Recently I realized that while I have Practice Instructions pages for my Guitar and Ukulele Chord-Strumming Method Books, I didn’t have a Practice Instructions pages for my Guitar and Ukulele Note-Reading Method Books, so I made them. Like the pages in my Chord-Strumming Method Books, it is meant to be cut out and referenced on every page that the student is practicing (like a bookmark). I will always leave a link to a PDF of these pages on my website in case a student loses them, even when the Note-Reading Method Books are for sale. In my Guitar and Ukulele Note-Reading Method Books I also added numbers to all of the lines so that it is easier to reference which line a student should be playing at any time (allowing the teacher to say, “play line 3” as opposed to saying, “play that line” and having to point).

I added a couple of new units to my Guitar Beginning Riff Exercises. Unit 3 deals with playing riffs using major pentatonic scales starting on the A string in I IV V progressions and 12-Bar Blues in various major keys (and uses Riff Rhythms pages v and vi). Unit 4 is playing riffs using minor pentatonic scales starting on the A string in i iv v progressions and 12-Bar Blues in various minor keys (and uses Riff Rhythms Pages vii and viii).

I also prepared my Guitar Chord-Strumming Method Book 4 to sell. As with my other completed method books, for now they are only available for sale through me directly, but soon I will add links to purchase them online.

PDFs of all of these materials can be found under the FOR MY STUDENTS tab, on the GUITAR and UKULELE pages. As always, please let me know if you use any of these teaching materials with your students, and if you find them helpful, or if you have any questions or comments.