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Alfred's Guitar 101 - Book 1

  • Book Code : GR - ALF42546

  • Instrument(s) : Guitar
  • Publisher : Alfred Music
  • ISBN10 : 038081475608
  • ISBN13 : 9781470611316
  • Weight : 250g
  • Width : 23.5cmLength : 30.5cmHeight : 1cm
RM 150.00

Description

This all-encompassing method for fundamental guitar skills encompasses a diverse repertoire, theoretical knowledge, thorough guidance on seating and hand positioning, standard music notation, an introduction to tablature, basic improvisation techniques, and instruction in both pick-style and fingerstyle methods. It is particularly suitable for college students who are not majoring in music, continuing education programs, in-store music dealer initiatives, and group guitar classes at the middle and high school levels.

Book 1 comprises 16 units, each featuring a range of repertoire, exercises, and timed assessments at the conclusion. Unit 16 offers directions for performing 11 popular songs. Students have the option to cut out flashcards located at the back of the book for their home study.

Songs / Content

  • Technique and Reading Music
  • Unit 1: Introduction to Reading
  • Fundamentals of Reading Music: Pitch
  • Rhythm: Basic Note Values
  • Time Signatures
  • Note Review
  • Unit 2: Guitar Basics & Bass Strings
  • Terminology
  • Open Strings on the Guitar
  • Fingerings
  • Tuning
  • Sitting Position
  • Right-Hand Position: Fingerstyle
  • Free Stroke with the Thumb
  • Right-Hand Position: Using a Pick
  • Notes on the Open Bass Strings
  • Tips for Learning New Exercises
  • Pickup Notes
  • Challenge Exercise
  • Theory: Intervals on Open Strings 4-6
  • Time Test 1
  • Guitar Legends: Jimi Hendrix
  • Unit 3: The Treble Strings
  • Notes on the Open Treble Strings
  • Free Stroke with the Fingers
  • Arpeggios
  • Reveille
  • Dynamics
  • Theory: Intervals on Open Strings 1-6
  • Time Test 2
  • Guitar Legends: Michael Hedges
  • Unit 4: Doublestops & Arpeggios
  • Reading and Playing More Than One Note at a Time
  • Using Multiple Fingers Simultaneously
  • Using the Thumb and Fingers Together
  • Tips for Playing the Following Exercises
  • Challenge Exercises
  • Guitar Legends: Wes Montgomery
  • Unit 5: The Left Hand
  • Left-Hand Position and Technique
  • Natural Notes on the 1st String
  • Natural Notes on the 2nd String
  • Playing on Adjacent Strings
  • Jingle Bells
  • Ode to Joy No. 1
  • Theory: Intervals on Strings 1 and 2
  • Including Fretted Notes
  • Time Test 3
  • Guitar Legends: Joni Mitchell
  • Unit 6: Melodies & Chords
  • Natural Notes on the 3rd String
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  • Introduction to Chords
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • Amazing Grace No. 1
  • Theory: Building Chords
  • Time Test 4
  • Guitar Legends: Django Reinhardt
  • Unit 7: Steps & Accidentals
  • Whole Steps and Half Steps
  • Sharps and Flats
  • Enharmonic Equivalents
  • Rules of Accidentals
  • Yankee Doodle Went to Town
  • Building Chords
  • Time Test 5
  • Guitar Legends: Paco de Lucía
  • Unit 8: Tablature & Shifting
  • Reading Tablature
  • Playing in Higher Positions
  • Shifting
  • New and Duplicate Notes on the First Three Strings
  • Catalan Folksong
  • Tips for Playing the Following Piece
  • William Tell Overture
  • Waltz
  • Romanza
  • Time Test 6
  • Guitar Legends: Leo Kottke
  • Unit 9: Rest Stroke & Scales
  • Rest Stroke with the Fingers
  • Alternative Left-Hand Fingering Choices
  • Challenge Exercise 1
  • Challenge Exercise 2
  • Theory: Major Scales
  • Guitar Legends: Chet Atkins
  • Unit 10: the 4th & 5th Strings
  • Objectives
  • Fretted Notes on the 4th String
  • Amazing Grace No. 2
  • Fretted Notes on the 5th String
  • Andante
  • Time Test 7
  • Guitar Legends: Andrés Segovia
  • Unit 11: Key Signatures
  • Key Signatures
  • Ode to Joy No. 2
  • Tips for Playing the Following Pieces
  • Can-Can
  • Minuet
  • Theory: Minor Scales
  • Guitar Legends: Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Unit 12: The 6th String
  • Fretted Notes on the 6th String
  • In the Style of Pipeline
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Melody from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
  • Melodie
  • Peer Gynt Suite
  • Allegretto
  • Study Piece 1
  • Ejercicio
  • Contredanse
  • Time Test 8
  • Guitar Legends: B. B. King
  • Unit 13: Slurs
  • Slurs
  • Concerto in D
  • Tips for Playing This Piece
  • Etude, Opus 60, No. 15
  • Theory: Major and Minor Chords
  • Guitar Legends: Eric Clapton
  • Guitar Fingerboard Chart
  • Chords and Songs
  • Unit 14: Strumming
  • Strumming and Pick Technique
  • Unit 15: Chords & Songs
  • Reading Chord Charts
  • Tips for Playing Chords
  • New Chords
  • Strumming
  • More Strumming Practice
  • Strategies for Learning Songs
  • America: A Horse with No Name
  • Tips for Playing This Song
  • Bob Marley: Stir It Up
  • Snow Patrol: Run
  • The Eagles: Take It Easy
  • Using a Capo
  • Tom Petty: Free Fallin'
  • Maroon 5: Payphone
  • Learning to Play and Sing
  • Fleetwood Mac/Dixie Chicks: Landslide
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama
  • Barre Chords
  • Ben E. King: Stand By Me
  • Sheryl Crow: Strong Enough
  • Coldplay: Viva La Vida
  • John Lennon: Imagine
  • Improvisation
  • Unit 16: Improv Basics
  • Working Through the Improvisation Material
  • Blues for Three
  • Note Collection for Improvisation
  • Rhythmic Variations for Improvisation Line Shifting Tips
  • Additional Tips to Make Improvisation More Interesting
  • Blues in A
  • Time Test Answers
  • Chords Introduced in This Book
  • Flashcards

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