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A Fun and Comprehensive Beginning Method Featuring Rock, Blues, and Jazz Styles
By Rich Hinman and Amanda Monaco
Item:
00-39381
UPC:
038081441474
ISBN 10:
0739090674
ISBN 13:
9780739090671
PRICE:
$19.99
Series:
The Total Guitarist
Category:
Guitar Method or Supplement
Format:
Book & CD
Instrument:
Guitar
The Total Beginning Guitarist teaches everything a novice needs to know to start playing rock, jazz, and blues guitar right away. Even the music lover who has never held a guitar will be playing easy chords and songs immediately. This user-friendly method covers subjects ranging from chord strumming and fingerstyle to basic lead guitar and improvisation. The warm and encouraging style of the authors will motivate even the most casual hobbyist. With a variety of musical styles and a comprehensive, engaging, and thorough approach to learning the guitar, this book & CD kit provides everything a new guitarist will need to begin a fun and fulfilling musical journey.
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Two Positions for Playing the Guitar
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First Chords and First Songs
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Time Signatures, Measures, and Beats
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The C Chord and a New Rock Song
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Two New Chords and Another 12-Bar Blues
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Your Next Two Chords: CMaj7 and Amin7
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CMaj7-Amin7-Dmin-G7 (or, How to Play 80% of All Jazz Tunes)
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Two New Chords: A7 and E7
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Basic Rhythm and Strumming
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Minor Chords and a New Strum
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Combining Quarter and Eighth Strums
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Variations on the 12-Bar Blues
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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I've Been Working on the Railroad
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An Introduction to Rock Playing
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Power Chords and the Blues
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A Word About Improvisation
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Reading Standard Music Notation
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Rhythm in Standard Notation
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1st String Exercise---No. 1
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1st String Exercise---No. 2
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Improvising on the 1st and 2nd Strings
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Improvising on the 3rd and 4th Strings
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Improvising on the 5th and 6th Strings
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The Major Scale and Its Use in Improvisation
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The Musical Alphabet on the Guitar
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I, IV, V---The Primary Chords
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale
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More Chords and Chord Progressions
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The I-vi-ii-V Progression
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The iii-vi-ii-V Progression
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Soloing Over a 12-Bar Blues---Revisited
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Scarborough Fair---Melody
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Scarborough Fair---Fingerstyle Accompaniment
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Diminished and Augmented Triads
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