The Berklee Press Essential Guitar Songbook includes some of the most popular songs and repertoire taught by the Berklee Guitar Department faculty. The music is taught and performed in their Guitar Sessions summer programs global initiatives, online and on campus. By learning this music you will experience a diversity of styles, from classic rock and blues to country, singer/songwriter, jazz, jam band, funk, progressive rock, classical, and contemporary improvisation/microtonal music.

Each piece is selected and introduced by some of Berklee's most esteemed faculty members. This collection will help you become a well-rounded player and prepare you to participate in Berklee's guitar programs. Notation varies depending on the style of the selection and may include traditional notation tablature and chord diagrams.

The collection features 20 songs, including:

“Apache” (Jerry Lorden)
“Freight Train” (Elizabeth Cotten)
“Hey Hey” (Big Bill Broonzy)
“Two Bones and a Pick” (T-Bone Walker)
“We Gather Together” (16th Century Dutch song)
“The Weight” (Robbie Robertson)
“Wildwood Flower” (Maybelle Carter)
“You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” (Lennon/McCartney)

And more.