The Beginning Guitarist's Guide to Technique, Theory, & Tunes

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The Beginning Guitarist's Guide to Technique, Theory, & Tunes is an extensive beginner’s book for guitar. The book contains 40 tune arrangements; music theory designed with guitar players in mind; chords (with photos, diagrams, notation, and tablature examples); and a rich instruction section on soloing (playing melodies with a flat pick). This digital download gives you permission to make copies for personal use.

The Beginning Guitarist's Guide to Technique, Theory, & Tunes is an extensive beginner’s book for guitar. The book contains 40 tune arrangements; music theory designed with guitar players in mind; chords (with photos, diagrams, notation, and tablature examples); and a rich instruction section on soloing (playing melodies with a flat pick). This digital download gives you permission to make copies for personal use.

Guitar Basics

Audio (click on audio links below to listen to tunes from this book)

First 6 Tunes

Golden Slippers
Over the Waterfall in C
Gypsy
Old French
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Sandy River Belle in A
The Battle of Aughrim
4th of July

Beginning & Intermediate Tunes

June Apple
Ragtime Annie
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Chicken Reel in C
Jaybird 1
Little Liza Jane in A
Old Molly Hare
Sally Gardens 1
The Star of Munster

Sandy River Belle (Study in 9 Key Signatures)

Sandy River Belle in D
Sandy River Belle in G
Sandy River Belle in B flat
Sandy River Belle in E flat
Jenny Lind Polka 1
Chicken Reel in D
Jaybird 2
Little Liza Jane in G
Old Mother Flanagan
Sally Gardens 2
The White Cockade in E
Sandy River Belle in B
Sandy River Belle in E
Petronella
Flop-eared Mule
Cumberland Gap
Jenny Lind Polka 2
Loch Lavan Castle
Over the Waterfall in D
Stoney Point
The White Cockade in G
Sandy River Belle in C
Sandy River Belle in F

Please know that the audio files above are midi files generated from our music software. These files will serve well as samples of how the tunes sound even though they are not played by a real human playing a real, acoustic instrument. However, we will add real human audio as soon as we can. Please accept these midi files for now.