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Guitar for Kids!: Learn to Play with Songs, Illustrations & Play-Along CD, Book & CD Paperback – October 1, 2008

by Ron Manus (Author), L. C. Harnsberger (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
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You're never too young to learn guitar! This book and CD package explains lessons using plain language that's easy for kids to understand. Three irresistible guitar experts guide students along-a clever classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They focus attention by pointing out what's important on each page and make learning music fun!
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    24 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Alfred Music
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    9.5 x 0.5 x 13 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0739053612
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0739053614
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alfred Music; PAP/COM edition (October 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 24 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0739053612
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0739053614
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 0.5 x 13 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 65 ratings

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  1. Ron Manus

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    Ron Manus is the third generation of the Manus family helping to lead Alfred Music into the future. Ron joined Alfred Music in 1988 and today is the company's Chief Business Development Officer.

    Ron's energetic and creative contributions to Alfred Music have improved the company in many vital ways. In the late 1980s, he managed the creation and growth of Alfred's New Media division, expanding the company's core strengths beyond book publishing and spurring the evolution of music instruction into contemporary mediums such as software, enhanced CDs, videos, DVDs, and later streaming content. He also played a major role during the 1990s when the company transitioned to a team-based structure, a system that allows the business to react more quickly to changing market opportunities. In 2005, Ron was an instrumental part in the acquisition of Warner Brothers Publications from the Warner Music Group which brought into the company the music of George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Van Halen, Green Day, and hundreds more.

    Ron is one of Alfred's top-selling authors, having over 100 published titles to his credit, including instructional items for guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica and ukulele.

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    L. C. Harnsberger received his Bachelor of Music in Composition from the University of Southern California. It was there that he studied with well-respected composers and arrangers, including Morton Lauridsen and William A. Schaefer. Since finishing school, he has been writing and arranging for numerous wind ensembles, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists. His published works for Alfred Music Publishing include music for band, full orchestra, solo piano, and choral accompaniments. His most popular publication is the Essential Dictionary of Music, which is a concise, pocket-sized reference guide of definitions, composers, theory, and instrument ranges, which is used by musicians of all levels.

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Amy S.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018
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My daughter has enjoyed using this book to learn how to play her keyboard. I do recommend also purchasing the keyboard/piano note stickers for the keys for beginners to go along with the book.
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Jessica Chicago
2.0 out of 5 stars Its just okay
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2009
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I suppose this would be a great book if you were learning on your own. However, the book is pretty basic and my 5 year old daughter flew through it. She was taking lessons and I purchased the wrong book. The teacher was great and worked with it, but agrees she was easily ready for something more complicated after just a few pages.

The CD is horrible! Although having it is a nice addition if you were not familiar with guitar, the man's voice is just dreadful. He could not sound more unhappy about recording the CD. How does that get a kid excited???
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Kevin E.
3.0 out of 5 stars Chords, no notes
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2010
I am a guitar teacher who has used the books this is based on, and bought this one to see what it is.

This guitar book is the same as the Guitar for Kids book, but without the notes. The regular (original) book (red and blue books, 1 and 2) has chords, then goes into notes and has arrangements that combine notes with chords. This book (the green one) has only chords. On the one hand, young students have a harder time learning notes than older students, so it might be useful to have a book that only teaches simple chords. On the other hand, there is only so much you can do with 3 chords. This book teaches the one-finger C, G, & G7 chords. It also teaches D7, which I have found is difficult for students younger than 9 or 10 years old. They can hold down one string at a time, but have difficulty holding down 3 strings at a time in the D7 shape.

It is useful to have a book with only simple 1-finger chords for younger students, but there should be more songs. This book is the same as the older (original) book, but with the section on notes taken out, and without any other songs added, so it is a very thin book. As it is, there are not enough songs here to make it worth the price. If they added some more songs that can be done with 1-finger chords to triple or quadruple the number of songs, it would be very useful in teaching young students. When a student isn't yet strong enough for more complex chords, you need to give them more music they can play with only 1 finger chords. Maybe there is some way to work in 2-finger chords? That would be a logical step to strengthen the hands before the students attempt a D7.

I think this book is a step in the right direction. It is useful to get the young guitarist started with simple 1-finger chords. I would like to see the author take this a step further to include more songs, and introduce 2-finger chords and other chords to help the student progress smoothly from one-finger C, G, and G7 chords to harder chords like the D7.
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Laura Watkins
1.0 out of 5 stars This is not a complete lesson book. It is partial.
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2015
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I wish the description stated that this was only a piece of the larger book I was searching for. Had to buy two books for my daughter's lessons. That was annoying and twice the cost.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2018
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Good book
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5.0 out of 5 stars You've got a smart one here
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2014
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I'm trying to teach my son hiw to play the guitar and I have no idea myself! You've got a smart one here!
The good thing is that learning with him I will learn it first and can anticipate what he will find difficult because it only just happened to me. We're havine fun. Just got to use this more regularly.

It is a good book, it explains things well. Although, I'm using it ss an adult so I can't really judge how easy it would be for a child to understand and translate it into music without adult guidance too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for kids starting to play the guitar
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2013
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I bought this for my 6 year old nephew who has just started playing the guitar. He finds it fun and the brightly coloured illustrations are very appealing to young children. I would recommend this product.
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Sheila Shaw
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2018
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Quite clear instructions
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susan moran
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2020
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Easy to follow
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