Starting at the elementary level and progressing to advanced techniques, this comprehensive method is like a complete two-year guitar course in book form. It includes over 450 songs and examples, and covers: notes, rhythms, keys, positions, dynamics, syncopation, chord charts, duets, scale forms, phrasing, odd time, and much more. Designed from an MI core curriculum program.
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92 of 98 people found the following review helpful
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This book is an incredible tool for the guitarist that can play but not read. There are tons of exercises and explanations that are all really helpful, and then before you know it, you can competently sightread. I love this book. It rocks. I'd tried tons of "learn to read" books but they're all written for other instruments, or they're written for people that haven't played the instrument before, which bites for people who can play but can't read. Buy it if you can't read music but have played guitar for a while (14 years in my case). Keep on rockin'.
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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I agree with other reviewers that this book has excellent examples and pacing. It is very good in terms of starting you off slowly and eventually working up to very complex rhythmic lines. One thing that should be pointed out to those interested in this book is that the reading examples cover single-note melody lines only. There is no information on triads or extended chords, so if you want to learn to sight read chords for classical or jazz guitar you will probably need to invest in some additional materials.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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I've been teaching guitar since shortly after I recieved my BA in classical guitar performance in 2001, and I've used a few different methods. This one is great for anyone wanting to learn to read music on guitar. It starts off with basic rhythms, which too many methods overlook in order to hurry off to playing 150 year old folk songs that no one cares about anymore. It also starts off teaching you notes in the 5th position (which is more useful and better intonated than open position). Imcludes music theory and builds progressively from lesson to lesson, reviewing things you have just learned and putting them in the context of popular classical songs. For those of you who want modern popular songs written in a method book, keep in mind that hit songs get outdated very quickly and with classical songs, authors don't have to pay royalties to use them (keeping the books cheaper for you).
The two points where it could use improvement are: 1. An accompanying cd would make the rhythms easier to understand for beginners 2. chords written out in notes. It does do a good job of introducing chords in the context of lead sheets which are largely ignored by the likes of Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, Alfred, et. al.
I recommend it with "The songwriters workshop:Harmony" book (for theory info), www.guitargrid.com for scales and "contemporary chord khancepts" for more advanced chords.
The two points where it could use improvement are: 1. An accompanying cd would make the rhythms easier to understand for beginners 2. chords written out in notes. It does do a good job of introducing chords in the context of lead sheets which are largely ignored by the likes of Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, Alfred, et. al.
I recommend it with "The songwriters workshop:Harmony" book (for theory info), www.guitargrid.com for scales and "contemporary chord khancepts" for more advanced chords.
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Music Reading for Guitar by David Oakes
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The Best Reading Method For Guitar
First of all, guitar is one of the most difficult instruments to learn to read music on. It has so many positions to choose from and so many different ways to play the exact same... Read more
Published 15 months ago by james m.
fairly complete, good book.
i'll first say that i'm 33 and am an experienced guitarist - i'm also a good chord chart reader and alright rhythm chart reader. Read more
Published on March 26, 2010 by Vic
Wonderful Book!
This book is very well-written. Its layout is organized and easy to navigate through. The approach to the content is outstanding, breaking big topics into very manageable chunks. Read more
Published on February 10, 2010 by Dan
Good book for the patient guitarist
Music Reading for Guitar (The Complete Method)
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This is a good and fairly thorough guide for learning to read music on guitar. Read more
Published on December 22, 2009 by Alan Rosenlicht
A Must for the serious guitarist....
This book is a must for any serious guitar player. I use this book for teaching my own students and I used it whilst studying guitar at University. Read more
Published on August 31, 2008 by Travis Lee White
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Music consists of two basic elements: pitch and rhythm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Music consists of two basic elements: pitch and rhythm. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mixed Rhythm Exercises New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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