Guitar Method/Instruction

The second edition of this world-famous method by Will Schmid and greg Koch is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. Book 1 provides beginning instruction including tuning, 1st position melody playing, C, G, G7, D7, and Em chords, rhythms through eighth notes, solos and ense...

Essential Elements for Guitar, Book 1 Comprehensive Guitar Method Series: Essential Elements Guitar Format: Softcover with CD - TAB Author: Bob Morris Author: Will Schmid Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris, popular songs in a variety of styles, and qualit...

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, ...

Finally, a guitar method designed specifically for girls that teaches how to play using realsongs by the world's most popular female artists and songwriters! Thisfun and easy-to-use book/CD pack will get you strumming chords andsinging your favorite songs in no time, without even having to readmusic. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a budding songwriter,you'll gain many valuable tools as you progress through the book, whichis loaded with in...

Each book in Alfred's new MAX! series comes with a DVD so you can see, hear and play every song and example all for the same price as the book alone. Quickly get started playing bass with this great instructional book and DVD package! You'll start off learning the parts of the bass, how to hold and tune it, and the basics of reading music. The book and DVD teach the notes on all 4 strings, major and minor key signatures, and provide musical exam...

Start with basics like holding the guitar, reading music, and playing chords. Lessons cover blues, rock, jazz, classical, folk and other styles. Expanding on Max Guitar 1, topics include key signatures, chord theory, and much more. The DVD provides every example in the book performed by a live guitarist. Both books are 48 pages long.

Easily jam, improvise, create, play by ear, and sound great in any key! Simply the best one page visual reference guide and teaching aid!

13 Fun Arrangements that Make Learning Even Easier! By Ron Manus and L.C. Harnsberger Item: 00-33888 UPC: 038081374635 ISBN 10: 0739064193 ISBN 13: 9780739064191 Series: Kid's Guitar Course Category: Guitar Method or Supplement Format: Book & CD Instrument: Guitar Correlated page-by-page with the Kid?s Guitar Course method books, these fun arrangements of favorite movie and TV songs make learning even easier. The CD includes every...

In the first Scratch book, there is a smattering of theory here and there, but first things first. This is where you'll learn to finger the most common simple chords and to switch back and forth between them in a timely fashion. Along the way, it might be nice to see which chords group together in different keys and how to strum and fingerpick these chords using examples from popular music. These books offer a steady flow of information, rather t...

Volume One, The Big Picture, lays the groundwork: scales, chords and the Great and Powerful Circle of Fifths. These books offer a steady flow of information, rather than the Hit-and-Run School of Thought. No gaps, no loose spots, no quantum leaps. The pages have been designed to be inviting to the eye, and not clogged with information. Paragraphs are short and the margins are contoured so that the eye is swept along from line to line. Thoughts an...

Volume Two, The Fretboard, places these scales and chords all around the neck and shows you how to construct fancy Chord Qualities all by yourself. These books offer a steady flow of information, rather than the Hit-and-Run School of Thought. No gaps, no loose spots, no quantum leaps. The pages have been designed to be inviting to the eye, and not clogged with information. Paragraphs are short and the margins are contoured so that the eye is swep...

Author: Bob Morris Author: Will Schmid Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction - and get beginning guitar students off to a great start...