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2 Selecting Your Guitar 3 Book 1 Review 4 Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing D 6 Four Open Strings I Choose Guitar The Half-Note Slash The Lone Star Trail Introducing Four-String Chords 8 The Four-String G Chord The Four-String G 7 Chord New Chord Exercise Rock Me Mozart Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing E 10 On My Horse Old MacDonald Had a Farm Introducing the Four-String C Chord11 Common Time C Blues Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing F 12 Baseball Reuben, Reuben Dotted Half Notes & 3 4 Time 14 Three Is for Me! Playing Two Notes at Once 15 Daisy Bell Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing A 16 Five Open Strings Trash Truck Scarborough Fair Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing B 18 Cleaning Up My Pet Cat Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing C 20 Barking Song Volga Boatmen Peter Gray The Dotted-Half-Note Slash Liebesträum A Minor Boogie Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing E 24 Six Open Strings Giraffe Under the Staff Two E’s Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing F 26 The Fermata Dad's Classic Car Sakura Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing G 28 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 32 Back to Russia The Riddle Song Pickup Measures 34 A-Tisket, A-Tasket The Yellow Rose of Texas Tempo Signs 36 Three-Tempo Rock 1812 Overture Reading Three-String Chords as Notes38 Theme from Carmen Reading Four-String Chords as Notes39 Rockin’ with Chords Bass-Chord Accompaniment 40 Can-Can (duet) Dynamics 42 Theme from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony The Whole Rest The Desert Song (duet) Echo Rock Ties 44 Shenandoah When the Saints Go Marching In (duet) Music Matching Games 46 Fingerboard Chart 47 Chord Encyclopedia47 Certificate of Promotion 48

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Selecting Your Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Book 1 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing D . . . . .6

Four Open StringsI Choose GuitarThe Half-Note SlashThe Lone Star Trail

Introducing Four-String Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

The Four-String G ChordThe Four-String G7 ChordNew Chord ExerciseRock Me Mozart

Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing E . . . 10

On My HorseOld MacDonald Had a Farm

Introducing the Four-String C Chord . . . . . . . . . 11

Common TimeC Blues

Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing F . . . 12

BaseballReuben, Reuben

Dotted Half Notes & 3

4 Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Three Is for Me!

Playing Two Notes at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Daisy Bell

Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing A . . . . . 16

Five Open StringsTrash TruckScarborough Fair

Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing B . . . . . 18

Cleaning UpMy Pet Cat

Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing C . . . . . 20

Barking SongVolga BoatmenPeter GrayThe Dotted-Half-Note SlashLiebesträum

A Minor Boogie

Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing E . . . . . 24Six Open StringsGiraffe Under the StaffTwo E’s

Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing F . . . . . 26The FermataDad's Classic CarSakura

Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing G . . . . . 28All the Notes I Know So FarDo-Re-Mi Is for Me!Spy RockThe Farmer in the DellB.I.N.G.O.

Notes on the First String: Introducing High A . . . 32Back to RussiaThe Riddle Song

Pickup Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34A-Tisket, A-TasketThe Yellow Rose of Texas

Tempo Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Three-Tempo Rock1812 Overture

Reading Three-String Chords as Notes . . . . . . . 38Theme from Carmen

Reading Four-String Chords as Notes . . . . . . . . 39Rockin’ with Chords

Bass-Chord Accompaniment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Can-Can (duet)

Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Theme from Beethoven’s Fifth SymphonyThe Whole RestThe Desert Song (duet)Echo Rock

Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44ShenandoahWhen the Saints Go Marching In (duet)

Music Matching Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Fingerboard Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chord Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Certificate of Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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D Warm-up

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Four Open Strings

I Choose Guitar

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*A finger number is now only shown the first time a note appears in a tune .

A note on the space below the staff is called D . You already know D on the 2nd string . This D is on the 4th string and sounds lower than D on the 2nd string . To play this note, pick the open 4th string .

1st fret

2nd fret

3rd fret

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o

Hear

this note!Track 3

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My Pet Cat Track 33

Play this song with and without distortion. Which do you like better?

Clean Sound (drive off) Distorted Sound (drive on)

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Play this song with and without distortion. Which do you like better?

Clean Sound (drive off) Distorted Sound (drive on)

Here are the four-string versions of the chords on the previous page, shown as chords and as notes .

Rockin’ with Chords

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G7

œœœœ Œ œœœœ Œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ

C œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ

G

œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ

C

œœœœ Œ Ó

Here is the chord shown as notes .

Here is the chord shown as notes .

Here is the chord shown as notes .

& wwwwC

&wwwwG

&wwwwG7

The Four-String G Chord

The Four-String G7 Chord

The Four-String C Chord

Hear

this chord!

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Hear

this chord!

Track 73

Hear

this chord!

Track 74

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1st fret

2nd fret

3rd fret

1st fret

2nd fret

3rd fret

1st fret

2nd fret

3rd fret

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