The Missing Method for Guitar, Book 3 Left-Handed Edition: Note Reading in the 9th Position, Triola Christian J.

Over the last 18 years, Christian J. Triola has taught hundreds of students to play guitar, and now you can learn too. Guitar Chord Master offers a new, systematic method that will take you step by step from easy chords and rhythms to more sophisticated ones, just as you would get in a guitar class or private lesson. Ample instructions, diagrams, exercises, and streaming audio files are provided so that you can master chords at your own pace. We promise that when you've finished, you'll finally not only have memorized chords, but you'll know how to use them to start playing your favorite songs.

• Learn basic chord theory
• Master common strumming patterns
• Practice the right way with technique tips and example songs
• Cement your skills with over 100 practice exercises
• Explore barre chords and suspended chords
• Find what you need with a quick-reference chord chart

Whether you're just starting on guitar or have been noodling around for years, Guitar Chord Master: Basic Chords will give you the foundation you need to strum the songs you love.

*This book was previously published under the title Guitar Chords Made Easy, Level 1: Basic Guitar Chords. If you've already completed that book, we recommend the second book in the series, Guitar Chord Master: Beyond Basic Chords.

The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series is designed exclusively to teach you to master your fretboard. And this, the fourth book in the note reading series, is your guide to completing your mastery of note reading in the middle of the neck. It covers two crossover positions--3rd and 7th--so you'll be ready to grab the notes you need when you need them.

Like all Missing Method books, when we say "mastery," we mean it. With ample instructions, illustrations, and practice, when you've finished the book, you will:

• Know how to read notes by crossing over the open and fifth positions, in every key
• Know how to read notes by crossing over the fifth and ninth positions, in every key
• Developed your rhythm skills
• Practiced reading in minor keys, including relative, melodic, harmonic, and jazz-melodic minors

Missing Method books are designed to develop mastery in a particular skill. To that end, in this book you you will also:

• Review open, fifth, and ninth positions
• Practice changing keys within a song

Over the past 20 years, Christian J. Triola has taught hundreds of students to play guitar. With a Master's Degree in Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Music (Jazz Studies), he has used his knowledge and experience to create a focused note reading series that gives you plenty to practice without making you feel overwhelmed or intimidated. And in the end, you'll be a better musician for it.

• Learn to read and play standard guitar notation in open position (Frets 0-5), in every key
• Understand the difference between beat and rhythm, and practice with a variety of rhythms
• Discover why time is the secret ingredient of being a solid player
• Practice and play scales and songs in every key
• Explore the basics of guitar music theory
• Hone your sight reading skills
• Develop mastery with hundreds of practice songs and exercises
• Hear each exercise with free streaming audio files

When you've finished, you'll be a more confident player and a more competent musician. Then, if you'd like to take your skill set further, continue on through the series, learning to read every note in each position of the neck. Each book can be used in conjunction with any other method book, by itself, with a teacher, or on your own.

Join the legions of guitar players who've already started reading standard notation with The Missing Method Scroll up and order your copy to start mastering the open position today

*Need a left-handed copy? We have that too Search: The Missing Method for Guitar, Book 1 Left-Handed Edition: Note Reading in the Open Position.

• The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series Book 2: Learn to read frets 5-9.
• The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series Book 3: Learn to read frets 9-12.
• The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series Book 4: Learn cross over positions.
• The Missing Method for Guitar Note Reading Series Book 5: Learn frets 12-22.

• The Guitar Chord Master Series: Learn open chords (level 1), how to use a capo (level 2), and power chords (level 3)
• Technique Master Series: Learn basic fret-hand technique with Technique Master and learn the pentatonic scale with Pentatonic Master