How to use these recordingsEach track number matches the number printed next to the exercise in the book. Every track starts with a short click count-in, so you know when to come in. Listen once, then play along.
Chapter 1Before You Play a Note
- 1.1Tuning notes: E A D G B E
- 1.2Pluck each string
- 1.3Strum all six strings
Chapter 2Reading the Pictures
- 2.1Exercise 1: steady open strings
- 2.2Exercise 2: rolling across the strings
Chapter 3Your First Clean Notes
- 3.1First fretted notes
- 3.2Clean-note check
- 3.3The spider walk
- 3.4Morning Walk
Chapter 4Your First Two Chords
- 4.1E minor strums
- 4.2A minor strums
- 4.3Changing in time: E minor and A minor
- 4.4Rain on the Window
Chapter 5Changing Chords Without Stopping
- 5.1G major strums
- 5.2C major, then G to C
- 5.3D major, then the G, C, D grid
- 5.4Drunken Sailor
- 5.5Bonus song: Oh! Susanna
Chapter 6Strumming That Sounds Like Real Music
- 6.1Down and up
- 6.2The bounce pattern
- 6.3The campfire pattern
- 6.4Amazing Grace (strummed)
- 6.5Red River Valley
Chapter 7The Four-Chord Trick
- 7.1G, D, E minor, C
- 7.2Fifteen Minutes a Day
- 7.3Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Chapter 8Playing Melodies with Tab
- 8.1The G scale
- 8.2Long and short notes
- 8.3Ode to Joy
- 8.4Amazing Grace (melody)
- 8.5Auld Lang Syne
Chapter 9Simple Fingerpicking and the Blues
- 9.1The A minor picking pattern
- 9.2Picking through the chords
- 9.3Amazing Grace (fingerpicked)
- 9.4Seventh chords: A7, D7, E7
- 9.5Sore Fingers Blues
Chapter 10Where to Go Next
- 10.1The easy F chord, then C to F
- 10.2The capo: same shapes, higher sound
- 10.3House of the Rising Sun