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Guitar Books the Podcast

Join Joe McMurray as he thoroughly reviews guitar books – method, technique, song and repertoire. There are hundreds of books on the market, and Joe will help you to find the best book that explores your area/style of interest at the proper level of difficulty. Joe is a professional player and teacher with a formal background in jazz guitar, but extensive experience with folk, rock, blues, funk, and classical styles on instruments including the guitar, ukulele, piano, bass, banjo, and drums. He

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Review #28: Solo Blues Guitar by Dave Rubin

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2026/02/06

Is this one of the best or worst method or repertoire books for learning to play acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar?You can learn to play music using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Solo Blues Guitar by Dave Rubin is different from any other book that I’ve reviewed thus far in that it is not a fingerstyle guitar book. The examples can be played fingerstyle, but most seem to work best with a plectrum/pick/flatpick. However, I want to review this

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Winter Wonderland: Solo Fingerstyle Guitar

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2025/12/15

Original solo fingerstyle guitar arrangement of Winter Wonderland by Joe McMurray. One of my favorite Christmas tunes, Winter Wonderland was written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard B. Smith.TABs are available for purchase through my PayPal link at https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/6ZEEQXVEQ7MFA If you are interested in purchasing the TABs, be aware that this arrangement is suitable for players with a intermediate+ skill level. Performed on my treasured 2023 Collings OM2H guitar. My

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Review #24: Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar by...

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2025/11/20

Is this one of the best or worst method books for learning to play acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar?You can learn to play music using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Another great find! Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar, by Arnie Berle and Mark Galbo, is a method book for learning to play fingerstyle blues guitar (both solo and accompaniment). This is first fingerstyle blues books that I’ve come across that provides a great chapter on how to

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Review #22: Rainer’s Acoustic Blues Guitar Picking...

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2025/10/22

Is this one of the best or worst method books for acoustic fingerstyle guitar?You can learn to play music by simultaneously using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Rainer’s Acoustic Blues Guitar Picking School, written by Rainer Brunn, is a method book for learning to play solo fingerstyle blues guitar. The material is generally appropriate for late beginner to intermediate players who want to learn this style. The material progresses logically from an

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Review #21: Kalamazoo Gals by John Thomas

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2025/02/16

Is this one of the best or worst books for learning about vintage Gibson acoustic guitars?Kalamazoo Gals by John Thomas is a great book for vintage guitar enthusiasts, anyone curious about why folks are so crazy about vintage guitars, anyone generally interested in the Gibson guitar company and its founding, and anyone interested in the culture and society of the U.S. home front during World War II. The author weaves the stories of the 1942 – 1945 Gibson “banner guitars,” the personal stories

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Review #19: Travis-Style Guitar From Scratch by Bruce...

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2024/09/23

Is this one of the best or worst method books for acoustic fingerstyle guitar?You can learn to play music by simultaneously using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. This book is a gem! Travis-Style Guitar From Scratch, written by Bruce Emery, is a method book for learning to play solo fingerstyle guitar using an alternating bass (in the Travis style). This is one of the best books I’ve found for complete beginner to intermediate players who want to learn

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Review #18: Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method

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2024/07/09

Is this one of the best or worst method books for acoustic fingerstyle guitar?You can learn to play music by simultaneously using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. The Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method, written by fingerstyle legend Alex de Grassi and produced by Stringletter (the publisher of Acoustic Guitar Magazine), is a method book for learning to play solo fingerstyle guitar. You will learn many of the nuts and bolts that bolster de Grassi’s

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Topic Talk #2: Practicing

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2024/03/30

Quick advice, tips, and tricks for improving at fingerstyle guitar, ukulele, etc.To progress as a musician and achieve your long-term and short-term goals, it is important to practice well. Practicing efficiently and effectively will help you to improve faster with less practice time. This is relevant not only to fingerstyle guitarists and fingerstyle ukulele players, but to all aspiring musicians regardless of their chosen instrument or genre of music. Think about what your long-term and

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Topic Talk #1: Musical Goals

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2024/03/18

Quick advice, tips, and tricks for improving at fingerstyle guitar, ukulele, etc.In order to progress as a musician it is important to have clear long-term and short-term goals. This is relevant not only to fingerstyle guitarists and fingerstyle ukulele players, but to all aspiring musicians regardless of their chosen instrument or genre of music. Figure out what your long-term goals are. Make realistic short-term goals that help you progress towards those long-term goals. In a future Tone

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Review #17: Hal Leonard Fingerpicking Guitar

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2024/03/02

Is this one of the best or worst method books for acoustic fingerstyle guitar?You can learn to play music by simultaneously using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Hal Leonard’s Fingerpicking Guitar, written by Doug Boduch, is a method book for learning to play solo fingerstyle (or “fingerpicking”) guitar or fingerstyle guitar accompaniment. The book features lots of popular tunes (the Beatles, Adele, Sam Smith, Imagine Dragons, The Police, Toto, Ed

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