Translated into many languages and sold all around the world, the Leonard Guitar Method reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. No surprise it's now of the world's biggest selling guitar books! Basic and easy to read it's designed for beginners learning to play acoustic or electric guitar.

Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking. Includes over 80 fun but carefully arranged songs, riffs, and examples.

Book 2 continues the instruction started in Book 1 and covers: Am, Dm, A, E, F and B7 chords; power chords; fingerstyle guitar; syncopations, dotted rhythms, and triplets; Carter style solos; bass runs; pentatonic scales; improvising; tablature; 92 great songs, riffs and examples; notes in first and second position; and more!

Book 3 covers: the major, minor, pentatonic and chromatic scales, sixteenth notes; barre chords; drop D tuning; movable scales; notes in fifth position; slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs and string bends; chord construction; gear; great songs, riffs & examples; and more! The CD includes 60 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 - 3