![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a bonus, as Layla learns the guitar, the book gives some solid information for readers looking to learn, including how to read tablature, blues patterns, waltz time signatures, etc. Older middle grade and young YA readers will love the drama in Layla’s life, Tripp’s sarcasm, and the budding relationship between the two (is it a friendship story or an innocent romance? I’m still not quite sure). There’s a lot happening very quickly in the pages, and some of it falls flat – Layla’s domineering best friend Annie, for example, never becomes much more than a two-dimensional plot progressor – but there’s enough there to keep things moving. Its format switches between regular prose, texts, emails, notes, and even songs, which adds interest to the story. Guitar Notes was easy to read and checked all of the boxes – music theory, struggling prodigy feeling misunderstood, friendship, self discovery, humor, drama. When cello prodigy Layla finds that free-spirit Tripp has left trash in the practice room, she writes him a passive aggressive note – and an unexpected friendship begins. ![]() (What a difficult topic to find – if you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them!) In Guitar Notes, aquaintences Layla and Tripp are forced to trade off on a school practice room by days of the week. I picked up Guitar Notes on a quest to find a good book about non-musical theater music performance and theory for my middle school musicians. ![]()
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