Berklee Basic Guitar Phase 1 | Beginner Guitar Method for Technique and Reading Skills | Ensemble Arrangements for Solo or Group Study | Includes Chord Playing Introduction

I love this book! I’m a violinist that has tried learning the guitar from time to time and this is the first book that really helped the guitar make sense AND it’s super fun to play through all the songs with multiple parts. Now I just need to find someone to play them with! I will be looking for the second method book, as I’m almost finished working my way through this one.

Really good book, easy to follow along and everything is explained really well. This book is especially good if you want to learn how to read music or learn the specific notes on your guitar. The songs are a little boring and cliche, but It gets the job done

My guitar instructor knew the author and spoke highly of him. Having worked through the first half of the book, I can see why. It's a challenging and rewarding introduction to playing. If you practice it frequently between lessons, you will probably advance quickly. Most importantly, I find that this book has quickly built my confidence from zero to "wow, I think I can really do this!" Note that much of it was neatly handwritten. I had no trouble reading it though. Highly recommended for any brand-new student, especially with an instructor.

I am only a few chapters into this and so far it is good.

I transferred over to this book from another beginner guitar book, and it makes so much more sense to follow.

This is an excellent beginner guitar book. William Leavitt provides a very methodical method of teaching guitar that has a different appoach than the older style guitar methods. Note and chord recognition effectively aid the student in beginning phases of sight reading. The duets and arrangements are great for multiple students and useful for sight reading with advanced students who do not read well. The chord bonus in the back of the book is a good source of chord blocks for a basic beginner without overwhelming them with hundreds of unnecessary voicings. Over all this is a fantastic value.

Good basic beginner level material

Covers the basics, although without my teacher helping me through it would have been over my head. Not really a book to teach yourself with, but well written

super méthode avec plein de mises en application vraiment dédiée aux débutants. Pour ceux qui ont déjà un niveau normal en lecture instrumentale ce livret ne vous apportera pas grand chose

I really needed this book for my Guitar techniques class. I already know how to play but this book helped me to read really basic standard musical notation since I always read tablature for the past few years. It has duet and trio parts which make it good for class instruction.

MY DAUGHTER LOVES THIS BOOK AS ITS VERY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE. JUST WHAT A BEGINNER NEEDS. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK

É uma cópia mal feita do livro impresso, com páginas cortadas e pouco nítidas. Mal dá para acompanhar com o Kindle. Infelizmente perdi o prazo para solicitar o reembolso.

Ottimo metodo per gli allievi principianti assoluti: per esperienza, posso dire che il primo volume del Leavitt talvolta è risultato un po' ostico perché troppo poco graduale all'inizio; questo invece rende l'apprendimento dei rudimenti della chitarra a plettro molto più facile perché affronta il tutto concedendo più spazio ai rudimenti diluendo in più pagine ed esercizi le nozioni basilari su note e accordi in prima posizione.