Belwin's 21st Century Guitar Rock Shop 3: The Most Complete Guitar Course Available, Book & Online Audio (Belwin's 21st Century Guitar Course)

I was looking for guitar method books to teach myself how to play the guitar. I bought this series (with the CD) and determined that the Aaron Stag Guitar Method series is LACKING. He tries to cram a lot of little stuff into his books.Go with the proven method... Alfred's Guitar Method. I bought that too and found it much better.But one positive comment Aaron Stag's books are eaier to learn from then Mel Bay's method. My thoughts on the Mel Bay's method is that Mel Bay was trying to impress you with his stuff.

I am a guitar teacher and I use this series in my classes. Most of my students are children in elementary or middle school. I found this series after an extensive search for rock guitar method books that don't have inappropriate lyrics in them. I rejected over 100 books because they contain lyrics that would be inappropriate for children. When you are listening to the songs, you have no idea what the lyrics are, but when you are working on a song with students, you read those lyrics over and over and over again (and your students read the lyrics every time they practice, which hopefully they are doing well and often), and I don't want to contribute to the delinquency of minor children.The Rock Shop series starts with simple riffs and rhythms, then becomes pretty theory intensive, with lots of chord theory and scales. This series has cool-sounding exercises that are based on popular rock songs. It does not include full length songs, you will need to look elsewhere for those.This series moves into more complex fingering and rhythms fairly quickly. I use this one for my middle-school and older students. For my younger students I start with Brown's Rock Guitar for Kids to develop hand strength and rhythm, then move into this series. Beginning guitarists who haven't yet developed their hand strength, coordination, and sense of rhythm may find it difficult to play the first few exercises. I have my students do exercises to develop these skills before we tackle the beginning exercises.This series, like most guitar series, is best used under the guidance of a teacher, or at least a friend who knows how to play guitar and read music. I think it would be confusing and frustrating for someone trying to learn guitar on their own.In summary, this book is perfect for use in lessons, particularly with students who are underage. It is also useful for someone who already plays guitar and has some music reading ability and wants to develop their rock theory and technique.

This part of a collection of Guitar Tution Books which take you from a beginner right through to the advanced but you will need to purchase all the Books and there is quite a few however they are well worth it.