The Progressive Guitar Method is a series of books designed to take the Guitar student from a beginner level through to a professional standard of playing. All books are carefully graded, lesson by lesson methods which assume no prior knowledge on your behalf. Within the series all styles and techniques of guitar playing are covered, including reading music, playing chords and rhythms, lead guitar and fingerpicking.
Progressive Guitar Method - Theory covers all the essential elements of music theory as it applies to the guitar. Subjects include time signatures, note values, sharps, flats, chord construction, major, minor and chromatic scales, and musical terms relating to tempo and volume.
Along with this you will learn all the notes in the open and first positions on the guitar, enabling you to play in all major and minor keys. This theory is essential to help you understand the guitar and can be applied to solve practical problems, hence speeding up your progress. All subjects are demonstrated with musical examples played on guitar which relate to other books in the series.
All guitarists should know all of the information in this book. In conjunction with this book you can use other books in the progressive series to learn about lead guitar playing, fingerpicking, bar chords, slide and classical guitar styles as well as Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz, Metal and Funk.
The best and fastest way to learn is to use these books in conjunction with:
- Buying sheet music and song books of your favourite recording artists and learning to play their songs.
- Practicing and playing with other musicians. You will be surprised how good a basic drums/bass/guitar combination can sound even when playing easy music.
- Learning by listening to your favorite recordings.
Also in the early stages it is helpful to have the guidance of an experienced teacher. This will also help you keep to a schedule and obtain weekly goals.
