Method Books

Teach yourself to play your favorite songs on guitar with this multi-media learning experience! Each song in the book includes a comprehensive onli...

Learn the trademark riffs and solos of Joe Pass, one of the greatest guitarists in the history of jazz, with this in-depth book/online audio pack. ...

This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standa...

The easiest ukulele method ever for kids ages 5 and up. This fun method teaches you to play songs on the ukulele right away. The accompanying onlin...

The Ultimate Beginners Series gets aspiring musicians started immediately with classic rock and blues riffs, chord patterns and more. Now, for the ...

Being unplugged doesn't mean you're without power. Develop the agility and strength that will give your performances power by making them appear ef...

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 m...

The Total Rock Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of rock guitar. From classic rock, blues, and funk to alternative and hea...

Designed for drummers and bass players, this book/CD lays out a step-by-step approach to combining Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock, funk and jazz.

Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate J...

This book is great for guitarists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. Topics include the ii-V-I progression, creating so...

This, the third book of a power-packed series, begins with exercises for developing speed and agility. Techniques such as "machine gun strums," rig...

This advanced volume in the comprehensive method for fingerstyle guitar is perfect for experienced players who want to add greater variety, refinem...

Solid guitar instruction at a great value. Each book in this series comes with a CD so you can listen and play along with every song and example---...

The Total Jazz Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of jazz guitar playing. Start with basic lessons on the major scale and w...

Perfect for beginning blues and blues-rock guitarists, Beginning Blues Guitar is an introduction to basic blues theory, left-hand techniques, rhyth...

This book is great for the musician who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. After a quick review of the fundamenta...

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the guitar right away. Book 2 starts where Book 1 left off by teachi...

Alfred's Teach Your Child to Play Guitar: Beginner's Kit contains everything you need to start playing in one handy box and at an incredible price....

Alfred's Basic Ukulele Method 1 features clear, well-paced instruction that makes learning the ukulele easy and fun. This book covers how to hold y...

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can...

Bass harmonics expert Dean Peer reveals his revolutionary techniques for expanding the range of the bass guitar using harmonics. He begins with bas...

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to electric and double bass. Covering such styles as bebop, Latin, funk, a...

Learn to play bass and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start ...

Great for acoustic guitarists who have learned the basics of the blues and are ready to take the next step. Begins with a review of technique, stan...

This book is great for acoustic guitarists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of readin...

Alfred's Teach Yourself To Play Guitar: Beginner's Kit contains everything you need to start playing guitar in one handy box and at an incredible p...

This advanced volume in the comprehensive method for fingerstyle guitar is perfect for experienced players who want to add greater variety, refinem...

Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the ...

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the guitar right away. Each lesson on every colorful page is explain...

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over fiv...

The Total Acoustic Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of acoustic guitar playing. You start by strumming some basic tunes a...

The conclusion of this power-packed acoustic blues guitar method begins with a review of transposition and immediately proceeds to great acoustic b...

Scott Tennant, world-class classical guitarist and well-respected guitar eduactor, has brought together the most comprehensive technique handbook f...

The Guitar Atlas series continues with a vivid exploration of Flamenco guitar. Dennis Koster, one of New York's most sought-after teachers for over...

Until now, serious rock, blues, and jazz guitarists have not had a book devoted entirely to the left hand. The Serious Guitarist: Left-Hand Techniq...

Learning the Blues Has Never Been So Easy!Have you always wanted to play the blues? Authentic blues? Realize your dream of becoming a great blues g...

The Total Blues Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of blues guitar. Start with simple blues progressions and end up playing...

Acoustic Blues Guitar teaches blues chord forms, stylistic licks and patterns, blues scales, turnarounds, solo country blues style guitar, independ...

Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate J...

Covers choosing the right slide, open "blues" tuning, stylistic licks and patterns, using a capo, and the blues styles of Muddy Waters and Elmore J...

The most modern, complete, and musical approach for the serious guitar student. Covers music theory, scales, modes, chord voicings, arpeggios, solo...

Perfect for beginning ukulelists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge, this book and video teaches everything you need to know to...

Your guitar becomes the ultimate jazz solo instrument when you master the techniques and concepts in this book. Picking up where the harmony lesson...

Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the ...

Alfred's Kid's Ukulele Course is a fun method that teaches kids to play songs on the ukulele right away. This complete edition combines levels 1 an...

This book is great for electric bassists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Beginning with a brief review of reading ...

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the guitar right away. Each lesson on every colorful page is explain...

Alfred's Teach Your Child to Play Guitar is designed for parents who want to share the gift of music with their children before they begin formal s...

Soloing is an important part of your playing, but practicing on your own doesn't always get the creative juices flowing because there is nothing qu...

When it comes to right-hand picking technique, serious guitarists have waited patiently for a comprehensive book to address these specialized skill...

The Total Flamenco Guitarist is an exciting journey into the world of flamenco guitar playing, a style loved by the world for its explosive techniq...

Sit in with the band and bring your playing to life!Soloing is an important part of your playing, but practicing on your own doesn't always get the...

Upon its first publication in 1995, Pumping Nylon became an instant classic and a must-have technique handbook for all classical guitarists---and m...

Learn to play guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start thei...

This starting volume of the Complete Acoustic Blues Method covers basic blues theory, left-hand techniques, call and response phrasing, intros, tur...

Alfred's Kid's Electric Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the electric guitar right away! Every lesson is explained i...

Over the past 45 years, more guitar teachers have used Alfred's Basic Guitar Course than any other course---over three million copies sold, in fact...

Belwin's 21st Century Guitar Method is a complete course that puts lessons in the context of popular styles and classic tunes. It introduces new to...

Sit in with the band and bring your playing to life! Soloing is an important part of your playing, but practicing on your own doesn't always get th...