Beginning Guitar
Edition: 7
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 220
Edition: 7
Copyright: 2022
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The benefits of Beginning Guitar, Seventh Edition are as follows:
- A complete and comprehensive method for learning the guitar
- Proven record of success in teaching students the basics of guitar playing
- Praised by both students and peers as an excellent Beginning Guitar book
- Has been used as a textbook for Beginning Guitar classes at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) for over 15 years
- Access to extremely helpful and useful online audio tracks and bonus video included. Also included, is an online Speedshifter software that allows to slow down or speed up any audio tracks without changing their pitch
- Dedicated to teaching how to play single note melodies and also chords (harmony) with strumming patterns
- Wide variety of topics covered
- Fun, easy, and logical step-by-step approach
- Learn how to play well-known and loved melodies, such as Jingle Bells, Ode to Joy, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Aura Lee/Love Me Tender, When the Saints Go Marching In, Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, and Fur Elise
- Learn how to play chord progressions similar to songs by such famous artists as The Beatles, The Police/Sting, Smokey Robinson/The Temptations, Kansas, Metallica, Deep Purple, Elvis Presley, The Animals, and Eagles
- Blues form, Verse/Chorus format, and I, IV, and V chords/chord progressions explained
- A chapter on Classical guitar is included
- Basic music fundamentals covered
- Learn how to read music notation and chord charts
- Playing in time emphasized
- More advanced information covered in the second half of the book and the Appendix can be used for Intermediate Guitar classes and private lessons
- Suitable for both guitar classes and one-on-one guitar instruction
- Suitable for both in classroom and online learning
Introduction
How to Work with the Online Companion
CHAPTER 1 Basic Music Theory and Fundamentals Applied to the Guitar
Right and Left Hand Symbols
Open Strings
Music Notation
Types of Notes and Their Time Value
Time Signature
Rests
CHAPTER 2 The Guitar and Metronome
Parts of the Guitar
Tuning the Guitar
The Metronome
CHAPTER 3 Let’s Play
Types of Guitars
Holding the Guitar
Open String Exercises
Right Hand Positions
CHAPTER 4 Introducing the Notes on the 1st String, Left Hand Position
Notes on the 1st String
Left Hand Position
CHAPTER 5 Introducing the Notes on the 2nd String, Introducing the 3/4 Time Signature, and How to Practice with the Metronome
Notes on the 2nd String
The 3/4 Time Signature
How to Practice with the Metronome
CHAPTER 6 Introducing the Notes on the 3rd String
Notes on the 3rd String
Ties
The Repeat Sign
Practicing the Guitar
CHAPTER 7 Introducing the Chords 45 Chords 45 Am, C, and A7
Major, Minor, and Seventh Chords
CHAPTER 8 E, Em, and G7 and Basic Strumming Exercises for Playing the Chords
E, Em, and G7
Basic Strumming Patterns
CHAPTER 9 Introducing the Notes on the 4th String
Notes on the 4th String
Pick-Up Notes
CHAPTER 10 G, A, F, and Dm and Strumming Patterns
G, A, F, and Dm
1st and 2nd Endings
Verse and Chorus Song Format
Four Strumming Patterns in the 4/4 Time Signature
CHAPTER 11 Introducing the Eighth Notes
Notes on the Eighth Notes
CHAPTER 12 D7 and E7 and Basic Strumming Exercises in the 3/4 Time Signature
D7 and E7
Basic Strumming Exercises in the 3/4 Time Signature
CHAPTER 13 Introducing the Notes on the 5th String, Introducing Dotted Quarter Notes
Notes on the 5th String
Dotted Quarter Notes
CHAPTER 14 D Chord and Strumming Patterns, I, IV, and V Chords in a Major Key
D Chord
Strumming Patterns in the 3/4 Time Signature
I, IV, and V Chords in a Key of C
CHAPTER 15 Introducing the A Note on the 1st String
A Note on the 1st String
CHAPTER 16 Introducing the Notes on the 6th String, Review of the Notes in the First Position
Notes on the 6th String
Review
CHAPTER 17 C7, B7, Fm, Gm, Bm, Cm, F7, and B, Review of the Twenty-one Basic Chords
C7, B7, Fm, Gm, Bm, Cm, F7, and B
Review
CHAPTER 18 Guitar Duets
CHAPTER 19 Two Chords per Measure in a 4/4 Time Signature
CHAPTER 20 Jingle Bells (Revisited)
CHAPTER 21 Six New Strumming Patterns in the 4/4 Time Signature, Combining Two Strumming Patterns While Playing a Song
CHAPTER 22 Four New Strumming Patterns in the 3/4 Time Signature, Combining Two Strumming Patterns While Playing a Song
CHAPTER 23 Rhythmic Improvisation
CHAPTER 24 Introducing Sharps and Flats
CHAPTER 25 Classical Guitar Techniques and Pieces
Classical Guitar Technique
CHAPTER 26 More Strumming Patterns in 4/4 and 3/4 and Introducing the Triplets
Strumming Patterns in 4/4
Strumming Patterns in 3/4
CHAPTER 27 Finding Notes on the Fret Board
CHAPTER 28 Introducing the Moveable Chords
Moveable Chords
How to Combine These New Families and Open Position Chords When Playing a Song
CHAPTER 29 Power Chords
CHAPTER 30 Guitar Tablature
CHAPTER 31 Slash Chords
CHAPTER 32 First Position Major Scales
CHAPTER 33 Für Elise and Chord Progression
IN CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
Recommended Listening
Fret Board Map
Simplifying the Chords
Styles and Strumming Patterns
Music Terminology
How to Sight-Read Music
Notes with the Stems Up and Down
Blank Chord Sheets
Blank Staff Paper
ONLINE TRACKS
Eugene Shapiro holds a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He is a guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader of the jazz quartet Shapiro Project, and an educator.
Eugene has been teaching and playing music for more than 25 years. He is a member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and is endorsed by Thomastik-Infeld strings, Martin Guitars, Radial Engineering Ltd., AMT Electronics, and Eminence Speaker LLC. He has won two Artist Fellowship awards in music composition (2004 and 2010) with his original Jazz compositions presented by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has also received several other awards and honorable mentions from Nevada Arts Council, ASCAPLUS Pop and Jazz Awards, and Billboard Songwriting Contest.
Eugene leads a jazz quartet called the Shapiro Project that also features his younger brother, Boris Shapiro, a CSN instructor and drummer. Shapiro Project recorded two CDs of Eugene’s original music, “True Colors,” (TNC Jazz Recordings) and “Open Road” (Shapiro Project Records, C&P). The Shapiro Project has participated in such renowned festivals as the Spirit of Music Festival in San Francisco, CA, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, ID, the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJEC) in Los Angeles, CA, and the Fremont Street Jazz Festival in Las Vegas, NV.
Eugene has shared the stage with many renowned jazz and pop musicians, among them Michel Legrand, Walt Weiskopf, Carl Fontana, Art Van Damme, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Jiggs Whigham, Sandy Duncan, Ed Soph, Marlena Shaw, Stefan Karlsson, and Tom Warrington.
Eugene resides in Las Vegas, NV where he freelances on the local music scene and has been teaching for the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) since 2000.
eugeneshapiro@shapiroproject.com
www.shapiroproject.com
I really liked this book. It's great for beginning guitarists and I was lucky enough to take the class with the author of the book. If you are picking up a guitar just to learn a few things, I would definitely recommend getting this book. It not only gives you chords and notes, but it tells you HOW to play those chords and notes. I can't tell you how many books I've looked at that just give you a picture of a chord and expect you to know what to do. This book gives you background information to teach you what you should know so you can understand how and why they work. The CD that comes along with it was great to listen to and play along with. Definitely get this book if you get the chance.
- Student
This is a great book! I regret taking a college class when I could have just used this book to learn guitar.
- Student