Alfred Publishing

Learn to Play Anywhere & Anytime

Authors: Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger
Format: Book with Media Online
Instrumention: Guitar TAB

With DiY Guitar, there are no limitations on how, when, or where you learn. This clear and easy-to-follow approach is your blueprint to playing right away. DiY Guitar covers left- and right-hand technique, how to hold the guitar, notes on every string, basic chords and rhythms, and much more! No teacher is necessary since lessons are simple to follow with corresponding video lessons and audio accompaniments. The included media is available to stream or download to give you the ability to watch video lessons, hear examples, and play along anywhere you have a computer or mobile device. No prior musical knowledge is needed. Do it yourself---even if you have never held a guitar! Make your dreams come true with this perfectly priced book and media package.

Song List:

• Notes on the Second String B
• Playing E, F, and G on My Extra Fine Guitar
• Three-Tempo Rock
• The Treble Clef
• Strumming with Your Fingers
• Theme from Carmen
• Bass-Chord Accompaniment
• Can-Can (duet)
• Dynamics
• Tuning the Guitar to Itself
• Pitch Pipes and Electronic Tuners
• The Basics of Reading Music
• The Staff
• Jammin' on Two Strings
• Beautiful Brown Eyes
• Rockin' Guitar
• Jingle Bells
• Notes on the Third String G
• Jammin' on Three Strings
• Largo
• Repeat Signs
• Aura Lee
• A-Tisket, A-Tasket
• The Left Hand
• Proper Left-Hand Position
• Placing a Finger on a String
• Tuning Your Guitar
• Tuning to the Online Media
• Measures (Bars)
• Reading TAB
• How to Read Chord Diagrams
• Notes on the First String E
• Extra Credit
• Counting Time
• Four Kinds of Notes
• Time Signatures
• The Yellow Rose of Texas
• Notes on the Sixth String E
• All the Notes You've Learned So Far
• Tempo Signs
• The Parts of the Guitar
• Guitar Fingerboard Chart
• Ode to Joy
• Three-String G7 Chord
• Love Somebody
• Jammin' with Two Chords
• Three-String G Chord
• She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
• Notes on the Fourth String D
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm
• Reuben Reuben
• Daisy Bell
• Four-String G & G7 Chords
• Rock Me Mozart!
• Notes on the Fifth String A
• Strumming with a Pick
• Steel Strings and Nylon Strings
• How to Hold Your Guitar
• The Right Hand
• Half & Whole Rests
• Give It a Rest
• Four-String C Chord
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Chords
• Two-Note Exercise
• Three-Note Chord Exercise
• Three-String C Chord
• A Minor Boogie
• High A
• Back in Russia
• Incomplete Measures
• Volga Boatmen
• C Blues
• Theme from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony