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Book 1. Your guitar -- Tuning -- Playing position -- Musical symbols -- Notes on the first string. Spanish theme -- Notes on the second string. World beat ; Ode to joy ; Blues -- Notes on the third string. Rockin' robin ; Yankee Doodle ; Surf rock ; Au clair de la lune ; Aura Lee ; He's a jolly good fellow -- Notes on the fourth string. Worried man blues -- Playing chords -- C and G7 chords. Tom Dooley -- G and D7 chords. Pay me my money down ; 12-bar rock ; Amazing grace ; Riffin' ; When the saints go marching in ; Will the circle be unbroken -- Notes on the fifth string. Blues bass ; Joshua fought the battle of Jericho ; Greensleeves -- Notes on the sixth string. Doo-wop ; Give my regards to Broadway ; Bass rock -- Half and whole steps -- F-sharp. Danny boy (Londonderry air) -- Key signatures. Shenandoah ; Spy riff -- Rests. Deep blue ; Red River valley ; Twang ; Rock 'n' rest -- Eighth notes. Sea shanty ; Frére Jacques ; Snake charmer ; The star-spangled banner -- More strumming -- The Em chord. Hey, ho, nobody home ; Shalom chaverim -- The D chord. This train ; Boogie bass ; Simple gifts -- C-sharp. Rockin' blues -- The A7 chord. Down in the valley ; Minuet in G ; Time is on my side ; Grand finale -- Chord chart. |
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Book 2. The Am chord. Sinner man -- Dotted quarter notes -- The Dm chord -- Syncopation. Joshua fought the battle of Jericho ; Rock-a-my soul ; Jamaica farewell -- The A chord -- The key of D. O, Mary don't you weep ; De colores -- Endings. Angels we have heard on high ; Catchy riff -- Second position. Marianne ; Blues/rock riff -- The high A note. The Wabash Cannonball -- The E chord. La bamba -- The key of A. Joy to the world -- Power chords -- Tablature. Steady groove -- The shuffle. Power chord shuffle ; Midnight special -- The blues. Blues in A ; C.C. Rider ; Shuffle riff -- The key of Am. Wayfaring stranger ; Hava nagila -- Fingerstyle guitar. Swing low, sweet chariot ; Scarborough Fair ; The water is wide -- The F chord. Picking chords ; House of the Rising Sun -- Carter-style solos. Row, row, row your boat ; Man of constant sorrow ; Wildwood flower -- Bass runs. Goin' down the road -- The B7 chord. We three kings -- The key of E. By the waters of Babylon ; Battle hymn of the republic -- Triplets. Jesu, joy of man's desiring ; Deep blues ; Lost in the shuffle -- The pentatonic scale. Rock lick ; Country/rock lick ; Hard rock lick ; Bluegrass lick ; Country lick ; Blues lick ; Rock 'n' roll lick ; Blues/rock lick -- Pentatonic lead guitar -- Improvising. Open jam -- Movable power chords. Pop riff ; Early rock riff ; Hard rock riff ; Pop/rock riff ; Rockabilly riff ; Classic rock riff ; Heavy rock riff -- Palm muting. Muted groove ; Accented rhythm ; Grand finale. |
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Book 3. The major scale. The first Noel ; Riff in D -- Sixteenth notes. Arkansas traveller ; Exotic rock ; Freedom rock ; Eine kleine Nachtmusik -- Dotted eighth notes. Tramp, tramp, tramp -- The chromatic scale. The entertainer ; In the hall of the mountain king ; Estudio ; St. Louis blues -- Barre chords. Classic rock ; Swingin' ; Alternative rock ; Slow rock ; Minor groove ; Jazzy ; Bossa nova ; Hard rock ; Barre exam -- Travis picking. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child ; Freight train -- Drop D tuning. Pop/rock ; Grunge ; Folk/rock -- Movable scales. Miss McLeod's reel ; God rest ye merry gentlemen -- Fifth position. Deep river ; Bouree ; Heavy rock ; Jazzin' the blues -- The key of F. Sloop John B -- Compound time. I saw three ships ; Slow blues -- Articulation -- The slide. Bouncy blues ; Power chord slides -- The hammer-on. Folk pattern ; Rock 'n' hammer ; Acoustic rock ; Boogie blues -- The pull-off. Power pull ; Blues waltz ; Bluegrass run -- The string bend. Rock lick ; Swampy blues ; Double-stop bend -- Jam session. Pop/rock ballad ; Funk ; Smooth jazz ; Latin rock ; Country ; Jazz waltz ; Reggae ; Hard rock ; Blues ; Jazz rock -- Grand finale -- Reference section. Circle of fifths ; Three-note chord forms ; Miscellaneous chords ; Chord construction ; Gear ; Definitions for special guitar notation. |
| General note | "Audio access included"--Cover. |
| General note | Includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book. |
| General note | "Now including Playback+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right"--Back cover. |
| General note | Instructions, chord diagrams, and exercises; songs in staff notation or staff notation and tablature, some with lyrics. |
| General note | "Contains books 1, 2, and 3 bound together in one easy-to-use volume." |
| Language | Staff notation; Guitar tablature; Chord symbols. |
| Genre/form | Self-instruction. |
| ISBN | (spiral bound) |
| ISBN | 0634047019 |
| ISBN | 9780634047015 |
| UPC |
073999498486 |
| Publisher number | HL00697342 Hal Leonard |
| Stock number | Hal Leonard Corp, Attn: Joel Aldinger Po Box 13819 7777 W Bluemound rd, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53213, (414)7743630, 6293 SAN 239-250X |
