To Each His Own: Interm./Easy Guitar TAB

This collection captures twenty of America's most recognizable hits in a format that intermediate guitarists can actually play. The arrangements honor what made these songs work without demanding technical virtuosity, so students get to experience success with material that matters and that they likely already know.

Sunlit and unhurried, like a road trip through the 1970s. These arrangements retain the gentle, reflective quality that defined America's sound while keeping the technical demands within reach of developing players.

Guitarists at the intermediate level or those working their way toward it will find this book rewarding and achievable. If your students know these songs from radio, streaming, or family listening, they'll have extra motivation to learn pieces with genuine emotional resonance rather than generic exercises.

• Focus on the fingerpicking patterns in the verse sections; these often drive the groove more than any rhythm strumming would, so clarity in execution pays immediate dividends.
• Use the TAB notation as your primary reference, but check the standard notation alongside it to build your rhythmic phrasing and understand where the melody sits relative to the harmony.
• Reference the original recordings to lock in the tempo and feel of each track; these songs have distinct personalities, and matching the recorded groove makes the difference between playing the notes and playing the song.
• Pay attention to any capo indications at the start of each arrangement; getting this detail right from the beginning prevents retuning mid-practice and keeps you focused on the music.

Build a mixed guitar concert or recital around these songs, programming 4-5 of them as the core repertoire. They work equally well as assignments for individual practice, as material for group lessons exploring fingerpicking technique, or as a foundation for student arrangements and improvisation projects.

• Fingerpicking patterns and alternating-bass technique
• Capo usage and transposition awareness
• Melody-driven arrangement reading using TAB and standard notation together
• Phrase shaping and tempo control in folk-rock contexts
• Recognizing and executing common chord progressions from the 1970s-1980s era