Play the Guitar: The Easy Way to Learn All the Chords and Rhythms, by George Barnes & Bob Mersey

George Barnes gives you a fun and complete introduction to popular guitar playing, from basic chords, triplets, downstrokes, sonata accompaniment, through different rhythmic variations: cha-cha, New Orleans, shuffle, blues, Nashville, country, and many more. Truly the easiest way to become an expert in the full range of popular guitar stylings.
Includes a high-quality printed music book and a narrated compact disc featuring every exeise and composition in the method book.

Contents

• 1) The Four Basic Chords: Triplets: All Downstrokes: Sonata Accompaniment
• 2) All Downstrokes: Vibrola On - All Downstrokes: Triplet Variation: riplet Variation with Bass Guitar: Triplet Variations
• 3) Rocker Style with Rhythm Section: Rocker Rhythms: Cha-Cha Beat
• 4) Cha-Cha Variation: Dampening
• 5) Mersey & Barnes- Allowing Strings to Ring: New Orleans Styles: Strumming Beats
• 6) Shuffle Beats: The Blues: Blues Accompaniment: Strumming Blues
• 7) Rhythm & Blues: Frantic Blues: Funky Blues: Slow Blues: Lowdown Dirty Blues: Bass Guitar
• 8) Country Styles: Nashville Styles: Banjo Styles: A Country Twanger
• 9) Extended Study Exercises
• 10) Tuning