Westside Music

Now widely used in education programs for young people starting on guitar, this highly regarded book and play-along CD is where any child should start!

After the skills and knowledge gained from Vol 1, this book moves onto truly flying solo! It is the next step that both reinforces and extends the young student’s solo repertoire with a wide range of songs in the classical guitar style

Volume 1 takes a student from 0-2nd grade standard and requires approximately 18 months of consistent study and tuition to complete. In large detailed sections this book focuses upon Rest Stroke technique, Free Stroke technique, and the combination of these in a variety of musical contexts.

The Art of Classic Guitar, Volume 2, takes a student from 3rd-5th grade standard and follows logically the path set by Vol 1 introducing slur technique, dotted rhythms, new keys/scales, higher position playing, and full-barring technique.

This book and play-along CD consists of great sounding pieces for small or large groups of guitarists all in their first or second year of learning.