• Student TextsImage of the student text books

    Comprehensive textbooks designed for one semester of middle school, or full year of middle school/high school/college instruction. Click on the book images for more information about our student texts.

  • Guitar Ensemble BooksImage of the ensemble books

    Ensemble books designed for the beginning through advanced guitar ensemble. Click on the book images for more information about our Guitar Ensemble books.

  • ManualsImage of the teacher manuals

    Teacher manuals offer daily lesson plans, exams, worksheets and assessment rubrics that enable any music educator to be successful in teaching class guitar. Click on the book images for more information about our Teacher Manuals.

 

Class Guitar Resources is a company founded by noted music educator Nancy Marsters, who has taught class guitar in the public schools for over 20 years. From this wealth of classroom experience, Nancy has developed a highly effective curriculum designed to enable any music educator, regardless of guitar ability, to be successful in teaching class guitar. The philosophy behind the curriculum is that all students can be taught how to play guitar. Nancy's unique multi-style approach focuses on correct technique, music-reading, and music theory applied to the guitar.

This comprehensive, focused curriculum includes:

  • 180 (90 for the middle school text) days of lesson plans organize the curriculum for effective sequencing
  • Individual student assessment model built into the curriculum
  • Textbooks provide in-depth coverage of music styles, chords, barre chords, notation, scales, arpeggios, position playing and ensembles

Highlights of our Text and Ensemble Series:

  • Every book is classroom piloted for one year or more before publication
  • Materials are designed to be implemented effectively by the non-guitarist music educator
  • CDs are available for all ensemble student texts