An exciting group course for adults (with little or no guitar experience) who want to play guitar for fun! * Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, high school classes, and music dealer in-store programs * Also effective in private lessons * A comprehensive approach to technique and musicianship * Covers both classical right-hand and pick-style techniques * Includes exercises, theory, easy-to-follow technical instructions, sight-reading, and instructions on playing correlating songs * Includes profiles of important guitarists from all styles, providing inspiration for every student About the Author Dr. Martha Masters is an award-winning performer, recording artist, and educator. She brings her experience as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loyola Marymount University and adjunct faculty at Cal State Fullerton, where she teaches guitar classes and private lessons to students of all levels. Masters is also the author of The Total Classical Guitarist, is the president of the Guitar Foundation of America, and has released numerous recordings on the Naxos and GSP labels. / Guitare

Classical guitarists---both students and professional performers---require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterworks Editions continue the Alfred Music tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance. This edition of J. S. Bach's masterpieces for solo violin, artfully transcribed for classical guitar by renowned performer, recording artist, and pedagogue Nicholas Goluses, is an essential addition to any classical guitarist's library. Including a thoughtful, scholarly preface on the art of transcribing Bach for the guitar, drawn from Goluses' doctoral dissertation, studying this edition will be edifying for any serious classical guitarist. Goluses' approach to putting these pieces on the guitar, and his thoughtful fingerings, will help overcome the complexities of playing this important and challenging music. / Guitare

The Shearer Method, Book 3: Learning the Fingerboard is the third in a series of works that define Aaron Shearer's approach to playing the classic guitar. The work by this legendary figure, with videos and audio performances by Thomas Kikta and compositions by Dr. Alan Hirsh, stands out in continuing the student's journey to now ascend the neck and develop instant recognition of the notes along the fingerboard, while following a graduated step-by-step curriculum that supports positive habits for efficient study. This innovative method is rooted in a common-sense approach and includes musical offerings in a rich variety of styles, sensitively composed to enable technical development. The student will ascend the fingerboard and learn to play in keys and positions through scale forms, harmony, and graded musical applications. With videos shot in high definition, 87 new duet compositions, the Shearer Online Supplement, as well as repertoire of the masters, Learning the Fingerboard is not just a book, but a media experience. It includes works by Telemann, C.P.E. Bach, Handel, and more---all recorded to make 94 tracks with TNT 2 technology. Discover why the Guitar Foundation of America has called Aaron Shearer 'the most prominent pedagogue of the twentieth century.' A must-have to complete the library of any classic or finger-style guitar player! / Guitare

Classical guitarists, both students and professional performers, require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterwork Editions continue the Alfred tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance.This edition of Carcassi's Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op. 60 includes the thoughtful fingerings of Aaron Shearer, who was one of the most widely recognized and respected classical guitar teachers in America. These studies have long been a cornerstone of the technical and musical development of classical guitar students everywhere. In this edition, Thomas Kikta, Kami Rowan, and Ricardo Cobo---all former students of Aaron Shearer and renowned guitarists in their own right---contribute performance notes and advice that Shearer provided his students as they studied this repertoire. For the first time, Shearer's approach to fingering and performance of these important etudes is available in print. A recording of all the etudes performed by classical guitar virtuoso Ricardo Cobo is included and can be streamed online or downloaded. / Guitare

A master class in rock guitar from the much sought-after guitarist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.Electric guitar segments include Nils on Keith Richard-style rhythm lead over constant bass fingerpicking rolling thenotes volume swells and more.The acoustic section covers dropped-D tuning open tuning chord positions & patterns and a host of advanced techniques. A definitive rock lesson from one of the genre’s master players!WITH A NEWINTRODUCTION BY JEFF GOLUBJeff Golub began his career as guitarist for rocker Billy Squier. He has recorded numerous solo CDs and is a highly valued session player and sideman having worked with such artists as Peter Wolf JohnWaite Tina Turner Vanessa Williams and Rod Stewart.YOU’LL NEVER MISS A NOTE!_ You see the music and the tablature on screen as it’s being played!_ All right- and left-hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpfulsplit-screen effects to make learning easy_ Slow motion segments with standard pitch sound_ Artist biography_ Selected discography_ Suggested listening_ Booklet with music examples included