Alfred's Guitar 101, Book 2
An Exciting Group Course for Adults Who Want to Play Guitar for Fun!
By Tom Dempsey with Martha Masters
Guitar Comb Bound Book
Item: 00-42721
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Description
This comprehensive approach to basic guitar skills includes varied repertoire, theory, detailed instruction about seating and hand position, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation, and teaches both the pickstyle and fingerstyle techniques. Great for college non-music majors, continuing education classes, music dealer in-store programs, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels.
Book 2 contains 16 units, each with a variety of repertoire, exercises, and timed tests at the end. Unit 15 provides instructions for playing 12 hit songs and Unit 16 teaches preliminary lessons in improvisation. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.
Contents
| Title | |
| Foreword | |
| Technique and Reading Music | |
| Unit 1: Review of 1st Position | |
| Songs in Sharp Keys | |
| First Melody | |
| Knoxville Dance | |
| Songs in Flat Keys | |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | |
| Home on the Range | |
| Fingerstyle Etudes | |
| Shenandoah | |
| Amazing Grace | |
| Piece in F Major | |
| Prelude in G Minor | |
| Ride the C Train | |
| Time Test 1 | |
| Guitar Legends: Jimmy Page | |
| Unit 2: Introduction to the Notes in 2nd and 3rd Position | |
| Introduction to Major Scales in 2nd and 3rd Position | |
| Etudes in Sharp Keys | |
| Fingerstyle Pieces in 2nd and 3rd Position | |
| Blues in the Beginning | |
| Etude in G | |
| Major and Minor Triads in 2nd and 3rd Position | |
| Walking by the Beach | |
| Groovin' in D Minor | |
| Time Test 2 | |
| Guitar Legends: Tommy Emmanuel | |
| Unit 3: Blues in A-Switching Positions | |
| The Blues Form | |
| Sample Blues Progressions | |
| Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Fingerstyle Blues | |
| Lowdown Doggone Blues | |
| Dynamics | |
| Gutbucket | |
| The Blues Scale | |
| A Blues Scale in the Open and 2nd Positions | |
| Blues Scale Licks | |
| Time Test 3 | |
| Guitar Legends: Muddy Waters | |
| Unit 4: Barre Chords-Triads | |
| Major Barre-Chord Forms | |
| Minor Barre-Chord Forms | |
| Study Exercise | |
| Major Barre Chords in a Song | |
| In the Style of "Louie Louie" No. 1 | |
| In the Style of "Louie Louie" No. 2 | |
| In the Style of "Louie Louie" No. 3 | |
| In the Style of "Louie Louie" No. 4 | |
| Minor Barre Chords in a Song | |
| In the Style of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" No. 1 | |
| In the Style of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" No. 2 | |
| Switching Between Major and Minor Barre Chords on the Same String | |
| In the Style of "All Along the Watchtower" No. 1 | |
| In the Style of "All Along the Watchtower" No. 2 | |
| Switching Between Major and Minor Barre Chords on Different Strings | |
| In the Style of "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" | |
| In the Style of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | |
| In the Style of "I Shot the Sheriff" | |
| Time Test 4 | |
| Guitar Legends: Charlie Christian | |
| Unit 5: Power Chords | |
| Introducing Power Chords | |
| Songs with Power Chords | |
| I Definitely Had You | |
| Sounds Like Grunge | |
| Nutty Bus | |
| Roll You Like Sugarcane | |
| Cale and Clapton | |
| Alay | |
| Power Chord Inversions / Slash Chords | |
| Steam on the Meadow | |
| Power Rockin' | |
| Time Test 5 | |
| Guitar Legends: Ritchie Blackmore | |
| Unit 6: Fingerstyle Accompaniment | |
| Basic Patterns with p, i, m, a | |
| Alternating Bass | |
| Time Test 6: Fingerstyle Pattern Application | |
| Poof the Giant Lizard | |
| Guitar Legends: Alex De Grassi | |
| Unit 7: Playing in 4th, 5th, and 6th Position | |
| Major Scales in 5th Position | |
| Major Scales in 4th Position | |
| Etudes in Sharp Keys | |
| Etudes in Flat Keys | |
| Fingerstyle Etude in a Sharp Key | |
| Etude in G Major | |
| Fingerstyle Etude in a Flat Key | |
| Etude in F Major | |
| Major Triads in 5th Position | |
| Minor Triads in 5th Position | |
| Chord Exercise | |
| Grooving in A | |
| Time Test 7 | |
| Guitar Legends: Jeff Beck | |
| Unit 8: 7th Chords | |
| 7th Chords as Barre Chords | |
| Creek Fishin' Blues | |
| Half-Note Blues | |
| Doobie Do | |
| Minor Funk | |
| Minor Strut | |
| Rockin' the Barre | |
| Theory Review: Chords | |
| Time Test 8 | |
| Guitar Legends: John McLaughlin | |
| Unit 9: More Blues | |
| Blues Patterns Up the Neck | |
| Minor Blues | |
| Improvising in 5th Position | |
| A Minor Pentatonic Ideas | |
| A Blues Scale Ideas | |
| Practice Exercise | |
| Time Test 9 | |
| Guitar Legends: Buddy Guy | |
| Unit 10: Introduction to 7th Position | |
| Scales in 7th Position | |
| Major Scales in 7th Position | |
| Melodic Etudes | |
| Harmonic Etude 1 | |
| Harmonic Etude 2 | |
| Major Triads in 7th and 8th Position | |
| Minor Triads in 7th and 8th Position | |
| Strumming Etudes | |
| Time Test 10 | |
| Guitar Legends: Ernest Ranglin | |
| Unit 11: Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scales-7th Position and Multiple-Position Fingerings | |
| Basic Fingerings in 7th Position | |
| A Minor Pentatonic Ideas | |
| A Blues Scale Ideas | |
| A Minor Pentatonic Scale Melody | |
| A Blues Scale Melody | |
| Multiple-Position A Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Multiple-Position A Blues Scale | |
| Multiple-Position Blues Melody | |
| Time Test 11 | |
| Guitar Legends: Kenny Burrell | |
| Unit 12: Introduction to 9th and 10th Position | |
| Scales in 9th and 10th Position | |
| Major Scales in 9th and 10th Position | |
| Melodic Etudes | |
| Fingerstyle Etude in 9th and 10th | |
| Major and Minor Triads in 9th and 10th Position | |
| Strumming Etudes | |
| Time Test 12 | |
| Guitar Legends: Eddie Van Halen | |
| Unit 13: Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scales-9th/10th Position and Multiple-Position Fingerings | |
| Scale Fingerings in 9th/10th Position | |
| A Minor Pentatonic Scale Ideas in 9th/10th Position | |
| A Blues Scale Ideas in 9th/10th Position | |
| Blues Melody Using the A Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Blues Melody Using the A Blues Scale | |
| Multiple-Position Fingerings for A Minor Pentatonic and A Blues Scales | |
| Multiple-Position Blues Melody | |
| Time Test 13 | |
| Guitar Legends: Bonnie Raitt | |
| Unit 14: Common Fingerings for Scales and Chords | |
| Major Scale | |
| Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Blues Scale | |
| Major Triads | |
| Minor Triads | |
| Dominant 7th Chords | |
| Minor 7th Chords | |
| Chords and Songs | |
| Unit 15: Chords and Songs | |
| John Denver: Take Me Home, Country Roads | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| R.E.M.: Losing My Religion | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| The Who: Baba O'Riley | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| The Who: Behind Blue Eyes | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Green Day: Brain Stew | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| The Rolling Stones: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Green Day: Holiday | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| The Rolling Stones: Midnight Rambler | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Sheryl Crow: Soak Up the Sun | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Eagles: Desperado | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Chicago: 25 or 6 to 4 | |
| Tips for Playing This Song | |
| Improvisation | |
| Unit 16: Improvisation | |
| Improvisation Using the Major Scale | |
| Exercises | |
| Improvisation Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Combining the Major Scale and Minor Pentatonic Scale in Improvisation | |
| Time Test Answers | |
| Common Fingerings |
Additional Information
| Series: | 101 Series |
| Author: | Tom Dempsey, Martha Masters |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Format: | Comb Bound Book |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Item Number: | 00-42721 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1522-3 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1522-2 |
| UPC: | 038081482965 |
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