Guitar Books the Podcast

By Joe McMurray

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Episodes: 46

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Join Joe McMurray as he thoroughly reviews guitar books – method, technique, song and repertoire. There are hundreds of books on the market, and Joe will help you to find the best book that explores your area/style of interest at the proper level of difficulty. Joe is a professional player and teacher with a formal background in jazz guitar, but extensive experience with folk, rock, blues, funk, and classical styles on instruments including the guitar, ukulele, piano, bass, banjo, and drums. He has released two solo fingerstyle guitar and ukulele albums, played on numerous rock recordings, and written his own book on arranging for fingerstyle guitar.

Episode Date
Arranging Melodies for Fingerstyle Guitar: Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Sep 30, 2026
Review #32: The Devil Is In It by John Stubbings
Jul 07, 2026
Comparison #4: Best Classical Methods for Fingerstyle Guitarists
May 29, 2026
Review #31: Understanding DADGAD by Doug Young
May 14, 2026
Arranging Melodies for Fingerstyle Guitar: Essential Elements Example 29
May 05, 2026
Arranging Melodies for Fingerstyle Guitar: Essential Elements Example 10
Apr 21, 2026
Fingerstyle Progress Through General Guitar Method Books
Mar 24, 2026
Comparison #3: Best Fingerstyle Blues Repertoire Books
Mar 03, 2026
Comparison #2: Best Fingerstyle Blues Method Books
Feb 20, 2026
Review #29: 12-Bar Fingerstyle Blues by Dave Rubin
Feb 12, 2026
Review #28: Solo Blues Guitar by Dave Rubin
Feb 06, 2026
Review #27: Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar Explorations by Steve James
Jan 27, 2026
Grateful Dead: “Scarlet Begonias”: Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
Jan 14, 2026
Review #26: The Complete Acoustic Blues Guitar Method by Woody Mann
Jan 01, 2026
Winter Wonderland: Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
Dec 15, 2025
Review #25: Christmas Rep for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar, 2025 Update
Dec 01, 2025
Review #24: Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar by Berle/Galbo
Nov 20, 2025
Fingerstyle Blues Guitar by Joe McMurray
Nov 13, 2025
Review #23: Fingerstyle Blues Songbook by Steve James
Nov 06, 2025
Review #22: Rainer’s Acoustic Blues Guitar Picking School by Rainer Brunn
Oct 22, 2025
Review #21: Kalamazoo Gals by John Thomas
Feb 16, 2025
Comparison #1: Best Beginner Fingerstyle Methods
Dec 02, 2024
Review #20: The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar by Adam Rafferty
Oct 17, 2024
Review #19: Travis-Style Guitar From Scratch by Bruce Emery
Sep 23, 2024
Review #18: Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method
Jul 09, 2024
Topic Talk #3: Repertoire
May 02, 2024
Topic Talk #2: Practicing
Mar 30, 2024
Topic Talk #1: Musical Goals
Mar 18, 2024
Review #17: Hal Leonard Fingerpicking Guitar
Mar 02, 2024
Review #16: Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method by David Hamburger
Feb 09, 2024
Review #15: Fingerstyle 101 by Dan Thorpe
Jan 12, 2024
Review #14: Christmas Repertoire Books for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar
Dec 01, 2023
Review #13: Fingerstyle Guitar by Ken Perlman
Nov 25, 2023
Review #12: The New Art of Ragtime Guitar by Richard Saslow
Oct 28, 2023
Review #11: Fingerstyle Blues by Miggs Rivera
Sep 26, 2023
Temporary Break!
Jul 05, 2023
Review #10: 100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar by Hal Leonard
Jun 15, 2023
Review #9: Complete Country Blues Guitar Book by Stefan Grossman
Jun 01, 2023
Review #8: Fingerstyle Blues Guitar by Joseph Alexander
May 18, 2023
Review #7: Fingerpicking Beatles by Hal Leonard
May 04, 2023
Review #6: Fingerstyle Guitar from Scratch by Bruce Emery
Apr 20, 2023
Review #5: The Gigging Guitarist by Michael Wood
Apr 06, 2023
Review #4: The Art of Solo Fingerpicking by Mark Hanson
Mar 23, 2023
Review #3: Complete Chet Atkins Guitar Method
Mar 09, 2023
Review #2: Hal Leonard Fingerstyle Guitar
Feb 23, 2023
Review #1: Alfred Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar Method
Feb 16, 2023