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"This approach really works. It holds my student's interest." These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow.
Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sections can be used simultaneously in any order to take the class in any direction it wants. Written in standard notation and tablature with chords presented in both diagram and photo format. Lyrics are included for many songs and a few melodies are presented as duet arrangements. Includes access to online audio.

Table of Contents:

• 12th Street And Delmar
• A Daily Drill
• A Serenade
• A Visit To The Relatives
• A-Roving
• Amazing Grace
• Amazing Grace
• America
• Au Clair De La Lune
• Auld Lang Syne
• Aura Lee
• Aura Lee
• Austrian Hymn Franz Haydn
• Battle Hymn Of The Republic
• Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
• Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
• Blessed Be The Name
• Blues Shuffle Boogie
• Blues Shuffle Rhythm
• Buffalo Gals
• Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
• Camptown Races
• Careless Love
• Careless Love
• Careless Love
• Cindy
• City Slicker
• Country Pickin'
• Coventry Carol
• Down And Out
• Down By The Riverside
• Down In The Valley
• Down In The Valley
• Etude
• Faith Of Our Fathers
• Green Grow The Lilacs
• Hail Hail The Gang's All Here
• Haydn's Theme
• He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
• Home On The Range
• Home, Home, Can I Forget Thee
• How Can I Leave Thee
• In The Evening By The Moonlight
• Jacob's Ladder
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring J. S. Bach
• Just A Closer Walk With Thee
• Kum Ba Yah
• Kum Ba Yah
• Lament
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• Long, Long Ago
• Long, Long Ago
• Long, Long Ago
• Look Down
• Make A Joyful Noise William Bay
• Mamma Told Me
• Mary Ann
• Minorology
• Motown Shuffle
• Night Song
• Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
• Now The Day Is Over
• Oh! Susanna
• Old Folks At Home
• Pensive Mood
• Playtime Pleyel
• Psalm 100
• Pushin And A Pullin'
• Red River Valley
• Searching
• She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
• Shenandoah
• Shenandoah
• Skip To My Lou
• Slidin' Into E
• Song Of Peace
• Sweet By and By
• Swing Low Sweet Chariot
• The Blue Bells of Scotland
• The Builder
• The Old Mill
• The Wayfarin Stranger
• What Child is This
• What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When the Saint's Go Marchin In

Catalog:	MB93300M
Publisher:	Mel Bay
Composer:	Mel Bay
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