Exercises (Guitar Reference Guides)1 review

Cherry Lane Music, 2001

Excellent book for self-disciplined guitarists

This book is pushing the limits of my guitar playing, helping me to learn what I've avoided for years. Not only am I learning the fret board, I have memorized four scales across the entire instrument. My dexterity improves steadily with daily practice. Just as promised in the book, I memorized the ...
  
  











  



  
Jazz Guitar Technique11 reviews
Andrew Green

Andrew Green, 2004

A thorough approach to common jazz techniques

+ Remodel Your Playing Technique
+ The best series out there
+ I'm working through it
+ Eat your spinach if you want to grow up big and strong
  
  











  



  
The Guitar Grimoire- A Notated Intervallic Study Of Scales2 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music, 1997

music and math

An excellent book for the advanced guitar player. It brings to life the close connection between math and music. Fascinating. I recommend it to all those who are interested in playing the guitar in a far more creative and enlightened way.
  
  











  



  
Fretboard Logic SE: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete ...96 reviews
Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards Publishing, 1997

Breaking through the fretboard barrier

+ Great book for intermediate to advanced guitarists
+ Fretboard Logic SE
+ Fretboard Patterns not theory.
+ Fretboard Books
  
  











  



  
Sheets of Sound for Guitar7 reviews
Jack A. Zucker

Jack A. Zucker, 2005

Pick which exercises to use when you buy this bbok

+ There is still hope
+ Amazing lines...

I am a professional guitarist and guitar teacher. I just got this book and I think its great and can really improve your playing. Its also a HUGE book with many pages. I am posting this review so anyone who buys it knows that one good way to approach it is to pick the exercises that you need to ...
  
  











  



  
Jazz Guitar Structures10 reviews
Andrew Green

Andrew Green, 2004

boost your soloing with these structures

+ must have for any modern player
+ Clever and clear
+ A comprehensible approach for the advanced player
+ An excellent resource
  
  











  



  
A Modern Method for Guitar - Volumes 1, 2, 3 Complete28 reviews
William Leavitt

Berklee Press Publications, 1999

The most comprehensive guitar method ever!

+ Great For Learning How To Sightread!
+ The one and only, all in one place.
+ Great method for beginners and classic guitar players who want to learn pick technique
  
  











  



  
Fretboard Logic III Applications: Creative and Analytical9 reviews
Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards Publishing Corp., 2004

MIND AND SOUL

+ Fretboard Books
+ Fretboard Logic
+ Well worth the time and effort
+ Good add on to Fretboard I and II
  
  











  



  
Mel Bays Complete Book of Harmony Theory and Voicing2 reviews
Bret Willmott

Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 1994

MINDBLOWING!

+ Advanced jazz guitar harmony

this is the work of an obvious GENIUS. i never heard the man play but he sure can open up the concepts like no other. MINDBLOWING WORK OF ART is what i call it. it has helped me a lot though i think i'll take a few years to fully assimilate the book. non of that bullshit play jazz guitar in 3 ...
  
  











  



  
Chord Tone Soloing: A Guitarist's Guide to Melodic Improvising in Any Style17 reviews
Barrett Tagliarino

Musicians Institute Press, 2006

Great Book

+ Chord Tone Soloing
+ Excellent!
+ Great Guide!
+ Exactly what I was looking for
  
  











  



  
The Guitar Grimoire- Chord Encyclopedia3 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music, 1997

Great!

+ Every Chord Helps
+ guitar grimoire

This book is fantastically cool. It shows nearly every chord in 3 forms: Movable, Open, and in the Intervallic form. Every single chord is noted on staff AND shown in a diagram. Great for reference and also great for getting readers into music notation-reading; it gives an easy way to translate ...
  
  











  



  
Keyboard Grimoire: A Complete Guide for the Guitarist and Keyboardist6 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music Dist, 1993

Someone finally did it right!

+ Scales and Modes + Chords and Voicings + Keyboard = Keyboard Grimoire
+ Good for learning more about scales and chords
+ A Complete Guide For the Guitarist and Keyboardist
+ This book is excellent for the guitarist.
  
  











  



  
The Guitar Grimoire: The Exercise Book5 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music, 1999

Intense.

+ Good exercises to get you familiar with the basics...
+ It'll make your hand hurt a little.

This has got to be one of the highest regarded books in my collection, and certainly my favorite of the Guitar Grimoire series. On it's outer shell, it may seem like another book about chromatic scales and coil exercises, but if you actually take a minute to sit down and DO the exercises you ...
  
  











  



  
The Guitar Grimoire: A Compendium of Guitar Chords and Voicings6 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer, 1993

This is the one.

+ Great Find! One of the better Guitar Grimoire Books.
+ Adam Kadmon is GREAT!
+ Holy Substitutions, Batman!
+ Pure Info
  
  











  



  
Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)28 reviews
Tom Kolb

Hal Leonard, 2005

Excellent

+ Well-Structured Book, Wealth of Material
+ gonna be very helpful
+ Theory for Guitarists
+ Excellent Resource
  
  











  



  
Technique Exercises for Guitar: Lessons and Licks for Improving Your Speed, Power and Clarity2 reviews
Jean Marc Belkadi

Musicians Institute Press, 2006

Practice Routine for the Advanced Guitarist

+ Intermediate Level

Being a serious guitarist with a day job, it is always a challenge to make your practice time as valuable and efficient as possible. It was with this in mind that I purchase this book. Warning; this book, like all of the books I have used written by this author, is not for beginners; it is ...
  
  











  



  
Guitar Fretboard Workbook78 reviews

Musicians Institute Press, 2003

Excellent systematic method for learning the fretboard

+ The fretboard is your friend
+ Guitar Fretboard Workbook Works
+ Just what I was looking for.
+ Get plenty of "AHA!" moments
  
  











  



  
Guitar Grimoire Progressions & Improvisation7 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music Dist, 1998

Grimoire Madness

+ For all musicians
+ The last section was worth the $27.95 price

For me, this book has been great. I am at a level that I am just starting to get into the theory side of music, and really interested in finding a way to explore improvisation without sounding like i'm just noodling or whatever. Anyways, as you've no doubt read in the other reviews, this book is ...
  
  











  



  
The Advancing Guitarist40 reviews
Mick Goodrick

Hal Leonard Corporation, 1987

The Advancing Guitarist (or how to learn all those things you should have learned years ago!)

+ Guitar Method?
+ great book
+ Excellent, but not a technique or beginner's book
+ A GOOD BOOK FOR THE INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED PLAYER
  
  











  



  
Fingerpicking Book5 reviews
Adam Kadmon

Carl Fischer Music Dist, 2000

"The Exercise Book" for Fingerstyle!

+ Guitar Grimoire, Fingerpicking
+ Nothing less than brilliant!!
+ could use a cd of material!