2
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 Open
D Warm-up
& 44 ..œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Track 4
& 44 œoœ œ œ
D string, new string,
œ œoœo œo
then three old strings:
œ*
œ œ œD, G, B, E.
œ œ œ œNow, that's ea - sy!
& œ œ œ œbut the in - stru -
œ œ œ œment I choose to
œ œ œœ
play is the gui -
wtar.
Four Open Strings
I Choose Guitar
Track 5
Track 6
*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
6
&
œ
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
&œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ
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!
Track 72
Hear
this chord!
Track 73
Hear
this chord!
Track 74
Track 75
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
1st fret
2nd fret
3rd fret
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