Books & Resources

Below are a list of rec­om­mend­ed books and resources for the gui­tar stu­dent. I have found these books help­ful in my own learn­ing and for use with stu­dents. Some of these books are instruc­tion­al in nature while oth­ers are com­pi­la­tions of var­i­ous pieces of music.

Gui­tar Method
Solo Gui­tar Play­ing — Fred­er­ick Noad
Solo Gui­tar Play­ing II — Fred­er­ick Noad
The Christo­pher Parken­ing Gui­tar Method (Vol. 1)
The Christo­pher Parken­ing Gui­tar Method (Vol. 2)

Clas­si­cal Gui­tar
Mat­teo Carcassi’s 25 Melod­ic and Pro­gres­sive Stud­ies, Op. 60
Andres Segovia’s 20 Stud­ies for the Gui­tar
100 Grad­ed Clas­si­cal Gui­tar Stud­ies
The Baroque Gui­tar
The Renais­sance Gui­tar
The Clas­si­cal Gui­tar
The Roman­tic Gui­tar

Music The­o­ry
Musician’s Guide to The­o­ry and Analy­sis
Alfred’s Essen­tials of Music The­o­ry

Tech­nique, Sight-Read­ing, and Chords
Sight Read­ing for the Clas­si­cal Gui­tar, Lev­el I-III
Sight Read­ing for the Clas­si­cal Gui­tar, Lev­el IV-V
Dia­ton­ic Major and Minor Scales
Pump­ing Nylon
Mel Bay’s Gui­tar Chords