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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: At first I wondered why all private instructors use this book. Now I know why. It may not be the most joyful and easy one but surely most effective one and the best part is now they published the 3 volumes in one at a price of two. Well the exact word for the whole review is woaw.
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Summary: Great book if you're prepared to put the time in!!!!!!
Review: Here is a great replacement for the outdated Mel Bay series. Like the intro says, how can you learn to read music if the music in the book is all tunes you've heard? This book is all original composed material, and is a method book, designed to improve reading, improvisational, and physicals skills of the guitar. The book is well structered, and even has reading drills. This isn't for the DIY beginner though, remember, it /is/ a college course textbook for Berkeley.
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Summary: Great Book, blows old Mel Bay away.
Review: Here is a great replacement for the outdated Mel Bay series. Like the intro says, how can you learn to read music if the music in the book is all tunes you've heard? This book is all original composed material, and is a method book, designed to improve reading, improvisational, and physicals skills of the guitar. The book is well structered, and even has reading drills. This isn't for the DIY beginner though, remember, it /is/ a college course textbook for Berkeley.
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Summary: The best way to start reading for the guitar
Review: I used the Leavitt books when I was learning to sight read back in the late 1960s, and it's still as good today as it was back then. The typography may look a little old to eyes used to modern computerized typesetting and layout, but the material is still solid. Working through all three volumes of Leavitt will give you a comeplete mastery of the fingerboard, and you'll learn some hip chords and lines along the way. The new binding is a nice improvment- although the text inside is unchanged. And having all three volumes of Leavitt in one binding is both a money saver and convenient, as you'll want to refer back to some of the scale and chord charts once in a while. There have been a lot of methods published before and since, but this is still one of the absolute best.
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Summary: If you are serious
Review: I used these books (3 at the time) in the seventies to build my playing technique. An hour a day and you progressively build up muscle power, precision and speed to a level that let you freely express your ideas. The level of Paco de Lucia, al Dimeola et. al. is absolutely possible - if you are willing to put in the hard work. A real pro builder.
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Summary: too hard
Review: This book is for players who are interested in learning to sight read and learning about music theory. It is not user friendly to those who are not very familiar with music terminology. It does not explian things in a way that is easy for a newcommer to understand. I have been playing guitar (but not reading music) for over 15 years. I bought this book because I wanted to learn to read music and learn about improvising. I will have to use another book that is on a lower level and maybe move on to this one later.
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Summary: too hard
Review: This book is for players who are interested in learning to sight read and learning about music theory. It is not user friendly to those who are not very familiar with music terminology. It does not explian things in a way that is easy for a newcommer to understand. I have been playing guitar (but not reading music) for over 15 years. I bought this book because I wanted to learn to read music and learn about improvising. I will have to use another book that is on a lower level and maybe move on to this one later.
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Summary: Very Practical
Review: This book is mainly a progressive learning book based on tons of exercises and brief instructions. Some notes to consider when buying this book: (1) you must be able to read sheet music, and (2) you have to be extremely patient and willing to sacrifice your time. In all, this well-constructed book is a bargain compared to its price, so if you're a serious guitarist get this book.
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Summary: if you're gonna do it, do it 100%
Review: This book is the BEST book for learning the instrument called guitar. remember back in your schoolin' days when every band nerd had a specific book that taught them everything about their instrument? if you were a bassist it's Franz Simandl. Well if you're a guitarist, its Modern Method by William G. Leavitt. It takes you from the entry level of total beginner, assumes you know little if any music theory. The book isn't difficult, learning any instrument is difficult. Expect to put time and effort in, honestly you need to spend half an hour with it everyday. I also would reccommend this to anyone who has taught themselves guitar or only knows tabulature.
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Summary: very comprehensive
Review: This is a great book for any guitarist. It focuses on reading music mostly, and gets into technique later in the book. One thing to keep in mind, however, is the binding. It's a rather thick book with a ... glue binding, so it's difficult to keep open. After much use some of the pages start to come loose. I'd buy the volumes separately if I could do it again.
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