Description
An extensive manual designed for novice guitarists, featuring detailed lessons and 45 excellent acoustic songs for practice and performance. The Hal Leonard Acoustic Guitar Method employs authentic songs to impart fundamental skills in acoustic guitar, drawing inspiration from artists such as The Beatles, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, the Indigo Girls, Robert Johnson, James Taylor, and many others. The curriculum encompasses techniques such as strumming, fingerpicking, capo usage, open tunings, as well as styles including folk, country, bluegrass, acoustic blues, and acoustic rock. Featured songs comprise Angie, Barely Breathing, Behind Blue Eyes, Building a Mystery, Change the World, Dust in the Wind, Fast Car, Here Comes the Sun, Jack and Diane, Landslide, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Maggie May, More Than Words, Name, You've Got a Friend, Yesterday, among others. This publication is presented in both standard notation and tablature.