The Best Guitar Method (Paperback or Softback)

Attention Beginning Guitar Players and Teachers! On release, The Best Guitar Method received the #1 New Release rating from Amazon because it offers a new approach to the traditions established by publishers like Hal Leonard, Mel Bay and Alfred. You will learn the real guitar skills you need to play the songs you love. Your purchase includes the 218-page instruction book, plus 118 online videos, 355 online audio recordings, and several printable resources. And, you will also have access to a dynamic database of popular songs organized according to the skills you have developed from the book and videos.

You will be learning from Brian Rivers himself, who is an accomplished musician with decades of experience in teaching guitar to beginners of all ages. You will learn the same time-tested strategies that have led to many of Brian’s former students going on to become professional musicians. These learning strategies are delivered with warmth and humor to support you in conquering your challenges as you become the guitarist you have always wanted to be!

The author, Brian Rivers, is a professional recording and performing guitarist who has formal training in music education from the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. While some teachers see themselves as being on a pedestal, Brian’s goal is to lift YOU onto the pedestal! Brian explains, I have always been frustrated by the available beginning guitar method books because of the disconnect between their outdated approach to teaching guitar, and what really works in developing students into guitar players—and so I wrote The Best Guitar Method. I like to think of The Best Guitar Method as a ‘craft’ publication that bridges the worlds of popular guitar and music education to a far greater degree than the cookie-cutter method books marketed by commercial music publishers.

Frequently thought of as the “Bob Ross” of guitar education, Brian delivers the entire multi-media package in a way that feels encouraging and accessible. Finally, you have access to a guitar method that really works! The Best Guitar Method is guaranteed to excite aspiring guitarists!

Who is The Best Guitar Method written for?

• Guitar students, from ages 9 to 99
• Private guitar teachers
• Classroom music educators
• Music Therapists

Why is The Best Guitar Method the best?

• Students are able to play in a wide variety of musical styles
• Students learn modern playing techniques
• Students learn foundational concepts to promote lifelong musical expression
• Each lesson provides detailed instruction on how to play
• Each lesson includes a “Play and Do” that explains what and how to practice
• Students learn accompaniments and melodies
• Students establish proper left-hand and right-hand playing techniques
• Internet access is not required - the book provides a stand-alone curriculum
• Free online demonstration videos compliment printed instruction
• Online audio is available at a variety of tempos
• The book provides standard notation, TAB, and innovative chord grids that show fingerings, note names, and scale degrees
• Students are provided access to an online database of popular songs that they can play using the chords they have learned in the lessons

What will students learn?

• Strum patterns
• Flatpicking and Fingerstyle
• The primary chords (I, IV, V, and V7) and secondary chords (ii, iii, and vi) in the major keys of G, D, A, C and E
• The primary chords (i, iv, v, and V7) in the keys of E minor and A minor
• The first position single note fingerings for all the keys listed above
• The ability to play popular songs with chords
• The ability to read standard notation