Auckland Council Libraries: Get into guitar

Get into guitar

Just starting out with your guitar? Or looking to brush up your skills? Check out these great starter books.

Guitar studies

Stu Edwards

Printed music

Designed both for the absolute beginner and the advanced player to use as a continued learning resource.

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The Beatles for jazz guitar

Beatles

Printed music

Fifteen all-time Beatles hits arranged for jazz-style guitar, with standard notation and tablature, with chord symbols.

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Learn to play like the guitar greats

Charlotte Greig

Book

Notation for more than 65 classic riffs from Stairway to heaven to Smells like a teen spirit with clear, step-by-step annotated photographs showing how to play each riff.

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Guitar for dummies

Mark Phillips

Book

The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies gives you everything a beginning or intermediate guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it.

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Alfred's guitar 101 pop songbook

Printed music

Designed to be used in conjunction with Alfred's Guitar 101, Book 1 and Book 2, this collection of popular pieces will help motivate students in continuing their studies.

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Play better guitar in 10 minutes a day

Phil Capone

Printed music

Practice just ten minutes a day to improve your rockin' skills.

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Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran

Printed music

Guitar chords for everyone's favourite Ed Sheeran hits, including The A team, Give me love, I see fire, Lego house and more.

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50 great classical guitar solos

Howard R. Wallach

Printed music

Covering music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classic and Romantic eras, this fabulous collection includes 50 solos in notes and tab from Bach, Carcassi, Dowland, Giuliani, Handel, Sor, Tarrega and other acclaimed composers.

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Learn how to play the electric guitar

Ted Fuller

Book

This practical book will get you started in playing the electric guitar by guiding you through all the basic techniques you need to know.

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100 rock lessons

Steve Gorenberg

Printed music

One hundred rock lessons, featuring detailed instruction, playing examples, tips, and more on a huge variety of rock guitar topics.

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