyle guitar. You'll learn to build simple melodies into complete guitar arrangements, understand fingerings that will bring complex chords within your reach, and explore country...