Little mers Guitr Cours! for children ges 6"0 Songs complied nd rrnged by Tr Trbe#
Some things to remember bout holding nd plying your guitr Your fingers re ust like little children. They hve to be tught right wy to ply guitr. You hve to wtch m nd tech m. When y lern right wy to do things, you won t hve to wtch m nymore, you cn trust m to help you ply beutiful music. Left Hnd. Keep your thumb reled nd stright. Your fingers should be curved nd tips right under nil should be pressed onto strings when you ply chord. know it hrd to keep your fingers curved nd you thumb stright, but it will be importnt when you ply hrder chords.. The neck of your guitr not thumb rest, don t let your thumb hng over nd hold on to neck of your guitr. When you lern or chords your thumb will hve to shift, if it glued on top of your neck th will be very hrd.. Your thumb should be behind your first nd second fingers, not pointing t tuning pegs. Just s in # nd #, when you lern hrder chords nd hve to shift, th much esier to do with thumb tht blnced behind your fingers. 4. Your left rm should feel like it floting nd fingers re ust plying chords. You hold guitr with your right rm, your chest, nd your leg(s). Right Hnd. Th hnd n t quite s tricky s your left hnd. Mke sure you don t keep ny fingers on front of your guitr. The front of guitr sound bord-it wht mkes your guitr loud. Fingers on guitr do two things, keep your guitr from sounding s nice s possible nd not letting your hnd hve freedom it needs to be ble to ply strings properly.. Your thumb should not bend t knuckle nerest nil. Your right hnd thumb should be stright, ust like your left hnd thumb.. When strumming or plucking string with your thumb, it should lwys end up in front of your fingers, not in plm of your hnd. When you ply trickier picks, your thumb nd fingers will get in ech ors wy if you trin it to go into your hnd.. Shoulders, rms, nd Bck. Your shoulders should be reled nd down. Your left rm should feel s if it floting. Your right rm should feel comfortble holding your guitr. t your right rm s ob to help hold guitr stedy, not your left rm.. Your bck should be nice nd stright. No slouching over guitr.. Never put your left elbow on your leg. 4. Never sit bck in your chir, lwys sit up stright. 5. Sit on chir tht flt, if you cn t help but len bck on chir so tht your bck resting on bck of chir, try to get stool to sit on. 6. You know chir right height if your legs re prllel to floor.
Little mers Pcket Chord(s) Title...pge Bror John... Where Thumbkin (Thumb )..., Th Old Mn... Where Thumbkin (Clly )...4, Nobody Likes Me...5 Row Row Row Your Bot...6, Wht Shll We Do When We ll Go Out?... Three Blind Mice...8, Penut St on Rilrod Trck...9, Michel Finnegn...0, London Bridge..., Mry Hd Little Lmb... D, ts Rining, ts Pouring... D, Kookburr...4, D, Sugr Bun...5, D, B! B! Blck Sheep...6, D, Hed nd Shoulders..., Shortenin Bred...8, Two Little Birds...9, Pop! Goes Wesel...0 D, Little Tommy Tucker...,, D Open, Shut Them..., Do Your Ers Hng Low?..., Down By Sttion...4, The Grnd Old Cptin Kirk...5, Little Skunk s Hole...6 D, Eentsy Weentsy Spider..., Did You Ever See Lssie...8, niml Fir...9,, D Streets of Lredo...0 nde...bck cover
Bror John Trditionl re you slee - ping? c re you slee - ping? Bro - r John? ΠBro - r John? Π5 Mor- ning bells re ring - ing! Mor - ning bells re ring - ing! Ding! Dng! Dong! ΠDing! Dng! Dong! ΠThumb Th symbol mens to use your thumb to ply strings. Drg your thumb gently down from 6th string to st string. Ply gently nd evenly. Ech string should be ust s loud s one before it Mke sure you cn her your first string ring! 5-6 4 One wy to help you lern chords to use highlighter mrker to mrk ech chord different color. You cn put mtching colored stickers on fingerbord of your guitr to remind you of chord shpe, too! Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Where s Thumbkin? Trditionl.Where c.where.where 4.Where 5.Where Thumb - kin? Point - Tll Ring er? mn? mn? Pink - y? Where Where Where Where Where Thumb - kin? Point - Tll Ring ter? mn? mn? Pink - y? Here m! ΠHere m! Π5 How re you to - dy sir? Ve - ry well, thnk you. Run nd hide! ΠRun nd Hide! Π5-6 4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Th Old Mn Trditionl 4 Th Th Th Th Th old old old old old mn, mn, mn, mn, mn, he he he he he plyed plyed plyed plyed plyed one, two, three, four, five, he he he he he plyed plyed plyed plyed plyed knick - knick - knick - knick - knick - knck knck knck knck knck 4 on on on on on my my my my my drum shoe knee door hive with knick - knck, pd - dywhck, give dog bone! Th old mn cme roll - ing home! Pivot Finger Th song hs new chord tht esy! Use your pointer finger s pivot finger pivot finger finger tht stys in one plce while or fingers move to mke new chord. 5-6 4 E 6-5 lwys look for pivot fingers when you re lerning new chords, it much fster wy to switch chords. Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
4 Clly.Where c.where.where 4.Where 5.Where Where s Thumbkin? (gin!) Thumb - kin? Point - Tll Ring er? mn? mn? Pink - y? Where Where Where Where Where Thumb - Trditionl kin? Point - Tll Ring ter? mn? mn? Pink - y? Here m! ΠHere m! Π5 How re you to - dy sir? Run nd hide! ΠVe - ry well, thnk you. Run nd Hide! ΠClly down strings with thumb (6-) Slp your strings with plm of your hnd to stop strings from ringing. 5-6 4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Nobody Likes Me 5 Clly 4 Trditionl No - Down Up bo - goes comes dy likes first first me, one, one, Ev' - down up ry - bod - goes comes y htes sec - ond sec - ond me, one, one,. Guess Oh Oh, 'll how y how y go wiggle wiggle et nd nd worms! squirm! squirm! Long, Long, Long, thin, thin, thin, slim-slim-slim-y ones, ones, ones, 6 short, short, short, ft ft ft, uic-y ones, uic-y ones, uic-y ones, t - sy, t - sy, t - sy, bit - sy, bit - sy, bit - sy, fuz - zy, wuz -zy, fuz - zy, wuz - zy fuz - zy, wuz - zy. worms! worms! worms! 5-6 4 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
6 Row, Row, Row Your Bot Trditionl Mtw 4 Row, row, row your bot.. Gen - tly down.. 4 strem. ΠMer - i - ly, mer - i - ly, mer - i - ly, mer - i - ly life but.. drem! ΠMtw down strings with thumb (6-) Fingers strum up strings (-6) Think of your fingers s brtles of pint brush! Don t let m look like The Clw! 5-6 4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Wht Shll We Do When We ll Go Out? Trditionl Mtw c Wht We We We shll will will will we do climb ump ctch when we n like some ll p - um - light - go ple ping ning out? tree! cks! bugs! ll p - go ple Jump - ing Light - ning out? tree! cks! bugs! 4 ll p - Jum - go ple ping Light - ning out? tree! cks! bugs! Wht We We We shll will will will we do climb ump ctch when n like some we ll p - um - light - go ple ping ning out, tree cks bugs when when when when we we we we. Πll ll ll ll go go go go out out out out to to to to ply? ply! ply! ply! Ending Song We often end song with ust thumb stumming down strings. 5-6 4 E 6-5 Even through it not written, fter you sing lst verse, ust strum down strings to end song. Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
8 5-6 4 Tyler Three Blind Mice Trditionl Three blind mice, c Œ three blind mice, Œ see how y run, Œ. see how y run. They J 5... ll rn f - ter frm - er's wife who 6.. cut off ir tils with crv - ing knife, did. e - ver you see such sight in your life s three blind mice, Œ 9 three blind mice? Œ Tyler down strings with thumb (6-) Fingers strum down strings (6-) Think of your fingers s brtles of pint brush! Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Penut St on Rilrod Trck 9 Trditionl Tyler 4 pe - nut st on ril - rod trck, h hert ws ll flu - ter Ó 'Round bend cme 6 num - ber ten! Toot! Toot! Pe - nut but - ter! Clly Squh! Œ Œ Pick-up Mesure Some songs strt with strum down strings becuse y don t strt with whole mesure. Th short mesure clled Pick-up mesure. Strt song with Thumb s n introduction. Sing first prt of song. Strt t plying your guitr t beginning of first full mesure. End Clly Th song hs different strum t very end of song! Don t let it trick you! 5-6 4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
0 Michel Finnegn Trditionl Cookie 4 r.there.there.there ws ws ws n n n old old old mn mn mn nmed nmed nmed Mi - Mi - Mi - chel chel chel Fin - negn, Fin - ne- gn. Fin - ne- gn. He He He hd went grew wh - fh - ft kers ing nd 4 on with n h grew chin - pin - thin ne - gn, ne - gn, - gin, - long cught n cme he died wind fh nd nd nd hd blew dropped to m in be - in in gin - gin. - gin. - gin. Poor old Mi - chel Fin - ne - gn, be - gin - gin. Cookie 5-6 4 Fngers strum down strings (6-) Fingers strum up strings (-6) E 6-5 Strting nd verse with Pick-up mesure When you strt verse of song tht hs pick-up mesure, skip Thumb strum tht ws introduction. Just strt t beginning of first full mesure with complete strum. Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
London Bridge Trditionl Cookie 4 Lon - Tke Build don it Bridge key up nd with fll - lock silver ing her nd down, up, gold, fll - lock silver ing her nd down, up, gold, 4 fll - lock silver ing her nd down. up. gold. Lon - Tke Build don it Bridge key up nd with fll - lock silver ing her nd down. up. gold. J. My My My fir fir fir L - L - L - dy. dy dy. Little Quiz Cn you write in correct nme for ech chord t right? 5-6 4 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Mry Hd Little Lmb Trditionl Pumpkin 4 Mr - Ev - He t mde y 'ry followed hd where her child - tht to ren lit - Mr - school lugh tle y one nd lmb, went, dy, ply, Lit - Mr - school lugh tle y one nd lmb, went, dy, ply, 4 lit - Mr - school lugh tle y one nd Lmb. went, dy, ply, Mr - y Ev - 'ry it he mde followed hd where her chil - tht to dren lit - tle Mr - y school one lugh nd lmb, went, dy, ply its which to fleece lmb ws see ws ws - white sure ginst lmb s to t snow. go. rules. school! Pumpkin down strings with thumb (6-) Fingers flip down strings (6-) The side of your hnd comes to rest on strings to top sound. 5-6 4 E 6-5 Be very creful tht th strum only receives bets! Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
D t!s Rining, t!s Pouring D Nursery Rhyme Song t's & # # 4 rin - -. ing it's pour -. ing, 5 & # # old. mn snor - - -. ing. He 9 & # # went to bed nd he bumped h hed nd he D & # # could not get up in morn - -. ing. ΠNew Chord Shpe Chords often use sme shpes on different strings, be sure to notice shpes! When chnging from to D Move fingers & s unit Then plce finger on f D little too tricky to ply with right now, ply Row, Row, Row Bot or Bror John using D so your fingers cn lern new shpe. For more prctice of D nd : Go bck to nor song tht uses ONLY & Chnge ll chords to D chords. Chnge ll chords to chords Ply song gin--it in different key, so strt singing on right note! D 4-5 5-4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
4 Kookburr Trditionl D D c Kook - - bur - r Kook - - bur - r Kook - - bur - Kook - - bur - r sits sits sits sits on on on on old old old old gum gum fence gum tree tree ril tree Mer - ry, Et - ting Get - ting Swt - ting mer - ry ll ll ll King gum splin - mon - of drops ters keys 4 D Jun - he in he gle, cn h cn he see til see Lugh, Stop, Poor Stop, Kook - - Kook - - Kook - - Kook - - bur - bur - bur - bur - r r, r r, lugh, stop, poor, stop Kook - - Kook - Kook - - Kook - - bur - bur - bur - bur - r, r, r r D Sve Leve Sd Tht's some some your not gum re life monkey, for for must thts w me! me! be! me! Guide Finger Th song hs new chord D tht you ust lerned on pge. t still tricky chord! The movement from to D trickier thn from to D. Remember to slide your pointer finger from st fret to nd fret before plcing rest of th chord. lwys look for guide fingers nd pivot fingers when you re lerning new chords, it much fster wy to switch chords. Your pointer finger stys on sme string, it ust moves long trck to nd stop 5-6 4 D 4-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Mtw Sugr Bun 5 Nursery Rhyme Song 4 4. wh wh wh wh ws ws ws ws lit - lit - lit - cn tle tle tle of sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun, sop, pin, pop, sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun. sop, pin, pop!. wh wh wh wh ws ws ws ws lit - lit - lit - cn tle tle tle of sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun, sop, pin, pop, sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun. sop. pin. pop! 'd 'd Then 'd D 5 slip - slip - ev - go py py 'ry down nd nd thing with 'd 'd tht's slid - slid - bust - slurp y y ed down o - in ver nd would 'd ev - ev - hold come 'ry one's 'ry - bod - un - til up with in - y's side - hid - rust - burp ey, ey, ed,. wh wh wh wh ws ws ws ws lit - lit - lit - cn tle tle tle of sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun sop, pin, pop, sug - cke sfe - so - r of ty d bun! sop! pin! pop! Three Chords! Th song hs chords,, D, nd. Prctice going from D to nd bck gin before you ply th song! 5-6 4 D 4-5 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
6 B! B! Blck Sheep Nursery Rhyme Song 4 D 5 B! B! Blck sheep, hve you n - y wool? D Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bgs full! 9 One for my D ms - ter, nd one for my dme, J nd D one for lit - tle boy who lives down lne. D B! B! Blck sheep, hve you n - y wool? D Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bgs full! WOW! Th song chnges chords FST! Going slow best wy to get fst, so go slowly on th song. Pick up speed grdully. Remember to lten to how your chords sound. f ech string doesn t ring, n go more slowly nd prctice your chords seprtely. 5-6 4 D 4-5 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Hed nd Shoulders Nursery Rhyme Song Mtw 4 #. # Hed nd shoul - ders, knees nd. toes, knees nd toes, 5. # Hed nd shoul- ders, knees nd eyes nd ers nd D. toes, knees nd toes, nd mouth nd nose,. hed nd shoul - ders, knees nd. toes, knees nd toes. Tricky Switch Moving from D to cn sometimes be tricky so prctice switch until you feel comfortble with it before you try th song. 5-6 4 D 4-5 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
8 Pumpkin Shortenin! Bred Nursery Rhyme Song Three lit - tle child - ren 4 4 ly - ing in bed. Two were sick nd 4 or most ded! Sent for doc - tor nd doc - tor sid "Feed those child- ren on Short - nin' bred!" Mm- my's lit - tle child - ren love 0 short - nin', short - nin' Mm-my's lit - tle child - ren love Short - nin' bred! Mm - my's lit - tle child - ren love short - nin', short - nin' 5 Mm- my's lit - tle child - ren love 5-6 4 Short - nin' bred! E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Two Little Birds 9 Nursery Rhyme Song Tyler Two lit - tle birds st c on hill; One nm- ed Jck nd 4 one nmed Jill. Fly -wy Jck, Fly - wy Jill, Come bck Jck, Come bck Jill! 5-6 E 6-5 Little Quiz Cn you fill in correct finger numbers on chords to right? Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
0 4 Chocolte ll - Pop! Goes Wesel round mul - ber - ry bush, Nursery Rhyme Song 5 mon - key chsed we - - -. sel, 9 mon - key thought 'tws ll in fun,. Pop! ΠΠgoes - - we - - -. sel!. Chocolte Th strum bets insted of bets like or songs we hve lerned. down strings with thumb (6-) Slp your strings with plm of your hnd to stop strings from ringing. - Th little dsh mens tht you don t her ny guitr. t wy we show rest. t tkes up sme mount of time tht every or symbol tkes up. Fingers strum up strings (-6) Think of your fingers s brtles of pint brush! Don t let m look like The Clw! 5-6 4 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
& # # 4 4 & # # D D Chocolte Li - ttle Tom - my. sup - per. Little Tommy Tucker J. Tuck - er, he Wht did he J sng for h sing for but Nursery Rhyme Song & # # 0 & # # & # # white bred nd D cut it with - How. D cn he J but - ter. out n - y mr - ry with - How cn he D Little Quiz Cn you fill in correct finger numbers on chords t right? out n - y knife?. D wife?. D 4-5 5-4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Open, Shut Them Nursery Rhyme Song Pumpkin c O - pen, shut m, O - pen, shut m, Give lit - tle 4. Œ clp! O - pen, shut m,. Œ O - pen, shut m, 0 Put m in your lp! Creep m, crwl m, D w creep m, crwl m, up to your lit - tle chin! D Ó O - pen up your lit - tle mouth, but do not put m in! Chord Check! Cn you strum ech chord from proper bss string nd cn you mke ech string ring? 5-6 4 D 4-5 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Do Your Ers Hng Low? Trditionl 4 4 Do your Do your ers ers Clly hng hng low? high? Do Do y y wob - rech ble nd to touch nd fro? sky? Cn Do you y 5 tie shrink 'em throw 'em sem - i - in when o're phore y're your knot? wet? should - er neigh - bor Cn Do like with you y tie 'em shri - vel in when y bow? dry? Cn Cn con - ti - nen - min - i - mum tl of sol-dierl - bor? Do Do you you your your ers ers Tricky Quiz. hng hng Cn you put put dots on right string nd fret to show how to ply ech of chords t right? low? high? 5-6 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
4 Down By Sttion Nursery Rhyme Song Cookie Down by 4. st - tion er - ly in.. morn - ing, 5 see lit - tle.. puff - er- bell - ies.. ll in. row. 9 See en - gine.. driv - er pull lit - tle.. hn - dle. Chug! Chug! Puff! Puff! Off y go! 5-6 4 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
The Grnd Old Cptin Kirk Tyler 5 Cmpfire Song Oh! 4. The J grnd old Cp - tin Kirk,. he hd five hun - dred men!. He bemed m up to 6 En - ter- pre nd he bemed m down - gin!. Π9 When y were up, y were up,. nd when y were down y were down.. nd when y were on - ly hlf - wy up, ir 5 - toms were spred - J J round!. Π5-6 4 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
6 Little Skunk's Hole Cmp Song Mtw 4 4 Oh, Oh, stuck didn't my tke hed it out in nd lit lit - - tle tle skunk's skunk hole, sid, nd "f you 4 ΠΠlit - tle skunk don't it sid, out "Well you'll bless Wh my you soul! hd! Tke Tke it it out! out! Tke Tke it it ΠΠΠΠout! out! Tke it out! Phew! Re re - - move moved it! it! 5-6 4 E 6-5 Mtw down strings with thumb (6-) Let strings ring for one count Fingers strum up strings (-6) Think of your fingers s brtles of pint brush! Don t let m look like The Clw! Let strings ring for one count Prctice D & For more prctice of D nd : Chnge ll chords to D chords. Chnge ll chords to chords Ply song gin. Remember, it in different key! D 4-5 5-4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
Eentsy-Weentsy Spider Nursery Rhyme Song D D Pumpkin & # # 8 6 The een - tsy ween - tsy spi - der went. up w - ter D 4 & # # spout; Œ. Down cme. rin. nd wshed spi - der D 8 & # # out; Œ. Out cme. sun. nd dried up ll D & # # 5 & # # rin; The Œ up spout - een - tsy ween - tsy D gin. Œ spi - der went. Little Quiz Cn you put dots on right string nd fret to show how to ply chords below? D 4-5 5-4 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
8 Did You Ever See Lssie? Tricky Germn Folk Song Did 4 you. J ev - er see ls - sie, ls - sie, ls - sie? Did you. J ev - er see 6 ls - sie go th wy nd tht? Go Π9 th wy nd tht wy nd th wy nd tht wy? Did you. J ev - er see ls - sie go th wy nd tht? ΠTricky Fingers go down strings from 6- - Wit one count, but let your strings sustin chord. Tht mens to let m continue to ring. 5-6 4 E 6-5 Fingers go down strings from 6- Th strum gets counts. Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
niml Fir 9 Glide Nursery Rhyme Song 8 6 4. re went to n - i - ml The big b-boon by. fir. The birds nd bests were light of moon ws comb -ing h u - burn 8.. hir. The mon - key smelled like skunk. He st on el - e phnts. trunk. The el - e - phnt sneezed nd fell on h knees nd 5 wht be - cme of monk, monk, monk, monk? Glide strum down strings with thumb (6-) fingers strum up strings (-6) flip 5-6 4 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
0 4 s ". Streets of Lredo J wlked see by your out out - in fit tht streets you of re Cowboy Song L - 4. re - do, cowboy." s These words! wlked did out sy in s L - he re - trot - do ted one on 8 dy. by. "Trot. spied ov - J er young to cow - boy me plese, nd rid - show in' me your D po - po - ny, ny, plese, rid - show in' me your po - po - ny ny to th 5 Choose your strum Try Glide or Tricky or ust use Thumb strum. Th song chnges chords often! school bright on sun - tht ny dy. dy." 5-6 4 D 4-5 E 6-5 Copyright 00 Tr Trbet
nde Penut St on Rilrod Trck...9 niml Fir...9 B! B! Blck Sheep...6 Bror John... Did You Ever See Lssie...8 Do Your Ers Hng Low?... Down By Sttion...4 Eentsy Weentsy Spider... Hed nd Shoulders... ts Rining, ts Pouring... Kookburr...4 Little Skunk s Hole...6 Little Tommy Tucker... London Bridge... Mry Hd Little Lmb... Michel Finnegn...0 Nobody Likes Me...5 Open, Shut Them... Pop! Goes Wesel...0 Row Row Row Your Bot...6 Shortenin Bred...8 Streets of Lredo...0 Sugr Bun...5 The Grnd Old Cptin Kirk...5 Th Old Mn... Three Blind Mice...8 Two Little Birds...9 Wht Shll We Do When We ll Go Out?... Where Thumbkin (Clly )...4 Where Thumbkin (Thumb )...