The FJH Young Beginner Guitar Method, Performance Book 3: Late Intermediate Guitar Book

A refreshing mix of accessible styles that respects the player's developing musicality. These songs don't condescend; they sound like real pieces you'd hear in a casual recital or performance setting.

Late intermediate guitar students ready to move beyond etudes and into repertoire that actually sounds like music. Teachers who want supplementary material that matches their lesson book progression without forcing students into boring or overly simplified arrangements.

• Choose one style per week and dig into its rhythmic character. A swing tune demands completely different articulation than a folk arrangement, so isolate those sections before running the full piece.
• Record yourself playing the accompaniment parts, then layer your own melody over them. This builds the independence late intermediate players need when they move toward ensemble work.
• Perform at least one piece from this book in a student recital or informal gathering. Public performance pressure, even low-stakes, exposes technical gaps that practice room play never reveals.

Weave individual pieces into regular lesson repertoire throughout the semester, or cluster them together as the foundation for a late intermediate student recital. Works equally well as a solo performance outlet or as bridge material between the lesson book and early advanced repertoire.

• Stylistic awareness across multiple genres
• Performance-ready repertoire at late intermediate level
• Reading and executing varied rhythmic patterns
• Music suitable for public recital settings