Absolute Beginner Guitar Workbook

As a professional touring guitarist, I’ve always had a major issue with most beginner guitar lesson material. It’s outdated, the print is small and lifeless, there’s no interactive approach, and there’s little accountability or self-reflection to help players track their growth. Most importantly, these workbooks rarely teach the essential theory needed to truly understand what you’re playing on the instrument.That’s why I set out to create a solution—not just for the hundreds of students I’ve taught, but for myself when I was first learning guitar. I wanted a modern, practical, and applicable beginner guitar workbook that actually prepares players to grow.This 17-chapter workbook is carefully designed to guide someone who has never even held a guitar through every critical stage of growth. You’ll learn the anatomy of the instrument, how to play and understand simple chords, why certain chords work together, and the importance of the major scale. You’ll also develop proper technique and body care, learn to read tablature and chord charts, build timing and rhythm skills, and gain tools to mentally push through the challenges every beginner faces.By the end, you won’t just be strumming a few chords—you’ll actually understand the guitar and how to create music with it.If you’re tired of your guitar collecting dust in the closet—or being asked when you’re finally going to learn to play songs people recognize—today is the day to start. And you don’t have to do it alone. If you have any questions as you go through this book, send me a message on Instagram. I’m not a big corporation trying to sell you books 1–5—I’m a 25-year-old professional guitarist touring the world with a partscaster I’ve spent thousands of hours on, struggling through rent, groceries, and the grind it takes to make it in music.I know what it takes to go from an absolute beginner with a dream, to touring the world, playing sold-out arenas, and living on a tour bus. My hope is that this workbook inspires you to realize that with hard work and a disciplined mindset, you can achieve anything you set your mind to.God Bless,Tommy Gerlach Read more