Alfreds Basic Guitar Chord Dictionary

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. This updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier to read and quicker to learn. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock music styles, plus more pop songs! Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfreds Basic Guitar Methodthe first and best choice for todays beginning guitar students. The most commonly used fingerings, selected for easy reference. Lets face it, practice makes perfect. Finally, guitarists can find a quick way to reference fingerings so they can continue to play their favorite songs. With this easy reference guide, theyll be playing like a pro in no time.

This handy reference guide fits into your guitar case or pocket and is organized in a unique dictionary style permitting you to locate any chord quickly.

Alfred's Chord Fingering Dictionary contains photos and charts for all major, minor, seventh, diminished and augmented chords. It also includes instructions on how to tune and hold your guitar.

Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has expanded into a library, including theory, chord study, play-alongs and more. This best-selling method teaches the basics in a logical sequence, with concise and complete information that is easily accessible to students. Numerous chord diagrams and fingering photos help students quickly learn how to read music and play chords. Exciting music arranged in pop, rock, blues, country and folk styles makes learning to play the guitar an enjoyable and life-long reward.

This handy resource illustrates 36 chords in each key with the most commonly used fingerings, along with chord theory such as intervals, chord structure, building chords and the circle of fifths. With the CD, which includes listening examples for all the chords and styles found in the book, examples of how to play different chords come to life in a variety of styles, such as bluegrass, blues, country, funk, heavy metal, jazz, R & B, reggae, rock, and rockabilly.

This Handy Guide shows the notation, fingering and keyboard diagrams for all the important chords used in modern popular music. Only the most practical position of each chord is shown. Two bass notes are given for each chord. Major, minor, diminished, augmented, sixth chords, seventh chords, ninth chords, eleventh chords and thirteenth chords are clearly shown. Includes a chord chart and major scale chart.

A step-by-step guide to guitar playing for kids.

Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 3 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. This updated and expanded edition features a new layout, making it easier to read and quicker to learn. Now included are blues, country, folk, jazz, and rock music styles, plus more pop songs! Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfreds Basic Guitar Methodthe first and best choice for todays beginning guitar students. The essential reference guide for every beginning guitarist. Alfreds Basic Guitar Chord Chart includes all the basic chords in every key. The perfect reference now and at any stage of skill development. Nothing can stop guitarists from learning every song now!

All of today's most popular chord progressions are included in this handy-sized 4.5" x 11" book. All progressions are shown with piano and guitar diagrams as well as standard music notation. Covers chord substitutions, the blues, half-step motion, chord inversions, the circle of fifths and more.