Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Learn Guitar books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.
- Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction (2014)
- Hal Leonard Guitar Method Complete Edition (1994)
- Teach Yourself to Play Guitar: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners (2004)
- Guitar: The First 100 Chords for Guitar: How to Learn and Play Guitar Chords: The Complete Beginner Guitar Method (2016)
- Guitar Fretboard: Memorize The Fretboard In Less Than 24 Hours: 35+ Tips And Exercises Included (2018)
- My First Guitar: Learn To Play: Kids (2013)
- Guitar Lessons For Beginners: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Learn The Basics of Guitar Chords and Notes (2019)
- Acoustic Guitar: A Step by Step Lessons Created for Beginners to Learn Acoustic Guitar (2019)
- Beginner’s Guitar Lessons: The Essential Guide: The Quickest Way to Learn to Play (Fundamental Changes) (2013)
- Complete Technique for Modern Guitar: Develop perfect guitar technique and master picking, legato, rhythm and expression (2019)
- Guitar Book for Kids 5 & Up – Beginner Lessons: Learn to Play Famous Guitar Songs for Children, How to Read Music & Guitar Chords (Book & Streaming Videos) (2018)
- Guitar Aerobics: A 52-Week, One-lick-per-day Workout Program for Developing, Improving and Maintaining Guitar Technique Bk/online audio (2007)
- Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar Boxed Dvd/CD Set Legacy Of Learning (2010)
- The CAGED System and 100 Licks for Blues Guitar: Learn To Play The Blues Your Way (Play Blues Guitar) (2019)
- Guitar Scales Handbook: A Step-By-Step, 100-Lesson Guide to Scales, Music Theory, and Fretboard Theory (Book & Videos) (Steeplechase Guitar Instruction) (2012)
Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction (2014)
There’s no denying that guitar players have cachet. The guitar is an ever-present part of our collective musical heritage, and the sound can be sensual, aggressive, or a million things in between. Whether you’re hoping to conquer Free Bird, Bourée, or Bolero Mallorquin, you need to learn to walk before you can run. Even once you can run, you need something to help you clear hurdles along the way. That’s where Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, comes in.
Hal Leonard Guitar Method Complete Edition (1994)
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 reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world.
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar: A Quick and Easy Introduction for Beginners (2004)
(Guitar Educational). Teach Yourself to Play Guitar has been created specifically for the student with no music-reading background.
Guitar: The First 100 Chords for Guitar: How to Learn and Play Guitar Chords: The Complete Beginner Guitar Method (2016)
Master Essential Guitar Chords and Establish Good Habits for a Lifetime The First 100 Chords for Guitarists The First 100 Chords for Guitar will teach you to correctly fret, strum and combine the essential chords in music to become a better musician, quickly and easily. Here’s What You Get: Learn to link chords together in a truly unique, musical way.
Guitar Fretboard: Memorize The Fretboard In Less Than 24 Hours: 35+ Tips And Exercises Included (2018)
Learning all the notes on the fretboard taking too long? Or worse – seems impossible? This book will unlock all the notes in 5 Simple steps!Why Should I learn the Fretboard?Throughout my years of experience with the guitar, I have come across multiple “pro guitarists” who cannot name the note they just played.
My First Guitar: Learn To Play: Kids (2013)
With no sheet music to follow, kids can easily follow the clear and simple diagrams and photos to learn their first chords, play fun tunes and gain confidence playing their first guitar!
Guitar Lessons For Beginners: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Learn The Basics of Guitar Chords and Notes (2019)
I wrote this book after a long experience of teaching students on how to play the guitar. The primary reason why I decided to share this knowledge into writing is to help total beginners to understand the instrument differently. My goal is to teach and make the student feel inspired to play music. The guitar is the best thing that occurred in my life.
Acoustic Guitar: A Step by Step Lessons Created for Beginners to Learn Acoustic Guitar (2019)
is an in-depth guide specially made for budding guitar owners looking to start playing some catchy tunes. Learn the parts of the guitar, how to read guitar tabs and tune your guitar with ease! The included diagrams will assist you greatly in learning the chords and should aid you in positioning the guitar so you can play comfortably. Level up your beginner guitar skills and use what you learned from the book to play all of your favorite songs or make up your own.
Beginner’s Guitar Lessons: The Essential Guide: The Quickest Way to Learn to Play (Fundamental Changes) (2013)
Quickly Master the Guitar and Build Good Habits for Life-Long LearningBeginner’s Guitar Lessons: The Essential Guide, teaches you to play the right way from the first time you pick up the instrument. Learn to hold and strum the guitar, play in time, change chords, finger pick plus much more.There are many common mistakes that beginner guitarists make that limit musical develop over a lifetime.
Complete Technique for Modern Guitar: Develop perfect guitar technique and master picking, legato, rhythm and expression (2019)
The ultimate guide to modern guitar techniqueThe guitar has evolved into a complex instrument and you’ll require a complete complete control of its extensive techniques to stay relevant as a modern musician. Luckily, every single essential technique used by modern guitarists is explained, taught and mastered in Complete Technique for Modern Guitar. The perfect guitar technique solution…
Guitar Book for Kids 5 & Up – Beginner Lessons: Learn to Play Famous Guitar Songs for Children, How to Read Music & Guitar Chords (Book & Streaming Videos) (2018)
Music Professor Damon Ferrante guides children five and up through how to play the guitar with step-by-step lessons for beginners and streaming video lessons. This easy-to-follow method, used by thousands of guitar students and teachers, is designed to be interactive, engaging and fun. It is specifically crafted to suit the needs of all children beginning the guitar.
Guitar Aerobics: A 52-Week, One-lick-per-day Workout Program for Developing, Improving and Maintaining Guitar Technique Bk/online audio (2007)
From the former editor of Guitar One magazine, here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned for a full 52 weeks. The guitar exercises cover several musical styles including rock, blues, jazz, metal, country, and funk. Techniques taught include alternate picking, arpeggios, sweep picking, string skipping, legato, string bending, and rhythm guitar. These exercises will increase your speed and improve your dexterity and pick- and fret-hand accuracy the more you practice them.
Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar Boxed Dvd/CD Set Legacy Of Learning (2010)
(Instructional/Guitar/DVD). Winner of the 2008 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Players’ Choice Award, two Telly Awards and an AEGIS Award for Excellence in Education, Learn & Master Guitar is widely recognized as the best home instruction course for learning guitar available anywhere. It consists of 10 professionally produced DVDs, 5 Jam-Along CDs, a 100+ page lesson book, and a free online student support site.
The CAGED System and 100 Licks for Blues Guitar: Learn To Play The Blues Your Way (Play Blues Guitar) (2019)
Discover the perfection of The CAGED System on Guitar The CAGED system is the Rosetta stone of understanding the way every scale, arpeggio and lick is laid out on the guitar. But often it’s taught in a cold, confusing way that doesn’t relate to actual music. The CAGED System and 100 Licks for Blues Guitar is different.
Guitar Scales Handbook: A Step-By-Step, 100-Lesson Guide to Scales, Music Theory, and Fretboard Theory (Book & Videos) (Steeplechase Guitar Instruction) (2012)
Guitar instructor and music theory professor Damon Ferrante guides you through step-by-step lessons and streaming videos that will give your playing the speed and fluidity you have always dreamed about. This new edition has over 200 lessons, guitar licks, exercises, streaming videos, and scales-over chords concepts.Used by thousands of professional guitarists, students, and teachers, this book and streaming video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level!
Best Learn Guitar Books That Will Hook You
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Beginner Guitar Bootcamp: Learn 100+ Songs in 7 Days Even if You've Never Played Before: Learn 100+ SongS in 7 Days even if you've never Played Before
Author(s): Vreny Van Elslande
ID: 3679760, Publisher: ZOT Zin Music, Year: 2022, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Acoustic Guitar: A Beginner's Guide to Learn The Important Techniques of Playing Acoustic Guitar Like A Pro
Author(s): Divine Studio, Rhythm
ID: 2874370, Publisher: , Year: 2021, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Acoustic Guitar for Beginners: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Learn the Realms of Acoustic Guitar from A-Z
Author(s): Sheldon, Peter F.
ID: 2798673, Publisher: , Year: 2020, Size: 8 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly chart-busters according to The Wall Street Journal, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.