The Guitar for Beginners Series


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Guitar for Beginners, Volume 1

By James Shipway

Learn to play guitar with this step-by-step beginner guitar method. Master everything you need to know to get started with 12 easy to use guitar lessons with supporting video content and no music reading necessary!

  • Learn the essential chord shapes, strumming techniques, exercises and practice routines you need to start playing songs on the guitar  
  • Designed for complete beginners with absolutely no previous knowledge or playing experience
  • Enjoy learning more with powerful memorisation and practice methods for speedy progress
  • Includes bonus video lessons, exercises, and quizzes plus downloadable audio tracks and printable workbook - no music reading necessary!

Guitar for Beginners, Volume 1

By James Shipway

Learn to play guitar with this step-by-step beginner guitar method. Master everything you need to know to get started with 12 easy to use guitar lessons with supporting video content and no music reading necessary!

  • Learn the essential chord shapes, strumming techniques, exercises and practice routines you need to start playing songs on the guitar  
  • Designed for complete beginners with absolutely no previous knowledge or playing experience
  • Enjoy learning more with powerful memorisation and practice methods for speedy progress
  • Includes bonus video lessons, exercises, and quizzes plus downloadable audio tracks and printable workbook - no music reading necessary!


Guitar for Beginners, Volume 2

By James Shipway

Continue learning to play guitar with the second book in this step-by-step beginner guitar method! Build on your basic guitar skills with 12 more easy to use guitar lessons with supporting video content and no music reading necessary.

  • More essential chord shapes, strumming patterns, exercises and practice routines to turbo-charge your ability on the guitar
  • Includes a step-by-step system teaching you how to play 7 complete songs (based on some of the most famous songs ever recorded!)
  • Make more rapid and enjoyable progress with powerful memorisation, learning and practice methods 
  • Includes bonus video lessons, exercises, and quizzes plus downloadable play-along tracks and printable workbook - no music reading necessary!

Coming Jan 2025!

Coming January '25!

Guitar for Beginners, Volume 3

By James Shipway

Complete your beginner guitar journey with the final book in this step-by-step beginner guitar method! Featuring 16 easy to use guitar lessons to take your skills to the next level. Includes bonus supporting video and audio content!

  • More advanced chord shapes, strumming patterns, exercises and practice routines to boost your knowledge and ability on the guitar
  • Includes lessons on using a capo, speeding up your strumming, other useful open chords, different strumming approaches, an introduction to using barre chords and much more
  • Complete songs designed to challenge you and introduce new techniques and concepts
  • Includes bonus video lessons, exercises, and quizzes plus downloadable play-along tracks and printable workbook - no music reading necessary!

Guitar for Beginners, Volume 2

By James Shipway

Continue learning to play guitar with the second book in this step-by-step beginner guitar method! Build on your basic guitar skills with 12 more easy to use guitar lessons with supporting video content and no music reading necessary.

  • More essential chord shapes, strumming patterns, exercises and practice routines to turbo-charge your ability on the guitar
  • Includes a step-by-step system teaching you how to play 7 complete songs (based on some of the most famous songs ever recorded!)
  • Make more rapid and enjoyable progress with powerful memorisation, learning and practice methods 
  • Includes bonus video lessons, exercises, and quizzes plus downloadable play-along tracks and printable workbook - no music reading necessary!

A Word From The Author

“This is the book series my guitar students have been telling me I should write for years!

The lessons in my Guitar for Beginners series are based on my hands-on experience teaching thousands of beginner guitar lessons to players of all ages.

The series is designed to give the total beginner with no previous knowledge an easy-to-use method for learning to play music on the guitar. By focusing on the core skills and knowledge beginners need and showing them how to overcome all the common beginner-roadblocks, I believe this series gives beginners the perfect introduction to playing guitar and will enable them to begin their guitar journey in an enjoyable, productive and confusion-free way."

James