Other Titles in this Series
There is a whole series of Progressive Guitar Method Books which covers all aspects of guitar playing. While you are studying this book, you will find Progressive Guitar Method Book 1: Supplement and Progressive Guitar Method: Theory particularly useful. On completion of this book, you will be ready to study specific types of guitar playing such as Rhythm and Lead. Here are the rest of the Progressive Guitar Method series, along with a brief description of each title.
Beginner Basics Guitar Bible
An indispensable self-teaching, learning and reference manual for the beginning guitarist. Hardcover, Glossy Full Colour, 332-page manual with 90 lessons covering Lead, Rhythm and Fingerpicking styles. Contains 5 DVDs, and DVD-ROM with over 570 audio and 350 video files to download to PC, Mac, iPod or MP3 player.
Progressive Guitar Method: Book 1: Supplement
A collection of over 70 well known songs with chord symbols which can be used along or in conjunction with Progressive Guitar Method Book 1. Contains 8 more lessons on major scales, keys, triplets, 6/8 time, 16th notes, syncopation and swing rhythms.
Progressive Guitar Method: Rhythm
Introduces all the important open chord shapes for major, minor, seventh, sixth, major seventh, minor seventh, suspended, diminished and augmented chords. Learn to play over 50 chord progressions, including 12 Bar Blues and Turnaround progressions.
Progressive Guitar Method: Fingerpicking
Introduces right hand fingerpicking patterns that can be used as an accompaniment to any chord, chord progression or song. Covers alternate thumb, arpeggio and constant bass styles as used in Rock, Pop, Folk, Country, Blues Ragtime and Classical music.
Progressive Guitar Method: Bar Chords
Introduces the most useful Bar, Rock and Jazz chord shapes used by all Rock/Pop/ Country and Blues guitarists. Includes major, minor, seventh, sixth, major seventh, etc. Suggested rhythm patterns including percussive strums, dampening and others are also covered.
Progressive Guitar for Adults
52 Full colour, step-by-step lessons to learn to play any style of guitar. Covers both melody and chord playing including both open position and moveable shapes along with all the essential techniques for both rhythm and lead guitar playing. Also covers understanding rhythms, scales and keys and how to write your own music. All examples sound great and are fun to play.
Progressive Guitar Method Book 1: Notes, Chords and Rhythms
A comprehensive, lesson-by-lesson introduction to guitar. Covers chords and melody playing including important open chords, notes on all six strings, picking and strumming techniques, basic music reading and theory. Includes many well known pop/rock, folk and blues songs.
Progressive Guitar Method: Lead
Covers scales and patterns over the entire fretboard so that you can improvise against major, minor, and Blues progressions in any key. Learn the licks and techniques used by all lead guitarists such as hammer-ons, slides, bending, vibrato, and more.
Progressive Guitar Method: Chords
Contains the most useful open, Bar and Jazz chord shapes of the most used chord types with chord progressions to practice and play along with. Includes sections on tuning, how to read sheet music, transposing, as well as an easy chord table, formula and symbol chart.
Progressive Guitar Method: Book 2
A comprehensive, lesson-by-lesson method covering the most important keys and scales for guitar, with special emphasis on bass note picking, bass note runs, hammer-ons etc. Featuring chordal arrangements of well known Rock, Blues, Folk and Traditional songs.
