Alfred Publications
A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Latin Guitar Playing
Series: Total Guitarist Series

The Total Latin Guitarist is an exciting journey into the world of Latin guitar playing.
The book begins by teaching you soloing and accompaniment techniques used in all genres of Latin music, as well as the clave. You'll learn to play in the Afro-Cuban styles of salsa, rumba, guaguancó, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and songo. You'll get a solid introduction to the Brazilian styles of choro, samba, batucada, partido alto, bossa nova, baião, and frevo.
Other Latin styles featured are meringue (Dominican Republic); calypso, soca, and bachata (Trinidad); tango (Argentina); and ranchera, mariachi, norteño/conjunto, and tejano (Mexico).

Aside from all of the important techniques these styles, you will also learn the theory.
The recording features a full band demonstrating the examples in the book.

Sample Pages
Sample Pages