By Morty Manus and Ron Manus Guitar Book & Online Audio Item: 00-45304 Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over five million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock styles, plus more pop songs! DVDs are available for the visual learner, and correlating theory, chord, and pop books provide everything you need from one complete method. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Method---the first and best choice for today's beginning guitar students. Book 1 introduces you to the foundations of guitar playing. Learn notes, songs, techniques, and many other important topics for a lifetime of musical enjoyment. For the first time, companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online are included with the book, so you'll have everything you need in one place. The available DVD is newly updated and features video lessons, MP3 audio tracks, as well as TNT 2 software which lets you slow down tracks, isolate and loop parts, and change tempos and keys for customized practice. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud. Product Details Series: Alfred's Basic Guitar Library Author: Morty Manus, Ron Manus Instrument: Guitar Format: Book & Online Audio Page Count: 64 Item Number: 00-45304 ISBN 10: 1-4706-2623-3 ISBN 13: 978-1-4706-2623-5 UPC: 038081509365 Song List: THE PARTS OF YOUR GUITAR HOW TO HOLD YOUR GUITAR THE RIGHT HAND THE LEFT HAND HOW TO TUNE YOUR GUITAR TO A KEYBOARD GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH MUSIC THE FIRST STRING E Playing with E, F, G More Still More No More SOUND-OFF: HOW TO COUNT TIME THE SECOND STRING B Two-String Rock Merry-Go-Round Beautiful Brown Eyes Guitar Rock Jingle Bells Alouette THE THIRD STRING G Au clair de la lune Three-String Rock Largo Back to the '50s Repeat Signs Aura Lee INTRODUCING CHORDS Chord Study No. 1 Chord Study No. 2 THREE-STRING C CHORD Ode to Joy Quarter Rest Rock 'n' Rhythm THREE-STRING G CHORD Two-Chord Rock Love Somebody THREE-STRING G CHORD Rockin' with G & C Down in the Valley Oh, Susanna THE FOURTH STRING D Old MacDonald Had a Farm Hold Sign (Fermata) Reuben, Reuben Common Time G Whiz Bohemian Folk Song Good Night, Ladies Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) FOUR-STRING G & G7 CHORDS Laughing Polka THE FIFTH STRING A Volga Boatmen Peter Gray Low-Down Rock Liebesträum Boogie Style INTRODUCING HIGH A Rockin' in Dorian Mode The Riddle Song INCOMPLETE MEASURES A-tisket, A-tasket The Yellow Rose of Texas THE SIXTH STRING E Down Low Bottom to Top TEMPO SIGNS Three-Tempo Rock The Blue Danube Waltz BASS-CHORD ACCOMPANIMENT Can-Can (duet) DYNAMICS Echo Waltz SIGNS OF SILENCE The Desert Song (duet) (Study in Counting) Echo Rock She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain FOUR-STRING C CHORD Ties When the Saints Go Marching In (duet or trio) MORE BASS-CHORD ACCOMPANIMENTS Chiapanecas (duet) EIGHTH NOTES Happy Birthday to You Eighth-Note Bounce Walkin' Bass Rock More Dynamic Signs Pachelbel's Canon (duet) Annie's Song (duet) SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURALS The Chromatic Scale Chromatic Rock My Melancholy Baby Over the Rainbow FOUR-STRING D7 CHORD Four-Beat Blues Amazing Grace Rockin' the Bach Buffalo Gals THE MAJOR SCALE KEY SIGNATURES EIGHTH RESTS Eighth Rest Exercise No. 1 Eighth Rest Exercise No. 2 Eighth Rest Exercise No. 3 Bill Bailey La Bamba DOTTED QUARTER NOTES Auld Lang Syne Singin' in the Rain Take Me Home, Country Roads (duet) CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTIO
