ALFRED ALFRED'S Kid's Guitar Course Complete Edition (book & Online Video/audio)

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course Complete

The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!

By Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger
Book & Online Video/Audio/Software
Item: 00-45030

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is the #1 best-selling guitar method for kids! This award-winning ("Best Product of the Year" ---Disney's iParenting Media Award) method is the easiest guitar method ever for kids ages 5 and up.

This complete edition combines levels 1 and 2 with the activity pages of the Notespeller. Each lesson on every colorful page is explained in plain language that's easy to understand; plus, you get to learn from three irresistible guitar experts---a clever, classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They draw attention to what's important on each page and help you learn by making music fun! Parents can be effective guides to help you through this course, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. You can stream or download the accompanying video and audio to see demonstrations and hear how the music should sound. Also included is easy-to-use computer software that lets you watch the music on-screen as it plays, speed it up, slow it down---it's up to you!

Get ready to take your first and best step toward a lifetime of musical enjoyment!

Contents

• Selecting Your Guitar
• Steel Strings and Nylon Strings
• Acoustic Guitars and Electric Guitars
• Caring for Your Guitar
• Tuning Your Guitar
• Tuning with the Audio Tracks
• Tuning without the Audio Tracks
• How to Hold Your Guitar
• Strumming the Strings
• Strumming with a Pick
• Strumming with Your Fingers
• Time to Strum!
• Strumming Notation
• Beats
• Introducing the Quarter-Note Slash
• The Staff and Treble Clef
• Bar Lines, Measures, and Time Signatures
• More Time to Strum
• ACTIVITY: The Staff and Treble Clef
• ACTIVITY: Bar Lines and Measures
• ACTIVITY: The 4/4 Time Signature
• ACTIVITY: The Quarter-Note Slash
• ACTIVITY: Counting Time
• Using Your Left Hand
• Hand Position
• Placing a Finger on a String
• How to Read Chord Diagrams
• The Three-String C Chord
• My First Chord
• ACTIVITY: The Three-String C Chord
• The Quarter Rest
• Three Blind Mice
• ACTIVITY: The Quarter Rest
• The Three-String G7 Chord
• My Second Chord
• ACTIVITY: The Three-String G7 Chord
• Troubadour Song
• Skip to My Lou
• London Bridge
• The Three-String G Chord
• My Third Chord
• ACTIVITY: The Three-String G Chord
• Three Chords in One Song
• Rain Comes Down
• The Repeat Sign
• Merrily We Roll Along
• ACTIVITY: The Repeat Sign
• Love Somebody
• The Three-String D7 Chord
• My Fourth Chord
• ACTIVITY: The Three-String D7 Chord
• Using D7 with Other Chords
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Yankee Doodle
• ACTIVITY: Write Your Own Song with Three-String Chords
• Getting Acquainted with Music Notation
• Notes
• The Staff
• The Music Alphabet
• Clefs
• ACTIVITY: The Staff
• Introducing the Quarter Note
• Clap and Count Out Loud
• ACTIVITY: The Quarter Note
• Notes on the First String: Introducing E
• Elizabeth, the Elephant
• ACTIVITY: The Note E (1st String)
• The Note E with Chords
• Note and Strum
• Notes on the First String: Introducing F
• Up-Down-Up
• ACTIVITY: The Note F (1st String)
• The Notes E and F with Chords
• Notes on the First String: Introducing G
• The Mountain Climber
• ACTIVITY: The Note G (1st String)
• The Notes E, F, and G with Chords
• Brave in the Cave
• Single Notes, Then Chord! Chord! Chord!
• Pumpkin Song
• Notes on the Second String: Introducing B
• Two Open Strings
• Two-String Melody
• ACTIVITY: The Note B (2nd String)
• Jumping Around
• Notes on the Second String: Introducing C
• Ping Pong Song
• Soccer Game
• ACTIVITY: The Note C (2nd String)
• The Half Rest
• When I Feel Best
• ACTIVITY: The Half Rest
• Notes on the Second String: Introducing D
• A-Choo!
• ACTIVITY: The Note D (2nd String)
• ACTIVITY: The Notes B, C, D, E, F, and G
• ACTIVITY: Notes on the Strings:
• B, C, D, E, F, and G
• The Half Note
• Ode to Joy
• ACTIVITY: The Half Note
• Jingle Bells
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Notes on the Third String: Introducing G
• Three Open Strings
• Little Steps and Big Leaps
• ACTIVITY: The Note G (3rd String)
• Alouette
• Notes on the Third String: Introducing A
• Introducing the Whole Note
• A Is Easy!
• Taking a Walk
• ACTIVITY: The Note A (3rd String)
• Aura Lee
• She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
• Review: Music Matching Games
• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing D
• Four Open Strings
• I Choose Guitar!
• ACTIVITY: The Note D (4th String)
• Introducing the Half-Note Slash
• The Lone Star Trail
• ACTIVITY: The Half-Note Slash
• Introducing Four-String Chords
• The Four-String G Chord
• The Four-String G7 Chord
• New Chord Exercise
• ACTIVITY: The Four-String G and G7 Chords
• Rock Me Mozart
• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing E
• On My Horse
• ACTIVITY: The Note E (4th String)
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm
• The Four-String C Chord
• Introducing Common Time
• C Blues
• ACTIVITY: The Four-String C Chord
• ACTIVITY: Common Time
• ACTIVITY: Write Your Own Song with Four-String Chords
• Notes on the Fourth String: Introducing F
• Baseball
• ACTIVITY: The Note F (4th String)
• ACTIVITY: Notes on the Strings: D, E, F, G, and A
• Reuben, Reuben
• Dotted Half Notes & 3/4 Time
• Three Is for Me!
• ACTIVITY: The Dotted Half Note
• ACTIVITY: The 3/4 Time Signature
• Playing Two Notes at Once
• Daisy Bell
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing A
• Five Open Strings
• Trash Truck
• ACTIVITY: The Note A (5th String)
• Scarborough Fair
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing B
• Cleaning Up
• ACTIVITY: The Note B (5th String)
• My Pet Cat
• Notes on the Fifth String: Introducing C
• Barking Song
• ACTIVITY: The Note C (5th String)
• Volga Boatmen
• Peter Gray
• The Dotted-Half-Note Slash
• Liebesträum
• ACTIVITY: The Dotted-Half-Note Slash
• A Minor Boogie
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing E
• Six Open Strings
• Giraffe Under the Staff
• ACTIVITY: The Note E (6th String)
• Two E's
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing F
• Introducing the Fermata
• Dad's Classic Car
• ACTIVITY: The Note F (6th String)
• ACTIVITY: The Fermata
• Sakura
• Notes on the Sixth String: Introducing G
• All the Notes I Know So Far
• Do-Re-Mi Is for Me!
• ACTIVITY: The Note G (6th String)
• Spy Rock
• The Farmer in the Dell
• B.I.N.G.O.
• Notes on the First String: Introducing High A
• Back to Russia
• ACTIVITY: The Note High A (st String)
• ACTIVITY: Notes on the Strings: E, F, G, A, B, C, and High A
• The Riddle Song
• Pickup Measures
• A-Tisket, A-Tasket
• ACTIVITY: Counting Time
• The Yellow Rose of Texas
• Tempo Signs
• Three-Tempo Rock
• 181 Overture
• Reading Three-String Chords as Notes
• Theme from Carmen
• ACTIVITY: Three-String Chords as Notes
• Reading Four-String Chords as Notes
• Rockin' with Chords
• ACTIVITY: Four-String Chords as Notes
• Bass-Chord Accompaniment
• Can-Can (duet)
• Dynamics
• Theme from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
• Introducing the Whole Rest
• The Desert Song (duet)
• Echo Rock
• ACTIVITY: Dynamics
• ACTIVITY: The Whole Rest
• Ties
• Shenandoah
• ACTIVITY: Ties
• When the Saints Go Marching In (duet)
• Review: Music Matching Games
• Fingerboard Chart
• Chord Encyclopedia

Series: Kid's Guitar Course
Author: Ron Manus, L. C. Harnsberger
Instrument: Guitar
Format: Book, Online Audio, Video & Software
Page Count: 140
Item Number: 00-45030
ISBN 10: 1-4706-3202-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-4706-3202-1
UPC: 038081514680