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What our customer's say!

"Excellent", Haven't got very far yet in the course but well worth it so far. Having the CD to play along with helps a lot, doesn't really matter that I know very few of the songs.

"Beginner", I bought this for my 14 yr old daughter. I reviewed the book and found it to be simple yet comprehensive. The two audio CDs are great as well. Looks like I made a great choice!

"Cheaper to buy the whole set", My six year old is through with book 1 and moving onto book 2 of this the set. I like that it has a comb binding so that it lays flat on his music stand. The other books (single set) are stitch bound and you have to crank on them to get them to lay flat. Also this one comes with a set of CDs with all the songs available in the set. It helps to have them hear the beat at the end of book one when they're working on 1/4 notes on 3/4 time.

"The BEST way to learn guitar", this book collects books 1-3 of the hal leonard guitar method course.i tried all the learn guitar overnight internet courses and shortcuts don't work.i wish i had this book in the beginning!!those other courses left holes in my musical education that this book filled in.this book will teach you how to be a REAL guitarist.Unlike many guitar books which get you started using chords, tablature and eventualy get to sight reading notes, this book takes the opposite approach,it teaches you to read notes and play melodies FIRST,THEN you move onto playing chords and tab.(you must crawl before you can walk grasshopper!)by the end of book one you will be able to read notes on all six strings!and play alot of chords!when you finish this entire book you will be up to the intermediate level,and can move onto any advanced topics/styles in the Hal Leonard guitar method series just put"hal leonard guitar method" in a search on amazon and you will see all the books that can be used with this series(i suggestMusic Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)to start with because music theory is VITAL to becoming a great guitarist,because when you have a good grasp on music theory you know the mechanics of how music works. but look at the list of titles and see what interests YOU)go get this book and begin a lifetime love affair with music:-)

"Good!", This book is pretty good. It has a lot of music and teaches you a lot about the instrument. It doesn't have all that many contemporary tunes, but it's got loads of classics. Worth the cost!

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"Great book", After about 5 days of practicing chords with the DVD that came with my acoustic guitar, I've been able to start playing actual songs after just one day with this book. It helps that I already know how to read music, but I do think that this book is really helpful. Combined with other learning by demonstration DVDs, I feel like I'm already able to accomplish more than just learning a few chords.


"Not for everyone!", I bought this book based on the overwhelming positive reviews here at Amazon, and was left quite disappointed. The book is ultra-simplistic, and each section has a small bit of information followed by a large chunk of sheet music. If one were browsing in a music store, and picked up this book and casually flipped through it, it would come across primarily as book of sheet music.

The book is heavily focused on learning to read actual music (staffs, notes, clefs, etc), and tablature is almost an afterthought.

As best I can tell, the accompanying CD's are simply the music bits played, with absolutely no verbal instruction.

This book may be fine for many (and apparently is) but it is definitely not the best way to learn guitar for everyone. I downgraded it to 3 stars, not because "it's just not for me", but because I actually find the instructional material to be quite sparse. A large chunk of the print is going to be sheet music, which you can find online for free anyway.



"Not the Best... But Good", This is not the best book to learn notes. It is funner then some books though, because its not just lines of notes. It teaches chords and alternate fingerings for some. Book one has tuning, playing position, musical symbols, etc. Book two goes deeper with power chords, fingerstyle, pentatonic scales, for someone who more experience with a guitar. Finally in the third book is more on different scales, barre chords, Travis picking, information on gear, and other information for advanced guitar. All three books are bound together in one edition. The spiral binding seems to be made of good quality plastic and is probably not likely to break. The CDs contain audio accompaniments and are not just guitar examples. I would not recommend you use the book by its self to learn notes, a good accompanying book to use with it is Aaron Shearer's Classic Guitar Technique Volume One.

"Unbelievable guidance", I always admire guitar sound and style. I loved to learn playing guitar, but I never succeeded. To me, reading music nodes was one of the hardest, painful, and frustrating task. Plus, I didn't have any sense of music, the most important essential for a guitarist and other instruments player as well.
I tried a few self-taught books before but failed to catch up and ended up giving up as I went just over a few pages of them; they did not work out as I was a music dummy. However, in the bottom of my heart, I have always dreamed of being able to play guitar. And thing changed when I inadvertently found this book when I browsed Amazon website. Learning that it was a good book through reviews and rates, I decided to give it a try, so I bought it.
When I open the very first pages, I immediately knew that this book was for me. The way the author goes from string to string, node to node on each string is extremely helpful. It helps me build up my ability of reading music without discouraging me. I can now play the first 3 string as I read the music staff after a few weeks, the thing I never dreamed of before. I hope, as much as I go, I am able to develop my sense of music as well as my reading ability. Many of my friend can play chords background for someone to sing. In other words, they can sense the music and play the correct chords. For me, that is amazing enough to inspire me.
In brief, this is an amazing guidance for self-taught guitarists, especial music dummies like me. I highly recommend it to everybody who loves to learn playing guitar. Thank you so much Hal Leonard.

"Really good book for price!", I got this book set about 3-4 months ago. I've been trying to play the guitar for over a year now. I don't want to play for lessons yet but I know I'm going to have to soon to make sure I go to the next level. Until then though, these are some pretty good books. I'm about finished with the first CD/book and trying to go onto the next. It starts off slow and gets you up to speed quickly. The first book is entirely in normal music notation, and it teaches you how to read it and slowly adds an additional string until you're playing all 6 strings but just the top 4 frets after which is switches to fret/music and chord sheet music. I bought some song books before but they were more for people who knew what they were doing...not for me...at least not yet. I also tried a PC program where you plug your guitar into it and play with the PC and it grades you. That went ok but it just haves you play random riffs over and over and it doesn't teach you the reason why you're playing what you are nor was it any fun since I wasn't really playing any song, even it was a simple song.

This book seems to teach you a little more than that but I'll still end up getting lessons at some point to have someone show me one on one some different styles and how I can progress further. These 3 books/cds should give me a really good head start though. Highly recommended for the $20 it costs.