The Big Easy Book of Acoustic Guitar

Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar is the complete guide to playing the Acoustic Guitar from the first time you pick it up all the way to playing your first songs along with backing tracks. With clear images easy-to-understand text and demonstrations of every exercise on an Audio Download this book is the easiest way to learn the techniques that are essential to learning to play the AcousticGuitar. Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar opens with a clear introduction to the parts of the Guitar how to choose one and the different types. After this you'll learn the differencesbetween playing with a plectrum or your fingers you'll tune up then you'll be ready to play! A guide to your first chords and strumming will get you making music before you learn more chords different strumming patterns andsome scales. Throughout this the included Audio Download allows you to hear each exercise as it should sound ensuring you play everything correctly and train your ear at the same time. As you learnfingerpicking the twelve-bar blues some tunes and other techniques you'll find you've gone from knowing nothing about the Guitar to being able to play songs chords and even with others. The Audio Download also featuresprofessionally-recorded backing tracks for the songs so that you can play along and sound great. The book also features a handy guide to the notes of the neck and a chord reference sheet.  If you'rean Absolute Beginner with no knowledge of how to play the Acoustic Guitar this book will guide you on this journey with pictures an audio download and practical advice from expert authorDavid Harrison. The Absolute Beginners series has taught millions to play from novice to confident player over the years. Now it's your turn!

In his friendly, humorous style, Greg Horne makes learning acoustic guitar fun and easy. This revised edition features examples in TAB and standard music notation and a new DVD hosted by guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker. You'll learn how to hold the instrument, play with a pick, count time, read music, and play simple chords. After mastering the basics, you'll be introduced to fingerpicking, barre chords, improvisation, music theory, and a variety of styles including blues, rock, country, and folk. Beginning Acoustic Guitar is a must-have for anyone serious about starting to learn acoustic guitar. Second Edition Features: * Updated examples in the styles of acoustic guitar masters * New companion DVD demonstrating the examples in the book * Improved instruction on acoustic guitar techniques and theory, covering flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming / Guitare

Playing classical guitar duets has never been so convenient. Two copies of the music are included - one in the book and another in an easily removable insert. The accompanying CD is mixed with the first guitar panned right and the other panned left enabling you to play along with either part. Includes beautiful transcriptions and arrangements of Renaissance pieces originally composed for two lutes. The music begins at an easy level and gradually becomes more challenging as you progress through the book. Grade level: easy to early intermediate.

Ton Van Bergeyk launched his career as a musician during the late 1960s playing blues Harp and Ukulele in a duo setting, but he then switched to the acoustic Guitar and quickly learned and mastered the instrument using fingerstyle techniques. He started to transcribe and arrange classic ragtime compositions for fingerpicking Guitar and was discovered by Stefan Grossman during a tour in Holland. Stefan produced Ton's first solo album, Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos, in 1973. This contained 14 of Ton's arrangements of classic ragtime pieces and became a best seller. In 1975, Ton's second solo album, Guitar Instrumentals To Tickle Your Fingers, was released containing transcriptions and arrangements of novelty rags, early jazz and popular tunes of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1980, Ton's third solo album was released and continued his exploration of arrangements for solo fingerpicking Guitar, this time with a repertoire covering jazz, blues, contemporary pop and country and even Mexican folklore. This album was titled Lulu's Back In Town, Hot Guitar Solos. Ton also participated in several anthology projects, i.e. Novelty Guitar Instrumentals, I Got Rhythm, Masters of Ragtime Guitar, The Entertainer and How To Play Ragtime Guitar. All of Ton's albums are available as CDs as well as direct downloads from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, (www.guitarvideos.com) and include tab PDF booklets on the CDs. Ton recorded the audio lesson series Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar to teach phrase by phrase and measure by measure some of his most requested arrangements. This second volume presents Ton Van Bergeyk's renditions of Duke Ellington's Jubilee Stomp and Take It Easy, Thelonious Monk's classic Blue Monk and the George Gershwin standard I Got Rhythm. / Niveau : Facile / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

Teach yourself how to play blues Guitar with these easy lessons for beginners. Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar covers the essentials of both blues rhythm Guitar and blues lead Guitarplaying.Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar includes 110 blues Guitar exercises chord progressions riffs licks and solos used by today???s best blues and roots Guitarists. In full color throughout withphotos diagrams and easy-to-read music with chords and tab this book comes with 1 CD containing Guitar audio demonstrating all examples.No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the Guitar is required to teach yourselfto learn to play Guitar from this book which is suitable for all ages and all types of Guitars including electric Guitar and acoustic Guitar.

Progressive Guitar Method For Young Beginners: Book 1 covers the important techniques required to learn to play the Guitar including correct posture hand position and fingering technique for 5 beginner Guitarnotes and 4 beginner Guitar chords. Progressive Guitar Method For Young Beginners: Book 1 is suitable for children aged 4 to 8 years and all types of children?s Guitars including acoustic andelectric. Includes 57 great sounding exercises chord progressions and popular easy music for kids. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout with easy-to-read music chords and tabs. Comes with access toonline media containing Guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the Guitar is required to teach your child how to play Guitar from this book. Includes freeGuitar chord/note poster.

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Guitar Method: Fingerpicking.Progressive Guitar Method: Fingerpicking covers the fundamental techniques and practical Guitar theoryrequired to learn to play fingerstyle Guitar including alternate thumb arpeggio and constant bass styles.Suitable for all ages and all types of acoustic Guitar.Includes 60 fingerpicking Guitar exercises and populareasy Guitar songs for beginners in rock Guitar pop Guitar folk Guitar country Guitar blues Guitar ragtime Guitar and classical Guitar styles. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read fingerstyle Guitarmusic for beginners Guitar chords for beginners and easy fingerstyle Guitar tabs for beginners.Comes with 1 DVD and 1 CD containing Guitar videos and audio for all examples.Basic knowledge of how to read music andplaying the Guitar is required to teach to learn to play Guitar from this book. Includes free poster.

A Quick Easy Reference for All Guitarists-Now you can add authentic acoustic Guitar licks and riffs to your vocabulary. 101 Must-Know Acoustic Licks is a quick and easy reference guide for all guitarists. Here are 101 definitive licks plus audio demonstration tracks from every major acoustic Guitar style neatly organised into easy-to-use categories. Classical neoclassical Spanish blues pop rock folk jazz bossa nova swing country ragtime - they're all here! The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside. It includes Playback + a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audiowithout changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Easy Pickings Acoustic Songs lets you play sixteen rock and pop classics finger picking style from such legends as Cat Stevens Oasis and Dire Straits. It's easier than you ever thought possible with EasyPickings the exciting new way to master the technique. The music in this book doesn't use standard notation. Instead a combination of chord boxes and crosses on the strings illustrate the picking pattern.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method-Guitar for Kids is a fun easy course that teaches children to play Guitar faster than ever before. Continuing where Book 1 left off popular songs in this volume such as Eight Days a Week Let It Go Rock Around the Clock Fields of Gold Oye Como Va and Dust in the Wind keep kids motivated while the clean simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time.The method is equally suitable for children using electric or acoustic Guitars. It can be used in combination with a Guitar teacher or parent even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The priceof this book includes access to over 30 audio demonstration tracks online for download or streaming.

The word 'DADGAD' refers to the names of the notes on the open strings of one of many alternate tunings for the guitar one that is very popular with acoustic guitar players. It has a wonderfully warm resonance allowing you toplay simple single-note melodies yet still fill out the sound of the instrument. The twenty Christmas carols presented here form a perfect introduction to playing guitar in DADGAD tuning. The melodies are presented withoutadded bass notes or chords - just those great melodies once heard never forgotten. This means you already know what the tune is supposed to sound like leaving you to concentrate on playing the notes on the right string andfret and for the right length of time. This book is the easiest of Rob Mackillop's DADGAD books. It assumes you know how to hold and tune the guitar and play some notes and a few simple chords. The book includes a'Technique Primer' to help get you up and running plus the essential chord diagrams for playing in DADGAD tuning. Book includes access to online audio featuring Rob MacKillop's performance of each piece.

Book with Online Audio-This is the acoustic Guitar method students and teachers have been waiting for. Learn chords with songs like “Eleanor Rigby” and “Knockin' on Heaven's Door ” single notes with riffs and solos by Nirvana and Pink Floyd arpeggios with classics by Eric Clapton and Boston and much more. The method's unique well-paced and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before and music from popular artists like the Eagles Johnny Cash and Green Day will keep them playing and having fun. Book 1 includes: parts of the Guitar easy-to-follow Guitar tablature notes and riffs starting on the low E string tempo& time signatures strumming patterns and arpeggios slides and slurs hammer-ons and pull-offs many music styles nearly 100 riffs and songs audio demos of every example and more! The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside the book.