An enjoyable introduction to the guitar for young beginners.  Covers the basics of both melody and chord playing using simple arrangements of favourite children’s songs.  Features entertaining full colour illustrations along with each song.

Introduction

Tuning

LESSON 1

• How to Sit and Hold the Guitar
• Parts of the Guitar
• Right Hand – Using the Pick
• Left Hand – Fingering
• The Notes
• Guitar Fingering Diagram
• The Open G String
• How to Read Music
• The Note G
• G for Giraffe
• The Four Four Time Signature
• The Four Giraffes
• The Note A
• The A Train
• Going GA-GA
• Giraffes and Ants
• The Half Note
• Half Time
• Picnic Ants

LESSON 2

• The Note B
• B Happy
• Johnny B Good
• B – Hive Yourself
• In the Light of the Moon
• Merrily
• Hot Cross Buns
• The Note C
• Cool Cats
• Easy to C
• The C Time Signature
• C The Circus
• C Horse

LESSON 3

• The Note D
• D – Licious
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Go Tell Aunt Nancy
• Oats and Beans
• The G Chord
• G Wiz
• The D7 Chord
• D – Tour
• The Wonky Donkey
• Strumming Chords

LESSON 4

• Playing Two Chords
• Strumming Patterns
• Two Strum Tango
• Two Chord songs
• Ode to Joy
• Lightly Row

LESSON 5

• The Three Four Time Signature
• The First Waltz
• Three Four All
• The Dotted  Half Note
• Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
• The Dotted Strum
• Little Bo Peep
• Austrian Waltz
• Boating Song

LESSON 6

• The Tie
• Bow Tie
• The Rower’s Waltz
• The C Chord
• C Four Camels
• Three Chord Strum
• Beautiful Brown Eyes

LESSON 7

• The G7 Chord
• Seven Green Grasshoppers
• Four Chord Strum
• Aura Lee
• Roses From the South

LESSON 8

• The Lead – In
• The Cuckoo
• The Mexican Hat Dance
• The Quarter Rest
• Silence is Golden
• Take a Rest
• Good Evening Friends
• When the Saints Go Marchin’ In
•  Whole Lot
• The Banks of the Ohio

LESSON 9

• The Note E
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
• A Tisket, A Tasket
• Long, Long Ago
• Carnival of Venice
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• Strike Up the Band

LESSON 10

• The Note F
• Flying Frogs
• How Dry I Am
• The Note G
• Two Bar Strum Patterns
• Little Miss Muffet
• Mary Ann
• Billy Boy
• On Top of Old Smokey