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Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Open chords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation.
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (October 4, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786653698
ISBN-13: 978-0786653690
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.1 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #71 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Music > Instruction & Study #3158 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments > Guitar #264742 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 8 and up
Grade Level: 3 and up
This book turned out to be just what my daughter needed. She is 10 and just starting to learn some chords. This book is simple and easy to understand without alot of extra information. She can take it with her. I recommend this book for a child or teenager just getting started.
I have always enjoyed using Mel Bay's books and bought this for my grandson who is just beginning to play! He lives in Kirkwood, MO where Bay is from, so it's a double winner!! We will see how it works for him, but I was pleased with the book's clarity and illustrations.
I bought this to be a supplemental book for my 6 year old. It is easy to use... once you know how to read it. That's a me issue more than the book. Just my luck my daughter chose an instrument I don't play.
I bought this book for my 8 y/o grandson. I almost wish I hadn't, but he is getting there and will be in his class play, debuting his guitar-playing talents very soon. Besides, who ever heard of a BAD Mel Bay Book?
I teach guitar and have found this book very useful for young students with little fingers who struggle playing full bar chords. It definitely requires supervision by an adult or teacher with a new student in order to make sense of the diagrams and how to strum. Exercises are chord progression that get progressively more challenging as you go and that you'd find in thousands of songs. Glad to have found it.
What I wouldn't give for this book to teach my child to use a tuner to tune a guitar...I bought this for my sons to share, aged 7 and 10... the 7 year old is completely lost but my 10 year old seems to be able to pick up what is written. Do NOT expect most children to be able to teach themselves from this book... mom or dad will have to help out. It is also a VERY thin book, I would have liked a little more to it, still it's a good starting place.
As an adult learner practicing infrequently, I like to see the illustrations of the chords provided here. Simple, short, nice book to have for a true beginner.
This chord book is great. The chord exercises are very good for practicing. Hope to use this with a large group of students.
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