Guitar Fretboard Workbook (2nd Edition)
by Barrett Tagliarino · Musicians Institute Press / Hal Leonard
Musicians Institute workbook mapping intervals, scales, triads and chord shapes across the whole neck through written exercises. After completing it a player can construct any scale or chord in any position without reading standard notation.
More resources on Guitar (Acoustic)
Paul Davids (YouTube channel)
Lesson videos from a Rotterdam Conservatory graduate covering fingerstyle arrangements, chord voicings, right-hand dynamics, tone and song breakdowns, aimed at players past the beginner stage who want cleaner technique and acoustic parts that sound like the record.
Pumping Nylon: Complete (Second Edition)
The standard conservatory technique handbook for nylon-string guitar: a daily warm-up routine, Giuliani's right- and left-hand studies, Tarrega arpeggio studies and nail-shaping guidance. After it you can execute controlled arpeggios, tremolo, slurs and fast scales with efficient mechanics.
The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking
A 64-page method for alternating-bass fingerpicking, with fourteen progressive solos in notation and tablature plus streaming audio. After it you can keep an independent thumb bassline running under a melody in the folk and pop style of Paul Simon or James Taylor.
Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 (free PDF)
A free 102-page method book with companion video lessons, teaching classical and fingerstyle guitar through graded solos and duets. Covers posture, both-hand technique, standard notation reading, rhythm and first-position fretboard knowledge, playable on nylon- or steel-string instruments.
Absolutely Understand Guitar (full 32-lesson video program)
Thirty-two hour-long lessons teaching applied music theory, fretboard mapping, technique and ear training in a fixed sequence. After working through the series you can build chords and scales anywhere on the neck and explain why progressions and keys work.
JustinGuitar Beginner Guitar Course (Grade 1)
A free eight-module video course covering the essential open chords, fast chord changes, strumming patterns, capo use, dynamics and 6/8 time. After Grade 1 you can play complete songs with clean changes and steady rhythm on an acoustic.