Notes: Guitar method solely devoted to lefties with accompanying CD, photos, diagrams, and grids designed especially for the left-handed player. Teaches chords, scales, riffs, strumming; rock, blues, fingerpicking, tuning and theory, standard notation and tablature, and much more!

Notes: Second edition of this world-famous method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch which provides a solid music education while letting students begin playing songs right away. Lessons on tuning, 1st position melody playing, open chords, rhythm, solos, and strumming. Includes guitar chord chart and a number of traditional songs.

Notes: Gives guitarists of every ambition, skill level, and musical genre a key to the simplest and most complex guitar chords-over 600 in all. Illustrated with a grid showing position and fingering, a photograph of the chord, and a brief comment on the chord and how to play it, offering musicians instant access to a whole range of guitar chords.

Notes: Teaches bass guitar players how to understand the fingerboard, read musical notation, tune with harmonics, and master simple and complex rhythms. Canty’s book also discusses how the bass notes fit with the major, minor, and altered chords played by rest of an ensemble to give students a grounding in theory.

Notes: Guide with over 300 exercises and technique-building studies in classic blues bass rhythms to funk, rock, and reggae bass patterns. Audio CD included to accompany exercises and drills in each section.

Notes: Standard notation approach to reading, with solo and arpeggio studies for four string bass. Includes arpeggios charts for major, minor, augmented, diminished, and seventh chords, plus upper harmonic extensions. Includes DVD.

Notes: Addresses melody and chord strumming through numerous studies, folk songs, and duets. Introduces notes and positions on the tenor banjo fretboard with photos.

Notes: Teaches how to choose, tune and care for your instrument, develop playing posture, fret chords and master picking patterns in every banjo style. Covers clawhammer, 19th century minstrel style, early 20th century classic styles, and includes an in-depth chapter on bluegrass music, exploring Scruggs’ licks and techniques as well as melodic and single-string styles. Additional chapters contain discussions of music theory, chord charts, practice tips, listings of banjo camps and festivals, and more!

Notes: Interactive book-and-CD-ROM package makes it easy to learn violin with step-by-step instruction on everything from simple tunes to advanced techniques. Students will develop correct violin and bow hold, and learn to understand music notation, tune and change the strings of the violin, and play music in classical, country, gypsy, and jazz styles.

Notes: Self-teaching method offering quality instruction, music, and an 86-track CD. Includes over 70 songs, and covers instrument care, bowing, music notation and rhythm, and a fingering chart and glossary of musical terms.