Method Books

The Kristen R. Bromley Guitar Method series is based on the author’s extensive experience as a professional guitarist and noted educator.  In 20 plus years, Dr. Kristen Bromley has instructed hundreds of university students in beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses, along with child, adolescent, and adult learners.  In these books, Dr. Bromley dives into the various skills needed to play the guitar, while helping students learn to play music on the guitar. Most of the books include online access to hours of in-depth video lessons. See the following details for the available volumes:

Explanation and Details for Chords and Harmony Books 1 and 2

In this volume, Dr. Bromley helps beginning and intermediate level guitarists develop their ability to play chords, read chord symbols, understand chord theory, learn strumming and fingerpicking techniques for a variety of musical styles, and master musical skillsets through playing songs and exercises.  If you want to learn to play or get better at playing chords on the guitar, this is the book for you!

This book includes:

· Online access to over 35 hours of in-depth video lessons by Dr. Bromley specifically covering the materials in this book. 

· 30 chapters of step-by-step instruction of all the main chords and playing styles commonly used by guitarists. 

· Over 400 songs and exercises, which can all be played right along with Dr. Bromley through the video lessons.

· Theory explanations and numerous chord voicings for basic first position chords and movable forms like barre chords and power chords, plus sixth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, augmented, diminished, suspended, slash, and altered chords.       

· Multiple strumming and fingerpicking approaches for playing chords.

· Alternate tunings and playing with a capo.   

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Explanation and Details for Note Reading Books 1 and 2

In this volume, Dr. Bromley helps guitarists learn how to play individual notes on the guitar while reading music written in standard music notation.  The book begins as if a student has no prior knowledge of reading music notation or the location of notes on the guitar, and proceeds through playing notated music in any key in the open or first position on the guitar.  If you want to learn how to or get better at reading notes with the guitar, this is the book for you!   

This book includes:

· Online access to nearly 14 hours of in-depth video lessons by Dr. Bromley that specifically go over the materials in this book. 

· 25 chapters of step-by-step instruction that cover how to read notes on the guitar.

· Over 360 songs and exercises, which can all be played right along with Dr. Bromley through the video lessons.

· Theory explanations of notes, keys, chromatic pitches, and major and minor scales.       

· Right- and left-hand technique development, including alternate picking approaches.

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Explanation and Details for Note Reading Book 3

The Kristen R. Bromley Guitar Method series is based on the author’s extensive experience as a professional guitarist and noted educator.  In 20 plus years, Dr. Kristen Bromley has instructed hundreds of university students in beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses, along with child, adolescent, and adult learners.  In this volume, Dr. Bromley helps guitarists learn the pitches of the entire fretboard and how to read notes in any key along the neck.  The book builds on Note Reading Books 1 and 2, which takes students through playing notated music in the open or first position on the guitar.  If you want to master the neck and learn how to (or get better at) reading notes along the entire fretboard, this is the book for you!      

This book includes:

· Online access to nearly 20 hours of in-depth video lessons with Dr. Bromley that specifically go over the materials in this book. 

· 25 chapters of step-by-step instruction that cover how to read notes along the entire fretboard of the guitar.

· Over 300 songs and exercises, which can all be played right along with Dr. Bromley through online video lessons.

· Theory explanations of notes, keys, chromatic pitches, and major and minor scales.       

· Right- and left-hand technique development.

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Explanation and Details for the Tablature Book

In this volume, Dr. Bromley helps guitarists learn how to play music on the guitar through reading tablature, a type of written notation specifically for the guitar.  The book begins as if a student has no prior knowledge of reading tablature or playing the guitar and proceeds through playing challenging pieces.  If you want to learn how to or get better at reading tablature with the guitar, this is the book for you!   

This book includes:

· Online access to nearly 16 hours of in-depth video lessons by Dr. Bromley that specifically go over the materials in this book. 

· A progressive study of reading tablature and developing guitar technique, especially for playing melodic lines.

· 200 songs and exercises that gradually progress from easy to very challenging, and which can all be played right along with Dr. Bromley through the video lessons.

· Explanations of tablature, musical notation devices, rhythm, measures, time signatures, and so on.       

· Right- and left-hand technique development.

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Explanation and Details for the Theory and Technique Book

The 2nd edition of the Theory and Technique Book includes 356 pages of extensive text include an overview and in-depth look at theory and technique concepts, especially as they pertain to playing the guitar. If you want to grasp the fundamentals of music, comprehend the fretboard intimately, understand scales, chords, and arpeggios and how to play them on the guitar, and learn about harmony and how chord progressions work, this is the book for you!

This Book Includes :

  • Online access to numerous video lessons that supplement the materials in this book.
  • An overview of the fundamentals of pitch, rhythm, and music notation and how those items work with playing the guitar.
  • A systematic approach for understanding the fretboard’s layout and for playing scales, chords, and arpeggios on the guitar.
  • An explanation of hundreds of scales and modes (potentially all that are used) and how to play them on the guitar.
  • A deep dive into the numerous types of chords and voicings that exist and the ways in which they may be played on the guitar.
  • An analysis of harmony and chord progressions, and how to go about harmonizing melodies and creating progressions and chord melodies.
  • Information on composing and improvising.
  • Help with picking, plucking, strumming, and fingerpicking.
  • Numerous chord, scale, arpeggio, and articulation Exercises.
  • Ear Training Tips
  • Alternate Tunings for the Guitar, and how to use the capo.
  • A detailed Index and Table of Contents to aid with seeing the books layout and finding help on specific topics.

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