GuitarWorks, NoteWriter, Composer Corner, and Music Fun sections provide activities to reinforce concepts presented in the Lesson Book. A sound basis for rhythm is established by fun-filled counting and writing activities.

Includes a pre-reading section that allows the student to play songs by reading fret numbers only. Natural notes in first position on strings one, two, and three are presented, along with basic rhythms. Dynamics are also introduced to develop musicianship at an early level. The book is equally adaptable to pick style or classical technique. Includes optional teacher duets with chord names. Rhythmic accuracy is stressed throughout the method. Includes downloadable MP3 files. Every song title has three MP3 tracks: 1) the teacher duet on the left channel and the student solo on the right channel; 2) an orchestration at a performance tempo where the instrumentation and music style enhance the various moods of each individual piece; 3) the same orchestration at a slower (practice) tempo.

This innovative book features the new activity First Sighting, which introduces students to sightreading. Clever games and activities strengthen rhythmic skills and reinforce the material introduced in Lesson Book 2. An appealing complement to the Lesson Book, the Theory Activity Book greatly increases student excitement for playing the guitar!

Although this book begins with short exercises using extremely simple, two-finger left-hand movements, it quickly takes these building blocks and stacks them into a skyscraper of precise right- and left-hand technique. Develops left-hand dexterity, solid rhythmic sense, and plectrum technique, including crosspicking, through challenging scale and arpeggio exercises. Standard notation and tablature.

(Strum Together). This new, easy-to-use format features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Enjoy strumming and singing 68 traditional American folksongs with your friends: Blowin' in the Wind * City of New Orleans * Down to the River to Pray * The Erie Canal * Folsom Prison Blues * Gentle on My Mind * Hey, Good Lookin' * House of the Rising Sun * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * Keep on the Sunny Side * King of the Road * Leaving on a Jet Plane * The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down * The Red River Valley * Sixteen Tons * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Tennessee Waltz * This Land Is Your Land * Wade in the Water * You Are My Sunshine * and many more.