A great book to start learning the basics of guitar playing covering major styles of guitar music e.g. classical, rhythm, fingerpicking, rock. Once you have picked up these basics (only takes a few weeks) you will need to advance onto another instruction book related to your preferred style of music.

A must-have book for any classical or fingerpicking guitarist. It provides a number of excellent exercises to increase the dexterity, strength and flexibility of your hands for playing. It also serves as a book to learn proper playing technique for classical and fingerpicking styles.

Seventeen popular pieces of music ranging from great classics like "Georgia on my mind" to "What a wonderful world" and "Yesterday". The music is given to you in standard music score and in TAB (for non-music readers). The level of difficulty is easy-to-intermediate. Many of the songs are good for fingerpicking-guitar beginners. The arrangements are well done and sound good.