{"id":125186,"date":"2025-06-18T09:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=125186"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:44:19","slug":"4-books-that-transformed-my-guitar-playing-skills-22nd-of-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/4-books-that-transformed-my-guitar-playing-skills-22nd-of-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Books That Transformed My Guitar Playing Skills\u2013 22nd of September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 30px;color: #091acc;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >4 Books That Transformed My Guitar Playing Skills\u2013 22nd of September 2022<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-3304578\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IAkvwIxd4UE?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>02:10 &#8211;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/5-books-that-transformed-my-playing-20th-september-2019-psa-webinar-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Webinar 3 Years Ago: 5 Books That Transformed My Guitar Playing link<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>05:12 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fingerpicking Guitar Bible &#8211; Hal Leonard<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3S645kZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon UK link<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fingerpicking-Guitar-Bible-Recorded-Versions\/dp\/1423494296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>09:08 &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Fingerstyle Blues Songbook &#8211; Steve James<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SooWjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Amazon UK link<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fingerstyle-Blues-Songbook-Country-Acoustic\/dp\/0634067184\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PCHA3HYAPKLI&amp;keywords=Fingerstyle+Blues+Songbook&amp;qid=1664254208&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=fingerstyle+blues+songbook%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C241&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Amazon US link<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:30 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Music Theory For Guitarists &#8211; Tom Kolb<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3BDEgSr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Amazon UK link<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Music-Theory-Guitarists-Everything-Wanted\/dp\/063406651X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SKVQ9QEV7M1B&amp;keywords=Music+Theory+For+Guitarists&amp;qid=1664254126&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=music+theory+for+guitarists%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C242&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>20:30 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Martin Simpson Teaches Alternate Tuning<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/0739023462\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_3DQR256XA0YF9TGHYF73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon UK link<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Martin-Simpson-Teaches-Alternate-Tunings\/dp\/0739023462\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DYOZ96QES6YQ&amp;keywords=Martin+Simpson+Teaches+Alternate+Tuning&amp;qid=1664254259&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=martin+simpson+teaches+alternate+tuning%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C241&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>23:57 &#8211; Word of warning for learning alternate tunings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>30:15 &#8211; Classical Fingerpicking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4 Books That Transformed My Guitar Playing Skills\u2013 22nd of September 2022 02:10 - Webinar 3 Years Ago: 5 Books 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