Sight Reading for Guitarists
Music Theory: Level 1 • 4m 39s
The two words no guitar player wants to hear… sight reading. Just so you guys know, I can say with 100% confidence that the guitar is absolutely the hardest instrument to learn to sight read on. With that in mind, you definitely don’t want to have any extra friction learning to sight read by not practicing exactly what you need to know to maximize your efforts. So, I present to you, the best book for learning to sight read: Reading Studies for Guitar.
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