Mel Bay's Guitar Class Method Volume 1 offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions.
 
Students will learn chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The book is written in standard notation and tablature with chords presented in both diagram and photo format. Lyrics are included for many songs and a few melodies are presented as duet arrangements. 
 
Original version of book only. No audio or CD included, but available for purchase separately.
 
Book by William Bay and Mike Christiansen. Published by Mel Bay. Item #MB93300