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A good warm-up session can be the most crucial part of your practice session. Not only does it limber and stretch your finger muscles, it helps to ward off injuries, gets your hands in “sync,” and promotes accuracy and speed. This book contains a wide variety of exercises to help get your hands in top playing shape. It addresses the basic elements of guitar warm-ups by category: stretches and pre-playing coordination exercises, picking exercises, right and left-hand synchronization, and rhythm guitar warm-ups. The Odds & Ends chapter covers other misc. topics such as legato warm-ups, string-bending exercises, scale sequences, and arpeggios. Use this book daily, choosing one or two exercises in each chapter to warm up, and you'll playing will be cleaner, more articulate, and of a higher caliber. Grade: Mid Beginner to Late Intermediate

Lupo Santiago is one of the most notable guitarists in Brazilian instrumental music today. (His book is) A wonderful opportunity for professional musicians and students of various levels to delve more deeply into their studies. It is a fundamental tool for the development of technique and creativity” (Rodrigo Morte, Composer and Arranger). It’s a terrific addition to contemporary jazz guitar literature” (Rick Peckham, Vice-director of the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music)

Hal Leonard's Essential Elements Guitar Repertoire Series features great original guitar music that is carefully graded and leveled for easy selection. The songs are presented in standard notation and tablature, and are fully demonstrated on the accompanying CD. Mysterioso features 10 original songs with spooky melodies and riffs. Includes: The Chase; A Daunting Haunting; The Disappearing Guests; The Galloping Nightmare; Guitar Noir; The Gumshoe's Smooth Move; Mysterioso; The Plot Thickens; The Secret Panel; Skeleton Dance. Grade: Mid Intermediate

A good warm-up session can be the most crucial part of your practice session. Not only does it limber and stretch your finger muscles, it helps to ward off injuries, gets your hands in “sync,” and promotes accuracy and speed. This book contains a wide variety of exercises to help get your hands in top playing shape. It addresses the basic elements of guitar warm-ups by category: stretches and pre-playing coordination exercises, picking exercises, right and left-hand synchronization, and rhythm guitar warm-ups. The Odds & Ends chapter covers other misc. topics such as legato warm-ups, string-bending exercises, scale sequences, and arpeggios. Use this book daily, choosing one or two exercises in each chapter to warm up, and you'll playing will be cleaner, more articulate, and of a higher caliber. Grade: Mid Beginner to Late Intermediate