Want to Relearn Guitar and Want to Build a Good Foundation
Hi, 31M. I have a music performance degree in saxophone, and I still play somewhat regularly, but my first instrument was guitar… I took guitar lessons from 1st grade through around 6th grade, but I stunted my growth I think by stopping lessons when I did, using a lot of tabs, not learning/applying music theory on the fretboard… things like that. Eventually, I found it difficult to continue playing guitar intuitively with the tools I had because I couldn’t read music on it, didn’t proficiently know where notes fell on the fretboard, basic things like that. I just felt like I was guessing a lot of the time, and despite having some good coordination and skills, I didn’t have a lot of important fundamentals that I had built on saxophone.
Now I find myself longing to play some guitar again, specifically nylon string classical stuff (and maybe even some jazz?). At some point I think I would probably like to find a private teacher to work with, but first I’m wondering if there is a book that might be good for me to work out of for a while to get some of the fundamentals that I’m missing? I feel like starting with basics would be good for me despite “knowing” how to play in a lot of ways… Are there any method books that are widely recommended by guitar teachers who work with adult beginning students that might be good for someone like me?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have!