Skill Builders are exercise guides aimed at dexterity improvement on the various instruments taught. They work with or without previous musical training and undercut note reading ability. These guides are useful at any level but were written specifically to speed the advance of beginning players.

Skill Builders for Overall Musicianship
Metronome

• Instruction Guide on Using a Metronome

Intervals

• Essential Intervals Familiarization Plan

Skill Builders for Keys
Piano/ Keyboards/ Organ

• Introduction to Musical Keyboards
• Introductory Keyboard Finger Skills Development

Skill Builders for Plucked Strings
Guitar/Bass Guitar

• Early Fret/Note Identification Exercises for Guitar
• Intro Exercises and Songs for the Guitar – TAB Format
• Guitar Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination
• Early Fret/Note Identification Exercises for Bass Guitar
• Bass Guitar Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination
• Neck Positions and Musical Keys

Mandolin

• Early Fret/Note Identification Exercises for Mandolin
• Intro Exercises and Songs for the Mandolin – TAB Format
• Mandolin Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination

Ukulele

• Early Fret/Note Identification Exercises for Ukulele
• Intro Exercises and Songs for Ukulele – TAB format
• Ukulele Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination

Banjo

• Early Fret/Note Identification Exercises for Banjo
• Banjo Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination

Skill Builders for Bowed Strings
Violin

• Early Neck Position Identification Exercises for Violin
• Intro Exercises and Songs for Violin
• Violin Exercise Sequence For Improved RH and LH Coordination

Harmonica

• The Ten Hole Harmonica
• The Advanced Ten Hole Harmonica
• Blues for the Ten Hole Harmonica

• Interval Exercises for Voice