Don King Play the Guitar 1

Afun book for class or individual learning.

Aimed atinspiring students by exploring a wide variety of musical styles,
whiledeveloping a strong foundation of classical fingerstyleplaying skills.

• Forbeginners of all ages

• The comprehensive step-by-step approach, clear diagrams and illustrations make learning easy and enjoyable

• Written especially for classes and groups, the book is also suitable for individual students learning with a teacher, or for those who prefer to teach themselves

A special feature is the wide variety of music to inspire students. There are:

• Classical, traditional, renaissance and rock tunes
• Abalance of solos, duets, trios, quartets and song accompaniments.

Students will love to explore these different sounds, and indoing so,
willachieve a real understanding of music, and an ability ina range of
playingtechniques.

At the completion of this first book, students will have learnt:

• To read and play all the main notes in the first position

• To play some basic first position chords.

Other areas studied include:

• Note values

• Key signatures and time signatures

• Rests and tied notes

• Dotted rhythms, accent and syncopation

• Arpeggios