Easy Guitar Songs, Student Book

Denise Gagné and Tim O'Brien's method book is designed to teach students how to play chords to accompany singing. The first fifteen songs use only one chord. By the end of the fifteenth song, students should have mastered forming Em, D, A, C, G and E chords. The remaining ten songs require chord changes. The included online audio files contain interactive PDF files with audio and links. The book also includes links to many YouTube videos of easy pop songs that you can play using E and A chords.

A minimum purchase of 5 student books is required. For grades 4-8.

Contents

• Introduction and History of the Guitar
• Parts of the Guitar
• How to Read a Chord Chart
• How to Hold and Strum the Guitar
• How to Tune the Guitar
• Songs -
1. Ghost of Tom
2. Skin and Bones
3. In the Land of Oz
4. Land of the Silver Birch
5. My Paddle
6. Frère Jacques
7. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
8. Three Blind Mice
9. Adieu My Comrades
10. The Wandering Cowboy
11. This Old Hammer
12. Cotton Eye Joe
13. Whistle Daughter
14. Bells in the Steeple
15. L'il Liza Jane
16. He's Got the Whole World
17. Hey Lidee
18. Old Texas
19. Found a Peanut
20. Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor
21. What Shall We Do with a Silly Sailor?
22. Clementine
23. Lukey's Boat
24. Down in the Valley
25. Alouette
• Pop Song Links