Description

Alfred's Teach Your Child To Play Guitar, Books 1 and 2, are tailored for parents eager to introduce their children to music before they engage with a professional instructor. These books draw from Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course, which employs an enjoyable approach that enables students to start playing songs immediately. They are particularly beneficial for families involved in homeschooling. Each student page is preceded by a straightforward Parent Guide that assists in teaching the material, offering steps for introducing concepts, practice recommendations, and review strategies for future lessons. Additionally, the included CD features recordings of all pieces in the book, making practice enjoyable while reinforcing essential skills like rhythm and smooth transitions between notes and chords. With this book and CD, any parent can effectively teach their child the fundamentals of guitar.

Songs / Content

• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing D
• Four Open Strings
• I Choose Guitar!
• Introducing the Half-Note Slash
• The Lone Star Trail
• Introducing Four-String Chords
• The Four-String G Chord
• The Four-String G7 Chord
• New Chord Exercise
• Rock Me, Mozart
• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing E
• On My Horse
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm
• The Four-String C Chord
• Introducing Common Time
• C Blues
• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing F
• Baseball
• Reuben, Reuben
• Dotted Half Notes & 3/4 Time
• Three Is for Me!
• Playing Two Notes at Once
• Daisy Bell
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing A
• Five Open Strings
• Trash Truck
• Scarborough Fair
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing B
• Cleaning Up
• My Pet Cat
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing C
• Barking Song
• Volga Boatmen
• Peter Gray
• The Dotted-Half-Note Slash
• Liebesträum
• A Minor Boogie
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing E
• Six Open Strings
• Giraffe Under the Staff
• Two E's
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing F
• Introducing the Fermata
• Dad's Classic Car
• Sakura
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing G
• All the Notes I Know So Far
• Do-Re-Mi Is for Me!
• Spy Rock
• The Farmer in the Dell
• B.I.N.G.O
• Notes on the First String: Introducing High A
• Back to Russia
• The Riddle Song
• Pickup Measures
• A-Tisket, A-Tasket
• The Yellow Rose of Texas
• Tempo Signs
• Three-Tempo Rock
• 1812 Overture
• Reading Three-String Chords as Notes
• Theme from Carmen
• Reading Four-String Chords as Notes
• Rockin' with Chords
• Bass-Chord Accompaniment
• Bass-Chord-Chord-Chord
• Bass-Chord-Bass-Chord
• Can-Can (duet)
• Dynamics
• Theme from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
• Introducing the Whole Rest
• The Desert Song (duet)
• Echo Rock
• Ties
• Shenandoah
• When the Saints Go Marching In (duet)
• Review: Music Matching Games
• Fingerboard Chart
• Chord Encyclopedia
• Certificate