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THE BOOK FOR EVERY
GUITARIST AT ANY LEVEL.
A GREAT RESOURCE OF
INFORMATION, NOW ON CD!
 
Why did i write this guitar method book? Because as a guitar teacher i saw how the older methods were boring the students with tedious and uninteresting lessons to learn. So i made it interesting and gave the students things they could use out there in the real music world. I wrote it in such a way to see the students progress at a faster rate than other methods. I also wanted a complete volume instead of 6 individual books that students have to keep buying. This is a comprehensive volume and it has something for everyone no matter what level you are.

Over 75 music tracks also on CD!
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Plus a free Jumbo Chord Book

Now you can get free tabs of my arrangements with the purchase of the Guitar Journey book/CD! Limited time offer!  (by request)

Read further below for more information about the Guitar Journey Learning Course. Or see my Youtube Video showing the contents of this book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnf_5anSdFs

Music Theory Book on CD (PDF file-183 pages)
Press link below to view video describing this book.

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Orders outside USA please add $3.50 for shipping.
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If you're looking for other sheet music, we recommend Sheet Music Plus. They have the world's largest selection, guaranteed low prices, and great customer service. You can find Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Tommy Immanuel picking style books or your favorite rock band in tabs or music. You name it and they got it!

 FOR MY CHERRY COAL MINE DISASTER WEBSITE CLICK HERE: http://guitarjourney.tripod.com/cherrycoalminedisaster
 
 FOR MY GUITAR FINGERPICKING WEBSITE CLICK HERE:http://guitarfingerpicking.tripod.com
 
 FOR ANY OF MY TRAIN RELATED WEBSITES CLICK HERE: http://icrr.tripod.com

New music from the author of the Guitar Journey book,  and Guitar flashcards!
Please check out my YouTube videos under the username: raytutajjr.
Also i have a website devoted to fingerpicking guitar:

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          Welcome to the
GUITAR JOURNEY website!
 
 
This site is to introduce you to our product line and the book: GUITAR JOURNEY.  A complete learning course for those who wish to learn to play the guitar. The journey should begin here. This book is a carefully designed up-to-date method for moving students along  at a very progressive rate.  On this site we have made the book available for you.  PLUS we have several other teaching aids to assist guitarists on their journey!
 
The GUITAR JOURNEY book is 250 pages and jam-packed with information for all levels to last a lifetime!  So please take a look around and see if you would like something . The book is currently only available on a disc in PDF format.
 
Click on our products  here or at top left to view items and prices.
 

If you are serious about making great sounds with your guitar, then you have opened the right door at GUITAR JOURNEY.  The book has a wealth of information for guitar players.
 
Here is what I have to offer at this time!
 
At a glance:
 
GUITAR JOURNEY (Book w/CD)
This book is now available in PDF format too!
 
GUITAR CHORD FLASHCARDS
(over 200 important chords 3" x 4" in size)
 
MUSIC BY THE MASTERS
Classical Guitar recordings by many great composers performed by Ray Tutaj Jr.
 
TAKE A BITE OUT OF LIFE
Easy listening rock music by
Ray and brother Kevin Tutaj on Drums.
 
ROAD TO SUCCESS POSTER (11x17 Laminated)
 
CHERRY SUNSET (Music CD inspired by
the Cherry Coal Mine Disaster of 1909)
[my latest project, three years in the making]
 
MIGHTY SOUNDS OF TRAINS (Sound effects CD) Visit icrr.tripod.com for a full list of all my railroad related CD's and DVD's.
 
CONCERTS (Fingerstyle/Classical)
[Hire me to perform!!]
 
GUITAR LESSONS
( i have a few openings)
 
CHORD CONSTRUCTOR
( Handheld sliderule
teaching device that constructs chords)
 
1909 Cherry Coal MIne Disaster
Documentary DVD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

GUITAR JOURNEY:
A COMPLETE
LEARNING COURSE.
to see more pages from this book click here: http://illinoisguitarleague.tripod.com/
Look at the Scales, Chords, Theory etc.

THE GUITARIST BOOK
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GET YOUR COPY NOW!

If you would like to get your copyof GUITAR JOURNEY it is now only available on a disc in PDF format. The entire 256 page book plus 80 music tracks for $12.00.

One of the added features of this book, is the numerous wise sayings at the bottom of most all the pages. Over 250 sayings of wisdom and insight for students and teachers alike.  Here are a few examples below:
 
"A teacher is one who brings us tools and enables us to use them."  -Jean Toomer
 
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.  Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." -Henry David Thoreau
 
"We have but one life here. It pays, no matter what comes after it, to try to do things, to accomplish things, and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time."  -Theodore Roosevelt
"Lost time is never found again."  - Benjamin Franklin
 
"Let an imbecile listen to what an imbecile writes."   -Unknown
 
"The World is all gates,  all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
"Learning to play the guitar without some guidance is like a ship without a rudder."-Travis T. Rhinehart
 
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty." -Henry Ford
 
"Achievement is one percent aspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."-Unknown
 
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

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