This intermediate method presents a number of increasingly challenging tasks for the guitarist who wants to move beyond the beginner experience. Advanced concepts of fingerboard harmony and applied music theory are imparted through the practical application in songs from four decades of popular music. More is offered in terms of rhythmic complexity along with advanced strumming, picking and fingerstyle techniques. Students will be playing more single-note lines as well as learning how to improvise over common chord progressions. Finally, the advancing guitarist will be introduced to reading musical notation through pieces that mix contemporary composition with classic works. This course guides the advancing guitarist in exactly what to play and how to approach the material as it continues to build confidence and increase the desire to further their playing skills.