Music Reading Primer

After 35+ years of teaching from books that I was never quite happy with, I decided to write my own. Now I can only blame myself if something is wrong but I can also change and make corrections as necessary to continually improve the books.

I believe that a beginning method for learning to read music on the guitar should present the music basics in a careful, graduated manner. I also believe songs learned should include familiar songs as well as orignial songs that the student must interpret for themselves.

Being a literate, reading musician is an advantage for anyone seriously pursuing musical knowledge. I hope you enjoy this book.

Below are posted links to midi accompaniment files to use as backup while playing most of the songs in the book. The songs are listed in the order they occur in the book. Click on the link and you can play along with an accompaniment file. Most songs play through three times. Have fun!