 | Fretboard Theory - Learn Guitar Theory, Scales, Chords, Progressions, Modes, Song Details and More. Music Theory Lessons For Acoustic and Electric Guitar. by Desi Serna
This is, hands down, the BEST book I have EVER seen on fretboard theory for the guitar. It is logical and well-written. Buy this one FIRST!
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 | Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist Vol. 1 : The Big Picture by Bruce Emery
Buy used from: $28.95 Vol. 2: The Fretboard is also available. Google it. Both volumes are EXCELLENT! I ain't kiddin'!
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 | Guitar Chord Guru: The Chord Book, Your Guide for Success! by Karl Aranjo
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.44 |
 | Guitar Scale Guru: The Scale Book - Your Guide for Success!
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.06 |
 | The Chord Master- How to Find and Choose the Right Guitar Chords Book/CD (Softcover) by Rooksby R
Buy new: $21.33 / Used from: $13.99 Rikky Rooksby's books are excellent, in my opinion.
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 | How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course by Rikky Rooksby
Buy used from: $2.78 Another good book by Rooksby.
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 | Fretboard Logic SE: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning + Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete (The Fretboard Logic Guitar Method Volumes I and II) (Fretboard Logic Guitar Method Ser) by Bill Edwards
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.49 Widely-cited reference.
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 | The BEAD Method of Fretboard Mastery by Robert, Luther Dietz
Buy new: $16.16 / Used from: $8.62 |
 | Everything About Guitar Chords by Wilbur M. Savidge
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $3.51 |
 | Everything About Guitar Scales by Wilbur M. Savidge
Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $5.47 |
 | Scales Over Chords (Book and CD) by Wilbur Savidge
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $4.28 |
 | Everything About Playing the Blues by Wilbur Savidge
Buy new: $20.48 / Used from: $7.96 |
 | The Heavy Guitar Bible: A Rock Guitar Instruction Manual by Richard Daniels
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.21 |
 | The Art of Playing Rock Guitar by Richard Daniels
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $7.06 |
 | Uncle Tim's Building Blocks: A Visual Guide to Diatonic and Pentatonic Scales: A Complete Guide to Understanding Diatonic and Pentatonic Keys by Tim Gillespie
Buy used from: $1.99 |
| The Nashville Pattern! for Bass by Paul Lyman Busdiecker
I couldn't find it on Amazon, but there is a version of this for GUITAR. Google it.
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 | The Complete Book: Chords, Scales, and Arpeggios for the Guitarist by Al Politano
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $1.40 |
 | Mel Bay Presents Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation by Jon Finn
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $22.72 Finn's 8-page CHAPTER 2 on his somewhat tongue-in-cheek-labelled "Warp Refraction Principle" ( :-) ) was my first encounter, in fairly wide reading of the guitar literature, of a completely adequate treatment of the "funny" that occurs between the G and the B string because of the guitar's standard tuning.
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 | The Everything Music Theory Book: A Complete Guide to Taking Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level (Everything Series) by Marc Schonbrun
Buy new: $12.56 / Used from: $3.95 Get pretty good grounding in music theory with this book.
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 | The Guitar Handbook: The Essential Encyclopedia for Every Guitar Player by Ralph Denyer
Buy used from: $24.95 This book covers an enormous range non-trivially! Great players, technical stuff, how to play it. You HAVE to read this book.
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 | Guitar Player Repair Guide by Dan Erlewine
Buy used from: $7.21 A must-read if you want to maintain and set-up your own guitar. Written by one of America's most-respected luthiers, Dan Erlewine.
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