Guitar for Seniors (book & CD)

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Publisher : Mel Bay
Level : Beginning
Instrumental Tutor for Senior

The contents of this book present the fundamentals of playing guitar in a sequence making the material logical and easy to learn.

The primary difference between this method and many others is that this book is written for seniors wanting to learn to play the guitar.
Care has been taken to select repertoire familiar and appealing to a more mature audience and attention has been given to the pacing of the material.

Index:

• Parts of the Guitar
• Types of Guitars
• Buying a Guitar
• Care of the Guitar
• Holding Position
• Tuning
• First Warm Up
• Reading Neck Diagrams
• First Chords
• Rhythm Sheets
• Plectrums (Picks)
• Holding a Pick
• Measured Music
• Full Chords
• The D Chord
• The E Minor Chord
• Two New Chords:A Minor and D7
• The Up Strum
• Strum Patterns for 4/4
• Repeat Sign
• Strum Patterns for 3/4
• New Chords:A7 and E7
• New Chords: Dm and Bm
• New Chords: A and E
• Playing Two Chords in a Measure
• The B7 Chord
• First and Second Endings
• More Repeat Signs
• Alternating Bass
• Alternating Bass for 3/4
• The F Chord
• Fingerstyle
• Free Stroke
• Fingerpicking Patterns
• Fingerpicking 3/4 Time
• Travis Fingerpick Style
• Solo Guitar Playing
• Tablature
• Reading Standard Notation
• Time Values
• Notes on the First String
• Notes on the Second and Third String
• Four-string Tablature
• Notes on the Fourth String
• Sharps and Naturals
• Notes on the Fifth and Sixth String
• Flats
• Key Signatures
• The Capo
• Chords