Hal Leonard

Author: Jeff Schroedl
Format: Softcover with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Guitar TAB

"The ultimate learning tool to go from zero to guitar hero in no time!" - Guitar World magazine

Designed for electric or acoustic guitar.

Get started quickly and easily -- with songs you want to play! This method introduces notes with riffs like "Crazy Train" and "Smoke on the Water", power chords with classics by AC/DC and the Who, chord-strumming with songs from Neil Young and Nirvana, 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 Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin will keep them playing and having fun. Book 1 includes: parts of the guitar, easy-to-follow guitar tablature, notes & riffs starting on the low E string, tempo & time signatures, understanding notes and rests, palm muting, vibrato, power chords, open chords, strumming, slides and slurs, hammer-ons and pull-offs, many music styles, nearly 100 riffs and songs, online audio access to demos of every example, and more!

Song List:

• About A Girl
• Ain't No Sunshine
• All Along The Watchtower
• Aqualung
• Baba O'Riley
• Batman Theme
• Bluegrass Run
• Blues Riff
• Boom Boom
• Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)
• Bring It On Home
• Brit Rock
• Bye Bye Love
• Canon In D
• Chicago Blues
• Come As You Are
• Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
• Cool Groove
• Crazy Train
• Cult Of Personality
• Day Tripper
• D-mented
• Don't Fear The Reaper
• Duelin' Banjos
• Electric Funeral
• Evil Ways
• Feel The Beat
• Feel Your Love Tonight
• Foxey Lady
• Fur Elise, WoO 59
• Get Up Stand Up
• Green Onions
• Green-Eyed Lady
• Hava Nagila (Let's Be Happy)
• Heart Of Gold
• Hey Joe
• I Can't Explain
• In My Life
• Jack Hammer
• Jailbreak
• James Bond Theme
• Jamie's Cryin'
• Theme From "Jaws"
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door
• La Bamba
• Lady Madonna
• Land Of A Thousand Dances
• Lean On Me
• Life In The Fast Lane
• Louie, Louie
• Machine Gun
• Malaguena
• The Man Who Sold The World
• Mega-Heavy
• Metallic
• Mississippi Queen
• Money (That's What I Want)
• My Name Is Jonas
• My Sharona
• Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
• Oh, Pretty Woman
• Owner Of A Lonely Heart
• Paperback Writer
• Patience
• Peter Gunn
• Pipeline
• Rebel, Rebel
• Refugee
• R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
• Should I Stay Or Should I Go
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Smoke On The Water
• Space Oddity
• Space Truckin'
• Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Super Freak
• Susie-Q
• Sweet Leaf
• Ticket To Ride
• T.N.T.
• 25 Or 6 To 4
• Walk Don't Run
• Wild Night
• Wild Thing
• Wipe Out
• Wonderful Tonight
• Working Man
• Yellow Submarine
• You Give Love A Bad Name
• You Really Got Me
• Zeppelin Tribute