Watch & Learn

Author: Bert Casey
Format: Book with DVD and CD
Instrumentation: Guitar TAB
Level: Beginner

The Acoustic Guitar Primer Deluxe Edition by Bert Casey is designed to take the absolute beginner through the basics of playing both rhythm and lead guitar. Start off by learning beginning concepts like parts of the guitar, proper playing position, strumming, chords, and how to read guitar tabs. Later you will learn how to play simple folk songs and then more advanced country and bluegrass songs and techniques.

Techniques covered:

• Parts of the Guitar
• Holding the Guitar
• Tuning
• Using the Pick
• Proper Left and Right Hand Position
• Strumming
• Basic Chords
• Scales
• Bass Strums
• Alternating Bass Strums
• Down Up Picking
• Down Up Strum
• Bass Walks
• Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, & Slides
• The G Run
• Bluegrass Lead Playing
• Chord Chart
• Music Theory

This course features an hour of video instruction, music notation and tablature, chord charts, and audio jam tracks. You will learn to play 20 new beginner songs.

Song List:

• Tom Dooley
• Going Down That Road Feeling Bad
• Worried Man Blues
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Dark Hollow
• Amazing Grace
• Pallet On Your Floor
• Way Downtown
• Sitting On Top Of The World
• Wabash Cannonball
• Crying Holy
• Salt River
• Billy In The Low Ground
• Little Maggie
• Nine Pound Hammer
• Wildwood Flower
• John Hardy
• Sally Goodin
• Cripple Creek
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken