Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Guitar

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Learn to play guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of playing either acoustic or electric guitar. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about various guitar types and the sounds they create, how to care for your very own guitar, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation and tablature. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and TAB. You will learn to play in an array of musical styles, including Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, Country, Jazz and Folk. Near the end of the book, you will be introduced to advanced tablature techniques such as bends, slides, and palm muting, which will help you color your musical creations with your own unique, rockin' style.

The book features the following helpful resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Tablature Licks * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Guitar note chart * Magic chord accompaniment guide * Guitar fingerboard chart

Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

Table of Contents:

• GETTING STARTED
• A Short History of the Guitar
• Types of Guitars
• Buying a Guitar
• Caring for Your Guitar
• Tuning Your Guitar
• Holding the Guitar
• Getting Acquainted with Music
• Getting Acquainted with Tablature
• NOTES ON THE FIRST STRING E
• Songs & Exercises: Mixing It Up, More Mixing
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Sound Off (How to Count Time)
• Songs & Exercises: Playing Different Kinds of Notes and Time Signatures
• NOTES ON THE SECOND STRING B
• Songs & Exercises: Two-String Rock
• Beautiful Brown Eyes, Guitar Rock
• Merry-Go-Round
• Jingle Bells
• NOTES ON THE THIRD STRING G
• Songs & Exercises: Au Clair de la Lune
• Three-String Rock, Aura Lee
• Largo from the New World Symphony
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Introducing Chords
• Songs & Exercises: Meet the Chords
• THE THREE-STRING C CHORD
• Songs & Exercises: Ode to Joy
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Introducing the Quarter Rest
• Songs & Exercises: Rock 'n' Rhythm
• THE THREE-STRING G7 CHORD
• Songs & Exercises: Down in the Valley
• Mary Ann
• THE THREE-STRING G CHORD
• Songs & Exercises: Rockin' with G and C
• NOTES ON THE FOURTH STRING D
• Songs & Exercises: Reuben Reuben
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm, G Whiz
• Goodnight Ladies, Daisy Bell
• FOUR-STRING CHORDS: G AND G7
• Songs & Exercises: Rockin' the Chimes
• Laughing Troll
• NOTES ON THE FIFTH STRING A
• Songs & Exercises: Peter Gray
• Boogie Style
• INTRODUCING HIGH A
• Songs & Exercises: Rockin' in Dorian Mode
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Incomplete Measures
• Songs & Exercises: A-Tiskit, A-Tasket
• The Riddle Song
• NOTES ON THE SIXTH STRING E
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: The Natural Scale
• Songs & Exercises: Silver Threads Among the Gold
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Tempo Signs
• Songs & Exercises: Plaisir d'amour
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Bass-Chord Accompaniments
• Songs & Exercises: Can-Can Duet
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Dynamics
• Songs & Exercises: Echo Song
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Signs of Silence
• Songs & Exercises: Give It a Rest
• THE FOUR-STRING C CHORD
• Songs & Exercises: When the Saints Go Marching In
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Ties
• Songs & Exercises: The Sidewalks of New York
• O Happy Day
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: More Bass-Chord Accompaniment
• Songs & Exercises: Cielito Lindo
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Eighth Notes
• Songs & Exercises: Eighth Note Rock
• Happy Birthday, Speed Drill
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: The Chromatic Scale
• Songs & Exercises: Chromatic Rock
• THE FOUR-STRING D7 CHORD
• Songs & Exercises: Four-Beat Blues
• Rockin' the Bach
• Amazing Grace, Frankie and Johnnie
• Pachelbel's Canon
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: The Major Scale
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Key Signatures
• Songs & Exercises: This Land Is Your Land
• La Bamba
• MINI MUSIC LESSON: Dotted Quarter Notes
• Songs & Exercises: Auld Lang Syne
• Rockabilly Bass Line
• Hava Nagila
• ADVANCED TABLATURE TECHNIQUES
• Bends
• Pick Bend & Release
• Hammer-On
• Pull-Off
• Slides
• Palm Mute
• TABLATURE LICKS
• DICTIONARY OF TABLATURE TECHNIQUES
• GUITAR NOTE CHART
• MAGIC CHORD ACCOMPANIMENT GUIDE
• GUITAR FINGERBOARD CHART

Catalog:	AL4412
Publisher:	Alfred
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Level:	Student
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