BEATLES, FROM LIVERPOOL TO ABBEY ROAD: A GUITAR METHOD FEATURING 33 SONGS OF LENNON & MCCARTNEY. CD TABLATURE
Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney / arr. L.C. Harnsberger and Ron Manus
CATEGORY: Guitar Method or Supplement
FORMAT: Book & CD
This easy-to-use beginning method teaches everything you need to know to get started playing guitar. Start by learning how to hold the guitar and how to read standard music notation and TAB. Photos are included to clearly show proper fingering position. Great arrangements of songs by Lennon & McCartney are introduced to reinforce new techniques. Once you have completed this book, you will be able to play from sheet music and be ready to play in a band. The CD demonstrates songs and exercises. Songs include: All My Loving; And I Love Her; Eight Days a Week; Eleanor Rigby; The Fool on the Hill; Here, There and Everywhere; Hey Jude; I Am the Walrus; It's Only Love; Michelle; Norwegian Wood; Nowhere Man; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Paperback Writer; Penny Lane; Rain; Revolution; Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band; With a Little Help From My Friends; Yellow Submarine; Yesterday; You've Got to Hide Your Love Away...and many others.
a beginning guitar method featuring 33 songs of Lennon & McCartney
Cover photos:
The famous zebra crossing outside the
Abbey Road Studios: © Corbis / Inge Yspeert
Guitars:
Martin D-28 courtesy of the
Martin Guitar Company
Model 320 courtesy of
Rickenbacker International Corporation
Naval Union Jack artwork: © Wood River Gallery
Special thanks to the following for their hard work:
Interior design and engraving: Bruce Goldes
Cover design: Ted Engelbart
Editorial assistance: Kate Westin
Recording production: Adam Levy
Copyright © MCMXCIX by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
ISBN 0-7390-0251-1 Book and CD
ISBN 0-7390-0250-3 Book
table of contents
Holding the Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting Acquainted with Music . . . . . .
Getting Acquainted with Tablature . . .
Chord Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Types of Guitars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tuning Your Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the First String E . . . . . . . . . .
Mixing It Up, More Mixing. . . . . . . .
Sound Off: How to Count Time . . .
Time Signatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playing Different Kinds of Notes and
Time Signatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the Second String B . . . . . . .
Two-String Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
With a Little Help from
My Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the Third String G . . . . . . . .
Aura Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yellow Submarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meet the Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three-String C Chord . . . . . . . . .
Ode to Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing the Quarter Rest. . . . . .
Rock ’n’ Rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three-String G7 Chord . . . . . . . .
Down in the Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the Fourth String D . . . . . . .
Incomplete Measures. . . . . . . . . . . .
Chord Accompaniments . . . . . . . . .
I’m Happy Just to Dance
with You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Four-String G Chord . . . . . . . . . .
Norwegian Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lady Madonna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the Fifth String A. . . . . . . . .
You’ve Got to Hide
Your Love Away . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Four-String G7 Chord . . . . . . . . .
Buffalo Gals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Riddles and Puzzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing High A . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rockin’ in Dorian Mode . . . . . . . . .
Rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes on the Sixth String E. . . . . . . . .
The Natural Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tempo Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Three-Tempo Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tell Me What You See. . . . . . . . . . .
The Four-String C Chord . . . . . . . . . .
When the Saints Go Marching In . .
Eighth Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eighth Note Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Speed Drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Here, There and Everywhere. . . . . .
Carry That Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paperback Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sharps, Flats and Naturals . . . . . . . . .
The Chromatic Scale . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chromatic Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
It’s Only Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Four-String F Chord . . . . . . . . . .
I’m Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da . . . . . . . . . . .
The Major Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Key Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baby You’re a Rich Man . . . . . . . . .
Penny Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing Dotted Notes. . . . . . . . . .
Nowhere Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eleanor Rigby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three Principal Chords . . . . . . . .
The Three Principal Chords in the Key
of C Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Five-String C and F Chords
and the Six-String G7 Chord . . . . .
Rhythm Patterns Using the Three
Principal Chords in C Major . . . .
Introducing Triplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Fool on the Hill . . . . . . . . . . . .
Key of A Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three Principal Chords in the
Key of A Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Five-String D7 Chord . . . . . . . . . .
Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I Will. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eight Days a Week . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Chords: The Six-String A and
Em Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
And I Love Her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three Principal Chords in the Key
of G Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Six-String G Chord, and the
Five-String C and D7 Chords . . . .
I’ll Get You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Dominant Major Chord . . . . . . .
The Five-String D Major Chord . . .
Yellow Submarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Key of E Minor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Three Principal Chords in the
Key of E Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
House of the Rising Sun . . . . . . . . .
All My Loving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preparation for Bar (Barre) Chords. . .
The Three Principal Chords in the Key
of F Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
More About Two-Part Writing. . . . . .
Michael Row the Boat Ashore. . . . .
Important Open Chords . . . . . . . . . . .
Most Commonly Used Bar Chords . . .
I Am the Walrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sixteenth Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dotted Eighth and
Sixteenth Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hey Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reading Sheet Music . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anytime at All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Important Small Bar Chords. . . . . . .
Introducing Quarter Note Triplets . .
Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chord Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar Fingerboard Chart . .