21st Century Guitar Rock Shop 3 (Warner Bros. Publications 21st Century Guitar Course) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a guitar teacher and I use this series in my classes. Most of my students are children in elementary or middle school. I found this series after an extensive search for rock guitar method books that don't have inappropriate lyrics in them. I rejected over 100 books because they contain lyrics that would be inappropriate for children. When you are listening to the songs, you have no idea what the lyrics are, but when you are working on a song with students, you read those lyrics over and over and over again (and your students read the lyrics every time they practice, which hopefully they are doing well and often), and I don't want to contribute to the delinquency of minor children.
The Rock Shop series starts with simple riffs and rhythms, then becomes pretty theory intensive, with lots of chord theory and scales. This series has cool-sounding exercises that are based on popular rock songs. It does not include full length songs, you will need to look elsewhere for those.
This series moves into more complex fingering and rhythms fairly quickly. I use this one for my middle-school and older students. For my younger students I start with Brown's Rock Guitar for Kids to develop hand strength and rhythm, then move into this series. Beginning guitarists who haven't yet developed their hand strength, coordination, and sense of rhythm may find it difficult to play the first few exercises. I have my students do exercises to develop these skills before we tackle the beginning exercises.
This series, like most guitar series, is best used under the guidance of a teacher, or at least a friend who knows how to play guitar and read music. I think it would be confusing and frustrating for someone trying to learn guitar on their own.
In summary, this book is perfect for use in lessons, particularly with students who are underage. It is also useful for someone who already plays guitar and has some music reading ability and wants to develop their rock theory and technique.

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Based on concepts found in Levels 1 and 2, Guitar Rock Shop 3 is designed to enhance every student's improvising skills in a wide variety of rock styles. Sixteen complete jam tracks ranging from rockabilly to funk are included to give the player lots of opportunities to put every new lick, riff, scale and pattern to immediate use. Method book available in three levels, as is the Theory, Song Trax, Rock Shop, and Guitar Ensemble books. Teacher's edition also available. Level One of the Method, Rock Shop, and Theory books are available in English and Spanish. Video available for Method and Rock Shop.

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