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1 ontents The Parts of Your uitar2 Ho to Hold Your uitar The Right Hand4 The Left Hand Ho to Tune Your uitar6 etting Acquainted ith Music7 The First String E8 Playing ith E, F, 8 More9 Still More9 No More 0 Sound-Off: Ho to ount Time The Second String 2 To-String Rock2 Merry-o-Round eautiful ron Eyes uitar Rock4 Jingle ells4 Alouette The Third String 6 Au clair de la lune6 Three-String Rock7 Largo7 ack to the 0s8 Repeat Signs8 Aura Lee8 Introducing hords9 hord Study No 9 hord Study No 29 Three-String hord20 Ode to Joy 20 Quarter Rest20 Rock n Rhythm20 Three-String 7 hord2 To-hord Rock2 Love Somebody2 Three-String hord22 Rockin ith 22 on in the Valley22 Oh, Susanna2 The Fourth String 24 Old Maconald Had a Farm24 Hold Sign (Fermata)2 Reuben, Reuben2 ommon Time 2 Whiz2 ohemian Folk Song26 ood Night, Ladies26 aisy ell (A icycle uilt for To)27 Four-String 7 hords28 Laughing Polka29 The Fifth String A0 Volga oatmen 0 Peter ray Lo-on Rock Liebesträum2 oogie Style2 Introducing High A Rockin in orian Mode The Riddle Song4 Incomplete Measures A-tisket, A-tasket The Yello Rose of Texas The Sixth String E6 on Lo6 ottom to Top6 Tempo Signs7 Three-Tempo Rock 7 The lue anube Waltz7 ass-hord Accompaniment8 an-an (duet)8 ynamics9 Echo Waltz9 Signs of Silence 40 The esert Song (Study in ounting)40 Echo Rock4 She ll e omin Round the Mountain4 Four-String hord42 Ties42 When the Saints o Marching In (duet or trio)42 More ass-hord Accompaniments44 hiapanecas44 Eighth Notes46 Happy irthday to You 46 Eighth-Note ounce46 Walkin ass Rock47 More ynamic Signs47 Pachelbel s anon 47 Annie s Song48 Sharps s, Flats f, and Naturals n0 The hromatic Scale0 hromatic Rock My Melancholy aby Over the Rainbo2 Four-String 7 hord4 Four-eat lues4 Amazing race4 Rockin the ach uffalo als The Major Scale6 Key Signatures 7 Eighth Rests8 Eighth Rest Exercise No 8 Eighth Rest Exercise No 28 Eighth Rest Exercise No 8 ill ailey9 La amba9 otted Quarter Notes60 Auld Lang Syne60 Singin in the Rain6 Take Me Home, ountry Roads62 ertificate of Promotion 64 Third Edition opyright 966, 990, 2007 by Alfred Publishing o, Inc All rights reserved Printed in USA Alfred Publishing o, Inc 620 Roscoe lvd, Suite 00 PO ox 000 Van Nuys, A alfredcom ook ISN-0: ISN-: ook and ISN-0: ISN-: ook and V ISN-0: IXN-:
2 4 The Right Hand To strum means to play the strings ith your right hand by brushing quickly across them There are to common ays of strumming the strings One is ith a pick, and the other is ith your fingers Strumming ith a Pick Hold the pick beteen your thumb and index finger Hold it firmly, but don t squeeze it too hard Strum from the 6th string (the thickest, loest-sounding string) to the st string (the thinnest, highest-sounding string) Important: Strum by mostly moving your rist, not just your arm Use as little motion as possible Start as close to the top string as you can, and never let your hand move past the edge of the guitar Start near the top string Move mostly your rist, not just your arm Finish near the bottom string Strumming ith Your Fingers ecide if you feel more comfortable strumming ith the side of your thumb or the nail of your index finger The strumming motion is the same ith the thumb or finger as it is hen using the pick Strum from the 6th string (the thickest, loest-sounding string) to the st string (the thinnest, highest-sounding string) Strumming ith the thumb Strumming ith the index finger
3 2 The Second String Track 7 NOTES YOU VE LEARNE SO FAR o E F OPEN STRIN st FRET rd FRET FRET FRET 2 FRET 4 4 o o o o o o (HOL OWN) To-String Rock Track 8 4 4
4 2 The Second String Track 7 NOTES YOU VE LEARNE SO FAR st String o E F OPEN STRIN st FRET rd FRET FRET FRET 2 FRET 4 4 o o o o o o (HOL OWN) To-String Rock 4 4 Track 8
5 28 Four-String 7 hords Track 9 The three-note chords you have learned so far can be expanded to four-note chords that sound fuller and richer For the and 7 chords, simply add the open 4th string 7 7 Here is an exercise using expanded four-string versions of the and 7 chords 4 7 7
6 4 Four-String 7 hord Track # o Four-eat lues TEAHER: c Allegro moderato f Amazing race # # Û Û Û Û Û # 7 # # n 7 # 9 TEAHER: 4 Andante F 7 Track 76 Track 7 # n * # # # *The second F in this measure is also sharp Accidental sharps, flats, and naturals affect every note on the same line or space but only in the measure in hich they appear # 7
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