Using the 'Touch, Shape, Move' Guitar Method, the Hidden Sounds Series includes a Quick Reference for beginners, a section on the History of the Guitar, and a Glossary. Every chapter offers a brief history of the technique in question, an explanation of how to perform the technique, a series of examples and excerpts from original pop, rock, jazz, folk and world music compositions that demonstrate the practical use of techniques, and, finally, a challenge for the guitarist to expand these exercises and make them their own.

Book IV, Reference Book, serves as a starting point for further investigation into a range of topics focused on the guitar and music performance in general. The Reference Book provides all readers with the opportunity to discover important books, texts, magazines, and online resources that focus on diverse aspects of the guitar and music in a variety of historical time periods and global contexts. The Reference Book contains all of the sources used in the writing of the Hidden Sounds series.