Description

Celebrated for more than 50 years as the most comprehensive and well-structured guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has successfully introduced over 5 million novices to the art of playing guitar. Now, Alfred's Basic Rock Guitar Method offers a fresh perspective on learning guitar for those beginners eager to play rock music.

Book 2 introduces new techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides, while also teaching barre chords, new scales, and improvisation with pentatonic scales. Additionally, it includes numerous licks and melodies inspired by some of the greatest rock musicians, along with an authentic arrangement of the iconic opening from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

The book comes with companion audio tracks that can be downloaded or streamed online, and it also provides access to the TNT 2 software, which allows users to slow down tracks, isolate and loop specific sections, and modify tempos and keys for personalized practice. Furthermore, video lessons that illustrate the techniques and examples are included. Learning to play has never been more accessible or enjoyable than with Alfred's Basic Guitar Methods—the premier choice for today's aspiring guitarists.

Songs / Content

• What You Should Know Before Starting This Book
• Move Up the Neck on the 2nd String
• Two Positions on the 2nd String
• Move Up the Neck on the 1st String
• Two Positions on the 1st String
• Qutie Sue
• The Seventh Navy
• Introducing Dotted Notes
• Rock Licks and Tricks
• Hammer-Ons
• Pull-Offs
• Slides
• Hammer-On and Pull-Off Riff
• Cannon Slide
• Knowing the Fretboard
• Chromatic Scale to the 8th Fret
• G Boogie
• The New Black
• Is This Your Card?
• The Five-String C Chord
• 2/4 and 12/8 time
• Dirty Rat
• 12/8 Exercise with the Five-String C Chord
• The Fermata
• 1950s 12/8 Ballad (Duet)
• Palm Mute
• Palm Mute Exercise 1
• Palm Mute Exercise 2
• Vibrato
• Vibrato in the Style of Jimmy Page
• Introducing Triplets
• Rockin' Triplets
• Out of Class
• Improvising with Pentatonic Scales
• Minor Pentatonic Lick in the Style of Black Sabbath
• Minor Pentatonic Lick in the Style of Jimmy Page
• Minor Pentatonic Lick in the Style of Eric Clapton
• Major Pentatonic Lick in the Style of John Mayer
• Major Pentatonic Lick in the Style of The Allman Brothers
• Improvise Your Own Pentatonic Lick in A
• The Three Principal Chords
• Tonic, Sub-Dominant, and Dominant
• Tonic (I)
• Sub-Dominant (IV)
• Dominant (V)
• Three Principal Chords in Common Keys
• The Blues Scale
• Blues Scale Lick 1
• Blues Scale Lick 2
• The 12-Bar Blues Progression
• Blues Scale Solo on 12-Bar Blues in A (Duet)
• Chord Theory and Three-String Power Chords
• Three-String Power Chords with the Root on the E String
• Power Chord and Palm Mute Exercise
• I Really Got You
• Gorilla Hammer
• More Three-String Power Chords
• Three-String Power Chords with the Root on the 5th String
• Pep Squad
• Preparation for Barre Chords
• Barre Chord Prep Exercise
• Most Commonly Used E-Type Barre Chords
• E-Type Barre Chord Exercise
• Barre Chord Progression 1
• Barre Chord Progression 2
• Done Waiting
• A-Type Barre Chords
• A-Type Barre Chord Exercise
• Barre Chord Progression 3
• Barre Chord Progression 4
• In My Head
• Major Scale Review
• Key Signatures
• The Key of C Major
• The Key of G Major
• The Key of F Major
• Dynamics
• Stupid Patriot
• Echoplex
• Listen to Me
• You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
• Tempo Signs
• Three-Tempo Rock
• Andante Ballad
• Allegro Punk
• Sixteenth Notes
• How Sixteenth Notes Look
• Exercise In Sixteenths
• Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Notes
• Dotted Eighth/Sixteenth Note Exercise
• Heavy Metal Lick
• Sixteenth-Note Triplets
• It Ain't Nuthin'
• Key of A Minor
• The Two-Octave A (Harmonic) Minor Scale
• The Three Principal Chords in the Key of A Minor
• Three A Minor Examples
• The Red Door
• Key of E Minor
• The Two-Octave E (Harmonic) Minor Scale
• The Three Principal Chords in the Key of E Minor
• E Minor Barre Chords
• Three E Minor Examples
• Minor Blues
• E Minor Pentatonic Scale
• E Blues Scale
• Your Blues
• Fingerstyle
• Right-Hand Fingers
• Basic Position
• Bouree in E Minor
• Waiting for This Moment
• Important Small Barre Chords
• Preparation for "Stairway to Heaven" Intro
• Stairway to Heaven (Introduction)
• Certificate of Promotion