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Guitar for Kids: A Beginner's Guide with Step-by-Step Instruction for Acoustic and Electric Guitar (Bk/Online Audio) (Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Songbooks)) Paperback – June 1, 2009

by Jeff Schroedl (Author), Bob Morris (Author)
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(Guitar Method). Do you know a kid who wants to play guitar but don't know how to help them begin their musical journey? Let the most-trusted name in music education get them off to a great start! The Hal Leonard Guitar for Kids Method is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Clear instruction, helpful photos, and popular songs such as "Yellow Submarine," "Hokey Pokey," "I'm a Believer," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Hound Dog" keep students motivated. Clean, simple page layouts ensure kids' attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parents, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The accompanying online audio contains more than 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along and is accessed using the unique code printed inside each book. No tablature included.Lessons include: * Selecting your guitar * Parts of the guitar * Holding the guitar * Hand position * Reading music notation and counting * Notes on the first three strings * C, G7, Em, G, D, and A chords * Strumming & picking Note: no tablature is included. Songs include: ABC * Barbara Ann * Brown Eyed Girl * Coconut * Eleanor Rigby * Get up Stand Up * The Hokey Pokey * Hound Dog * I'm a Believer * Land of a Thousand Dances * Love Me Tender * Low Rider * Surfin' U.S.A. * This Land Is Your Land * Yellow Submarine * You Are My Sunshine.
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Guitar for Kids – Hal Leonard Guitar Method

A Beginner's Guide with Step-by-Step Instruction for Acoustic and Electric Guitar

by Bob Morris and Jeff Schroedl

Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs such as 'Yellow Submarine,' 'Hokey Pokey,' 'I'm a Believer,' 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' 'This Land Is Your Land' and 'Hound Dog' keep students motivated, and the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parents, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The accompanying online audio contains more than 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along and is accessed using the unique code printed inside each book. No tablature included.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard; Pap/Com edition (June 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1423464214
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1423464211
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.12 x 12 inches
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KateTheGreat
5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Good Start-Up Guide for Young Guitarists
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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I bought this book to help me teach my grandson how to play guitar. (He's just shy of eight years old.) It is a really gentle, thoughtful way to get a little kid started, playing one-finger chords, doing songs that kids (and their parents) already know.

He's happy, and making good progress. I couldn't have asked for more or better. We'll be working our way through the whole series.
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John Justice
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
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I live this book for all of my entry level students
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Yeti
4.0 out of 5 stars Teaches kids guitar techniques
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018
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Fairly intuitive to read and follow along to. Could be better illustrated but it seems to be a good book for kids to learn guitar.
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Mrs. G
5.0 out of 5 stars Great pace for younger kids
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023
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I love the tried and true Hal Leonard guitar method, and really appreciate the slower pace of this book- 1 note is introduced at a time instead of all the closed 1st position c major notes on a string.
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Music Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great curriculum - I've used this for 9 years!
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020
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I am a licensed school music educator. I have used this method book for over 9 years in my fifth grade guitar classes. I also use the Ukulele Method for Kids. It is my favorite method book and this is why:
1. It is paced well and covers all the basics in a systematic way that young kids understand.
2. The photos are large because that is developmentally appropriate for kids. One of the bad reviews criticized the photos, and they are enormously helpful to the students.
3. I LIKE focusing on the chords first because most amateur guitar players intend to use chord strumming, not plucking melodies. I personally, find the chords easy to learn as a beginner.
4. The SONG CHOICES are awesome! My students learned about the Beatles and some other performers with these more "current" song choices as opposed to folk songs they have never heard before.
The only thing I add as a teacher is the transition from easy "one finger" chords to the full chord fingerings.

I highly recommend this course, especially with a teacher to facilitate the learning. I give this my endorsement after having used it for 9 years in a school classroom. Hal Leonard got this one right.
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dirtsounds
5.0 out of 5 stars best guitar instruction book for kids that I have found
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2012
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I have taught guitar for 12 years and was very excited when I found this book. After using it, I feel that it has been well thought out and addresses the challenges of teaching children so wonderfully. It is designed to give success early on and quickly. I also bought the Alfred Kids Guitar course book and will say that I absolutely prefer this one. This book starts out extremely simply, as does the Alfred and gets kids playing music right away, but it is much less distracting visually. It also has licensed great popular songs for use in the book whereas the Alfred uses mainly public domain tunes or songs made up for the book. The teacher parts are written out as well as the melody notes to sing along with. The other book only includes strum bars and chords, so unless you use the cd every time, it is not clear what the melody is. I let my 8 year old son start using this book and he loves it. I decided to teach the Alfred book to my 5 year old to avoid competition with his brother but he preferred the Hal Leonard because there is no singing on the cd and he thought the pictures were "stupid." I recommend the listening cd that comes with it. The sing along factor really helps kids. We have it in the car while drive to get the songs in thier heads, then when they practice they already know how to play and sing them. I love that I can teach a brand new beginner and send them home playing a song the first day. I think the age recommendation is right on, however some eight and nine year olds will progress through this very quickly and may need the next book soon. I think maybe even older beginners could find use for it as a way to quickly learn basic concepts and find success. I only wish the follow up book had as many great songs as this one.
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Thai4U n BBQ2
3.0 out of 5 stars Not so great, very short and not much material with this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2012
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Let me start by stating that my 6 year old is a very quick learner and he has had the equivalent of 2 years of piano already.

I was somewhat disappointed by this book, I don't think you should pay more than $8 for it. I was hoping for more songs and notes, but this book is very limited. It starts by learning two 3 string chords and one four string chord with strumming. Then it moves to 7 single notes A-G on string 6 through 3. I think there are two better options below:

I actually prefer the Guitar Method Book 1 by Hal Leonard  Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1: Book/CD Pack  because it has more parts of songs, and it starts out with the single notes on string 5 and 6 to allow newbies to practice without the frustration of chords. Later it teaches more single notes, 10, on all strings. It also has many more chords than this book with many more tunes. What I really like about the Guitar Method Book 1 is that it gives new learners time to practice on the single notes before trying simple chords. It also takes them through a pretty solid foundation to start playing songs for practice. This book would be better for older children (8-9 years and older).

For younger children (5-7), I think the Alfred Complete Kids guitar book  Kid's Guitar Course Complete (Book, Enhanced CD & DVD) (Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course) is a much better book and value as with much more instruction than Hal's Guitar for Kids, and more suited for the young learners. Its only flaw might be that it doesn't start as simple as Hal Leonard's Guitar Method books with learning just the single notes first. If it did, it would be the perfect book. Still, you can bounce around, and it does a very good job of self-teaching music by explaining everything with much more detail than any of the Hal Leonard books. This book is very colorful and more fun for a child because it has lots of cartoon pictures with the songs which make the kids laugh and makes learning music seem more fun. The songs start out very easy and progress to more difficult for a beginner. When you are done with this book you are ready to start Guitar Method Book 1 by Hal Leonard somewhere towards the later middle of the book.

Just one man's opinion.
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carolyn m.
5.0 out of 5 stars Grandsons Birthday gift
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2023
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We bought a few other of this author’s music books so we bought one for our Grandson who is just getting ready to learn to play guitar 🎸
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Avni
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to study
Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2022
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Absolutely worth buying, it will teach you StepByStep
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Sofia A.
2.0 out of 5 stars No trae el CD
Reviewed in Mexico on March 9, 2020
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Mark Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, functional and effective
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2013
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This is the guitar tuition resource that, I'm told, is favoured by many, if not most, primary school guitar teachers. Our nine-year-old daughter began lessons at the beginning of this term and given her somewhat butterfly approach to every hobby she's ever had (completely enthusiastic for about five minutes and then, when the novelty wears off, flitting off to the next new shiny pastime) I was a little sceptical whether she'd stay the course.

Nine weeks later, and she's still plucking gamely away - largely, I think, because this book makes it all very straightforward and the kids end up learning to play songs rather than just playing an endless stream of unrelated chords, which makes it all that much more engaging.

The layout of the book and the instructions are clear, easy to follow and logical and even in the course of nine weeks - thanks also to her weekly lesson - we've heard real improvement in her playing. The price makes it good value for money and I'd recommend it as an additional source of support to anyone who's having lessons or as a standalone 'teach yourself' book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like it
Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2018
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Arrived promptly in the mail and a great book for a beginner guitarist
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J. Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant starter book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2014
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Bought this for my 10 year old daughter who is just learning guitar and she has really taken to it.It is set out well and very clearly and the tracks on the CD are really clear.

One minor issue is that the tuning notes are all on one track which means you have to keep skipping back to get the tuning right. I would have preferred each note on its own track but a small issue with such a great book.
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