INTRODUCTION
(for your teacher or parent)
Progressive Guitar Method for Young Beginners Book 1 has been designed to introduce the younger student to the basics of guitar playing and reading music. To maximize the students’ enjoyment and interest, the Progressive Young Beginner series incorporates an extensive repertoire of well-known children’s songs.
All the songs have been carefully graded into an easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson format, which assumes no prior knowledge of music or the guitar by the student. Chord symbols and easy strumming patterns are provided above each song.
Book 1 contains very easy arrangements involving five notes (G, A, B, C and D) and four simplified chord shapes (G, D7, C and G7). It introduces the students to * and ^ time, playing both melodies and simplified chords with suggested strumming patterns. It also incorporates quarter, half and whole notes and their equivalent rests.
The student is taught how to read music, and introduced to such basic terms as bar lines, repeat signs and lead-in notes. New pieces of information are highlighted by color boxes, while color illustrations are used throughout to stimulate and maintain the students’ interest.
