The Hanon exercises are considered the most vital in developing proper fundamental technique for piano. The third volume of Purple Tiger Guitar's "Master the Classics" series, "Inside Out," is the most ambitious edition you will find of the Hanon exercises adapted for guitar.

Inside Out lives up to its title. We take the first exercise and show you a number of ways to optimize it for maximum guitar technique. Then we provide the tabs for Exercises 2-20.

Here are just a few of the techniques covered by Inside Out

It is worthwhile to know that guitarists have their special system of music notation known as ‘guitar tabs’ for short, or guitar tablature for full. Utilizing guitar tabs, guitarists can play a broad range of music without the knowledge to read normal sheet music. Although guitar tabs are not an ideal way of portraying music, they have enabled new generations of guitarists to rapidly and effortlessly share information about the way to play songs across the world. Therefore, it is vital for every guitarist to possess a fundamental knowledge of the techniques to read guitar tablature.