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Every book I recommend, in one place: method books, technique, sight reading and theory, my favorite editions of each composer's music, guitar making, and ethnomusicology.
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Method & technique
- The Shearer Method, Vol. 1: Classical Guitar Foundations | Why I recommend it
- The Shearer Method, Vol. 2: Classic Guitar Developments | Why I recommend it
- Christopher Parkening Guitar Method, Vol. 1 | Why I recommend it
- Bridges Guitar Repertoire & Studies: Preparatory | Why I recommend it
- Sagreras Guitar Lessons: Books 1–3 | More on Sagreras
- Sagreras Guitar Lessons: Books 4–6 | More on Sagreras
- The Complete Carcassi Guitar Method | More on Carcassi
- Carulli Guitar Method (loose-leaf) | More on Carulli
- La Guitarra Flamenca | Why I recommend it
- Classic Guitar Technique, Vol. 1 | Why I recommend it
- Pumping Nylon | Why I recommend it
- Segovia: Diatonic Major and Minor Scales | Why I recommend it
- Segovia: Slur Exercises and Trills | Why I recommend it
- Giuliani: 120 Right Hand Studies | More on Giuliani
- Giuliani: The Complete Studies for Guitar | More on Giuliani
- Sor: The Complete Studies, Lessons and Exercises | More on Sor
- Sor: Complete Studies for Guitar | More on Sor
- Sor: Twenty Studies for the Guitar | More on Sor
- Flamenco Guitar: Basic Techniques | More on Juan Serrano
- Systematic Studies for Flamenco Guitar: A Falseta Anthology | More on Juan Serrano
- Sight Reading for the Classical Guitar, Levels I–III | Why I recommend it
- Sight Reading for the Classical Guitar, Levels IV–V | Why I recommend it
Music theory
- Berklee Guitar Theory
- The Guitar Grimoire: Scales & Modes
- Tonal Harmony
- Workbook for Tonal Harmony
Sheet music
- Albéniz: Suite Española | More on Albéniz
- Arcas: Selected Guitar Works | More on Arcas
- Piazzolla: Las Estaciones Porteñas | More on Sérgio Assad
- Bach: The Solo Lute Works for Guitar | More on Bach
- Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 | More on Bach
- Bach: Chaconne, BWV 1004 | More on Bach
- Bach: Chaconne, BWV 1004 (Barrueco) | More on Bach
- Bach: 3 Sonatas, BWV 1001, 1003 & 1005 | More on Bach
- Bach: Air on the G String & Pastorale | More on Bach
- The Complete Works of Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Vol. 1 | More on Barrios
- The Complete Works of Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Vol. 2 | More on Barrios
- Barrios: El Libro de Oro, Vol. 6 | More on Barrios
- The Best of Leo Brouwer: 19 Pieces for Guitar
- Granados: Spanish Dances, Op. 37
- Getz/Gilberto: Transcribed Score
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 1 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 2 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 3 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 4 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 5 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 6 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 7 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 8 | More on Lauro
- Antonio Lauro: Works for Guitar, Vol. 9 | More on Lauro
- Paco de Lucía: La Fabulosa Guitarra (Book 1) | More on Paco de Lucía
- Paco Peña: Toques Flamencos | More on Paco Peña
- Ponce: Guitar Works (Urtext)
- Manolo Sanlúcar: Mundo y Formas de la Guitarra Flamenca, Vol. 1 | More on Manolo Sanlúcar
- Manolo Sanlúcar: Mundo y Formas de la Guitarra Flamenca, Vol. 2 | More on Manolo Sanlúcar
- Scarlatti: Five Sonatas
- Sor: The New Complete Works for Guitar (PDF) | More on Sor
- The Best of Francisco Tárrega: 33 Pieces for Guitar | More on Tárrega
- The Francisco Tárrega Collection: 14 Pieces | More on Tárrega
- Villa-Lobos: Solo Guitar Works | More on Villa-Lobos
Biographies & reading
- Fernando Sor: Composer and Guitarist (PDF) | More on Sor
- Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Life (1887–1959) | More on Villa-Lobos
- The Inner Game of Music | Why I recommend it
- A History of Western Music
Ethnomusicology
- Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
- The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-Three Discussions
- The Anthropology of Music
- How Musical Is Man?
- Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression
- The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction
Guitar making
- Making Master Guitars
- Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design
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