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The Loftis Method for Guitar
Book 1
By William H. Loftis		  


Features:

  • Price: $17.00
  • A very easy guitar method for beginning students
  • Used successfully for thousands of beginning guitarists
  • Covers first 5 frets of the guitar and 17 chords
  • Contains 55 easy-to-learn pieces which can be mastered from the very first lesson
  • A primer for the Loftis Method Book 2
  • CD included
Description:

The Loftis Method for Guitar, Book 1 has been used successfully by guitar teachers nationwide as a primer for beginning students (ages 6 through adult). Since 1984 The Loftis Method has helped thousands of student guitarists get off to a fast and fun start. Regardless of age, all students gain an understanding of the basic fundamentals of "fretboard logic" while progressing through The Loftis Method. Each new concept is presented so clearly and succinctly even the six-year-old student will enjoy playing through this book. The 80 pages of pieces, exercises and charts cover all six strings in the first position using alphabet letters rather than notes. For example, an E whole-note on the first string would appear as the letter E 2 3 4 (the numbers are counted slowly and evenly after playing the E). The half-notes F and G are presented as F 2, G 2, etc. 17 basic chords and sharps and flats are also covered in Book 1. The benefit for the introducing the guitar in this manner is that the student learns fretboard logic, that is, how the chromatic scale fits on the fingerboard and overlaps from string to string. This important concept often is missed with the traditional, "learn by notes" method books. Since the alphabet letters are correctly placed in the same location as the notes will later appear, students make a quick and easy transition to note reading in Book 2. The Loftis Method for Guitar, Book 1 is also ideal for home schooling parents who wish to introduce their children to the guitar.

Contents:(Click on to view a sample page)

  1. 1st String Notes
  2. 1st String Excercises
  3. String Along
  4. Little Waltz
  5. 2nd String Notes
  6. 2nd String Excercises
  7. Hot Cross Buns
  8. Skip to my Lou
  9. Go, Tell Aunt Rhody
  10. Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
  11. Mary Had a Little Lamb
  12. Jingle Bells
  13. Notes Including "High A"
  14. "High A" Exercises
  15. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  16. Mexican Folk Song
  17. London Bridge
  18. Old MacDonald
  19. Loo by Loo
  20. Beautiful Browm Eyes
  21. 3rd String Notes
  22. 3rd String Exercises
  23. Good King Wenceslas
  24. Yankee Doodle
  25. Fretboard Chart
  26. On the Bridge
  27. Ode to Joy
  28. Aura Lee
  29. German Folksong
  30. Old Joe Clark
  31. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
  32. Roses from the South
  33. When the Saints Go Marching In
  34. New World Symphony
  35. Camptown Races
  36. Long, Long Ago
  37. Pastoral
  38. Are You Sleeping
  39. Introducing Charps
  40. Can Can
  41. Scarborough Fair
  42. Fingerboard Chart for Finding Sharps
  43. Estudio in D
  44. 4th String Notes
  45. 4th String Exercises
  46. Irish Jig
  47. Blues in E
  48. The Snake Song
  49. Greensleeves
  50. Chord Page 1
  51. Chord Practice Page 1
  52. Fingerboard Chart Review
  53. Romance
  54. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
  55. Bagatelle
  56. Minuet in G
  57. Surprise Symphony Theme
  58. Chord Page 2
  59. Chord Practice page 2
  60. Parts of a Guitar (Chart)
  61. 5th String Notes
  62. 5th String Exercise
  63. Volga Boatmen
  64. Fingerboard Chart Review
  65. Introducing Flats
  66. All Through the Night
  67. Londonberry Air
  68. Chord Page 3
  69. Chord Practice Page 3
  70. Chord Quiz
  71. 6th String Notes
  72. 6th String Exercises
  73. Two Blues
  74. Come to the Sea
  75. Fingerboard chart for Sharps
  76. Hush, Little Baby
  77. Fingerboard Chart Review
  78. Chord Page 4
  79. Chord Practice Page 4
  80. Hey, Ho, Nobody Home
  81. Rockin' Beat
  82. Chord Reference Char

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