Acoustic Guitar Primer

Acoustic Guitar Primer Book with CD by Bert Casey is the only book designed to take the raw beginner through the basics of bluegrass and country guitar, including both rhythm and lead playing. Clearly illustrated with many photographs, this is the easiest to understand book on the market today. Contains a complete chord chart and all music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. Includes lyrics and melody lines. $14.95
Sample Pages

This is the companion book to Introduction to Acoustic Guitar DVD.

Click for sample page & mp3 clip of Worried Man Blues

"Absolutely the best instructional product for the guitar that I have ever seen" - Flatpicking Guitar Magazine - December 1998 Read the complete review

Contents Include

Parts of the Guitar
Holding the Guitar
Tuning
Using the Pick
Proper Left and Right Hand Position
Strumming
Basic Chords
Scales
Bass Strums
Alternating Bass Strums
Down Up Picking
Down Up Strum
Bass Walks
Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, & Slides
The G Run
Bluegrass Lead Playing
Chord Chart
Music Theory

Songs

Tom Dooley
Going Down That Road Feeling Bad
Worried Man Blues
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Banks of the Ohio
Dark Hollow
Amazing Grace
Pallet On Your Floor
Way Downtown
Sitting On Top Of The World
Wabash Cannonball
Crying Holy
Salt River
Billy In The Low Ground
Little Maggie
Nine Pound Hammer
Wildwood Flower
John Hardy
Sally Goodin
Cripple Creek
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

All Watch & Learn Books Feature:

Many photographs and diagrams to illustrate left and right hand technique.
Music written in both tablature and standard music notation.
DVD markers & CD markers for easy cross reference .
Songs are played at 2 speeds on the CD (slow for practicing and up-tempo for performing).
Additional material that is not on the DVD, but included on the CD.

Sample Pages from the Acoustic Guitar Primer

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