Guitar Teacher Quarterly

Sound Innovations for Guitar, Guitar Chord Resource, & American Roots Music for Ukulele


Not Your Grandfather’s Guitar Method

by Aaron Stang


So, my first inclination when offered the opportunity to write Sound Innovations for Guitar was to step firmly and quickly backwards. I had already written two method series and my musical focus at the time was on recording, producing and performing. However, the prospect of doing something really special and unique was pretty enticing.


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Page 5: Here, in their very first lesson, students play an E chord and then learn to vary that chord form to play an authentic Flamenco guitar chord progression.


Page 23: Here, from the middle of the book, students are performing a guitar trio (throughout the book students always learn all melodic and rhythm parts for each song and perform with others or the included recordings). Guitars 1 and 2 perform melody and harmony while guitar 3 plays the accompaniment fingerpicking pattern.


Pages 44 - 45: Here, from towards the end of the book, students are performing a blues-rock trio, with each part being built on already-learned core blues patterns that students will continue to use and build on as they develop.


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Guitar Chord Resource

By Buck Brown, Robert Brown, Dan Donnelly,
and David Sinclair

Designed for beginning as well as advanced guitarists, Guitar Chord Resource is your one-stop source for exploring guitar chords. Find nearly every chord under the sun, then learn how to apply, interpret, strum, fingerpick, and transpose them.


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Guitar Chord Resource

American Roots Music for Ukulele

This invaluable collection of American roots music features over 50 songs from the blues, bluegrass, folk, and traditional music genres. Titles: Arkansas Traveler • Banks of the Ohio • Bile Them Cabbage Down • Blackberry Blossom • Cindy • Cotton-Eye Joe • Cripple Creek • and more.


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American Roots Music for Ukulele

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