The Guitar Classroom

Rock Guitar, Piano

Advanced Rock Book,
Beginning Piano Book

WELCOME
This website was created to be a free resource primarily to the guitar education community, although there is also beginning piano curriculum here as well as new works for the classical vocalist and instrumentalist. For guitar educators and students, you’ll find beginning through advanced guitar method books that contain a comprehensive curriculum focused on three areas of study: popular-style guitar, classical guitar and guitar ensemble. You can download a single pdf of the complete Beginning Book, Advanced Classical Guitar Book, and Advanced Rock Book, or download individual works and material from any of the books, including new compositions and arrangements for Guitar Ensemble.

In addition to being available as a free, downloadable pdf, the beginning book is also presented in an eBook format. Each lesson includes recordings of every exercise, song, ensemble and solo piece. This is a convenient and valuable instructional and learning tool, for both teacher and student, especially during this time when most of us are teaching in a distant-learning environment. Both formats are free and located on the Guitar Curriculum page.

For the classroom piano teacher, you'll find my first-year, Beginning Piano Book, located on the Rock Guitar/Piano page. In addition to teaching students to play traditional classical piano, the book introduces students to playing in popular style, including how to read and understand chord symbols. You'll also find intermediate-level classical repertoire that works well either as a supplement to the first-year book or to use with second-year students.

Lastly, for classical instrumentalists and vocalists, you'll find a variety of my chamber music, with and without guitar, on the Vocal & Chamber page. I hope these works will be meaningful to you and your audience!
– Lou Warde