The Howard Roberts Guitar Book, by Howard Roberts and James Stewart, Playback Music Publishing Company, 1971. Howard Roberts Guitar Manual - Sight Reading, by Howard Roberts in collaboration with Bob Grebb, Playback Music Publishing Co., 1972. Howard Roberts Guitar Manual - Chord Melody, by Howard Roberts, Playback Music Publishing Company, 1972 . Just call Toll-Free 1-800-913-9477 now!! Howard Roberts - The Praxis System: Guitar Compendium - Vol 1 - Book Guitar instruction books are traditionally written in a progressive fashion - Book 1 first, then Book 2 etc. Find nearly any book by Howard Roberts. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Search | About | Preferences | Feedback | Help: Howard Roberts Guitar Manual Chord Melody. by Howard Roberts . ISBN 9780899150024 (978--89915-002-4) Softcover, Playback, Cherry Lane Music Co, 1972 Howard Roberts is the author of The Praxis System Guitar Compendium (4.14 avg rating, 7 ratings, 0 reviews), The Praxis System Guitar Compendium (4.20 av That would be Howard Roberts Sight Reading Manual For Guitar, which was the text at MI for many years. Now I would suggest Sight To Sound by Leon White. Couple this with Leavitt's Melodic Rhythms, and you'll have most of what you need. Next get a spiral bound notebook of staff paper. Every time you encounter a difficult rhythm, write it down. 2008-12-18 00:00:00.0 The Genius of Howard Roberts I'm an instructor at Roberts Music Institute in Bellevue WA which is run by Howard’s' wife Jill and son Jay, both superior musicians. The techniques presented in the book go way beyond techniques of improvisation and dig into the philosophy of improvising music at "the speed of thought