Guitar method books

[ranvidtay]

Long time guitar player with a couple of music degrees. However, no formal training in guitar - but very well self-taught. Getting into the guitar teacher scene. Have been researching guitar methods on line in order to best teach my students. Please give your recommendations and reasoning. Thanks in advance.

[Arch Stanton]

The Mel-bay series has many great standard books, no frills, all levels. Mel-bay been around a long long time. I have several, great for students.

https://www.melbay.com/Products/9320...ionSId=G26!G12

[Bunny64]

Guitar for Dummies. Great reference book.
Guitar Principles Jamie Andreas. Great for learning good practice techniques.

Apart from that online stuff!!

[mattwood]

I would recommend the Skeptical Guitarist series. Very well done with simplifying complicated theories and making them practical. A lot of humor as well.

[zephystar]

Mel Bay is the gold standard IMO. I highly recommend the newer "expanded" versions with the spiral bindings. They are a few bucks more than the old versions but have much more music, higher quality printing, and lay flat.

[vintage40s]

Originally Posted by ranvidtay

Long time guitar player with a couple of music degrees. However, no formal training in guitar - but very well self-taught. Getting into the guitar teacher scene. Have been researching guitar methods on line in order to best teach my students. Please give your recommendations and reasoning. Thanks in advance.

I think most useful stuff online is on YouTube. I think assigning a curated selection of links to what you are trying to teach, followed by demonstration in class, would be a good teaching method.

In college I taught a folk guitar class to kids at a community center. Mimeographed the songs with chord changes written above the words, demonstrated the song, broke down how to play the chords and strums, and led them until they could do it. The CC renewed the course. Show, tell, and show seems the best teaching method, like on YouTube.

[maxtheaxe]

Personally, I never really gelled with most of the method books for guitar; the only ones that I found quite useful were the Micky Baker books, I and II. They're pretty much jazz-oriented, but very focused on chord/melody technique and they have very useful chord charts in the back...learn these grips and one can play almost anything.

[rstaight]

I have used both Mel Bay and the Standard Guitar Method by Dick Bennett.

Edit;

Hal Leonard also comes to mind.

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by rstaight

I have used both Mel Bay and the Standard Guitar Method by Dick Bennett.



Edit;



Hal Leonard also comes to mind.

Yup, i forgot about Hal Leonard, very popular. Have plenty.

[Atomnimity]

I have a Mel Bay Guitar Chords sitting beside me Copyright 1959. I apparently drew a beard and mustache on Mel when I was a kid.

[Howard Klepper]

I don't see how this question can be answered with no information at all about the experience and goals of your students.