Mel Bay 98650DP Children’s Guitar Chord Book & DVD

Children's Guitar Chord Book & DVD, younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead you to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Open chords for folk Music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation.

DVD: up to 52 minutes

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published: 5/4/2005

Author: William Bay

Difficulty: Beginning

Page Count: 32

Song Titles (Composer/Source: Antonio Carlos Jobim): A Felicidade, Amparo, Antigua, Bate-Boca, Chora Coração, Estrada Branca, Gabriela, Garoto (Choro), Luiza, Por Toda a Minha Vida, Surfboard, Valsa do Porto das Caixas

Unit Dimensions: 8.75 x 11.75 inches