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.

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.

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.

The Advancing Guitarist

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

General Reference

The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method - Volume 1

The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method - Volume 1
Author: Christopher Parkening
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1997-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476858012

(Guitar Method). This premier method for the beginning classical guitarist, by one of the world's pre-eminent virtuosos and the recognized heir to the legacy of Andres Segovia, is now completely revised and updated! Guitarists will learn basic classical technique by playing over 50 beautiful classical pieces, 26 exercises and 14 duets, and through numerous photos and illustrations. The method covers: rudiments of classical technique, note reading and music theory, selection and care of guitars, strategies for effective practicing, and much more!

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.

Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method with Audio

Hal Leonard Guitar Tab Method with Audio
Author: Jeff Schroedl
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476814686

(Guitar Tab Method). The First and Only Beginning Guitar Method of Its Kind! This is the guitar method students and teachers have been waiting for. Learn single notes with riffs like "Day Tripper" and "Crazy Train," power chords with classics by AC/DC and the Who, strumming with songs from Neil Young and Nirvana, and much more. The method's unique, well-paced, and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before, and music from popular artists like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin will keep them playing and having fun. Book 1 includes: parts of the guitar, easy-to-follow guitar tablature, notes & riffs starting on the low E string, tempo & time signatures, understanding notes and rests, palm muting, vibrato, power chords, open chords, strumming, slides and slurs, hammer-ons and pull-offs, many music styles, nearly 100 riffs and songs, audio with demos of every example, and more!

Reading studies for guitar

Reading studies for guitar
Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1979
Genre: Guitar
ISBN: 9780634013355

(Guitar Solo). A comprehensive collection of studies for beginners to improve their reading and technical ability. Covers: positions 1 through 7 in all keys while introducing scales, arpeggios, written-out chords, and a variety of rhythms and time signatures.

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.