Alfred Publishing

Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!

Author: Susan Mazer
Format: Book & Online Audio
Instrumentation: Guitar
Level: Beginner

Based on the instructional video of the same name, this series teaches the complete novice everything they need to know to start playing right away. The music lover who has never even held a guitar will be playing easy songs immediately.

Book 2 is the perfect follow-up to Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1. This easy, friendly method covers more challenging chords and strums, the basic principles of blues and rock improvisation, classic fingerstyle patterns, and melody playing. Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, Book 2 will prepare you for continued study in whatever style of music you love most. Audio tracks that demonstrate every example and provide play-along opportunities are included and can be downloaded or streamed online.

Contents:

• About the Author
• Review: Reading Standard Music Notation and TAB
• Standard Music Notation: Pitch
• Standard Music Notation: Note and Rest Values
• Time Signatures
• Tablature (TAB)
• Repeats
• Pickup Notes and Incomplete Measures
• Review: Technique
• Left Hand
• Right Hand
• Review: Chords
• Review Worksheet
• Two New Chords: F and Bmin
• Changes
• Three New Bluesy Chords: A7, B7 and E7
• True Blue
• Review: The Notes on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Strings
• Double Stops and Some New Signs
• Beethoven's 9th
• Review: The Notes on 4th, 5th and 6th Strings
• Review: Accidentals
• Bach's Minuet in G
• Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
• Amazing Grace
• Fingerstyle
• Sunday Picnic
• A New Pattern: #3
• Scarborough Fair-Melody
• Scarborough Fair-Fingerpick
• The Natural Minor Scale
• The A Natural Minor Scale
• Nine Lives
• Moveable Chords
• Barre Chords
• The E Form Barres
• Root 6 Names for E Form Barres
• The A Form Barres
• Root 5 Names for A Form Barres
• Lessons Learned
• Improvising: The Moveable Minor Pentatonic Scale
• The Moveable A Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Dotted Quarter Notes
• Twelve-Bar Blues Jam
• Soloing with the Major Scale
• Hammer-ons
• Pull-offs
• Slides
• Triplets
• Swinging the Eighths, or Shuffle Feel
• Shuffle Solo
• Understanding the Twelve-Bar Blues
• The Twelve-Bar Blues in C
• Blues Rhythm Pattern Review
• Rhythm Pattern Blues
• Power Chords
• Traffic Jam
• Power Trip
• Commonly Used Chords
• Strums and Picking Patterns
• Strums in 4/4 Time on an E Chord
• Strums in 3/4 Time on an E Chord
• 4/4 Picking Patterns on an E Chord
• 3/4 Picking Patterns on an E Chord
• Songs Using A, D, and E Chords
• Songs Using the Blues Rhythm Pattern
• Songs Using Power Chords
• Review Worksheet Answers