Alfred’s Drumset Method, Bk 2
$19.00
| Publisher : | Alfred Music (August 1, 2015) |
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| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 48 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 1470627019 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1470627010 |
| Item Weight : | 8.8 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 8.7 x 0.2 x 11.7 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #2,321 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 34 ratings |
4 reviews for Alfred’s Drumset Method, Bk 2
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Concise yet easy to read and understand
This is the perfect book for those who want to do more than just play chords.
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Good for new ones or more advanced
Easy to play notes and chords good for newer one like me.
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Easy for absolute beginners
I have been playing the ukulele for 3 weeks and having never played any musical instrument before in my life – I believe that makes me an absolute beginner. I love how easy it was to start playing the songs in this book. Made me feel like I could actually play something that was more advanced than children’s nursery rhymes. The tabs are a lifesaver and help me out enormously as I struggle to read musical notes. Definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants to expand their repertoire as they learn.
One person found this helpful
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Uke book, for the uke… with fun songs
All the songs in this book fit the uke with its standard tuning of GCEA (high G). Some of the other books I looked at seem to have just taken guitar melodies and then put UKE chords on top, but the melodies then fell off the range of the instrument you have so are unplayable. Not so with this one. Every note is playable on the uke (tabs are provided) and all the lyrics are given. I never saw some of these verses before (btw, turns out that Tom Dooley guy was a jerk after all). This is a great book for sing alongs. Lots of fun tunes: “I walk the line”, “house of the rising sun”, “all my loving”.
8 people found this helpful
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Fun song book
I’m a beginner ukulele player and I’m enjoying this book. The songs are fairly easy to play. The book has both notes and tabs which is convenient.
One person found this helpful
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A great start for new uke players, even better for experienced stringed instrument players.
for an inexpensive beginner uke book, it’s great. There are some really good songs in here and the chord guides through each song and tablature for note playing comes quick, especially if you’ve toyed with guitar for some considerable time. You’ll be playing the uke immediately. A few songs by the Beatles and Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and more. The tablature helps you get the tune if you’re not familiar with a song.
One person found this helpful
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Easy ukulele book
Great beginner’s ukulele song book. Nice large notes and writing.
One person found this helpful
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Nice book.
Great for beginners!
One person found this helpful
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Good but not for everyone.
The Bad: I am a music instructor and try and avoid using TAB with beginners. I try and get them to use the black dots…so, as this book contains TAB I would only use it with experienced students or adults who want to work on melody. Thus, the 3 star rating because I can’t use it for everybody I teach.The Good: The songs are cool! It is a good supplement to the Ukulele Book 1 so if you are purchasing that book, this is a good add on to your purchase. If you are a TAB reader, it is fine.
7 people found this helpful
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This is just right
I am a beginner, and this book is just perfect to carry around with me and practice. I don’t have to worry about charging up my laptop to find ukelele chord music to play outside or in my car or whatever. The only problem is that I have to stop to turn the pages. I don’t have to do that with my laptop. But I like the freedom and light weight of a book. The songs are classic in this book, and great to learn.
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good book
I have the method 1 book and want to continue. Method 1 made it very easy to learn notes and chords
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great
This product it is really helpful, for a beginner UKU player, i really recommend it.I start using it, and is easy, since i got it, i play and play my UKU
9 people found this helpful
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familiar songs. simple to learn.
bought the easy songs and the method books 1 and 2. easy to follow and learn. familiar songs. great price.
One person found this helpful
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I feel it’s a useless book for someone learning tab
I play several instruments, but have never learned a string instrument before, so I decided to start learning the ukulele. The book starts by defining very simple music terms which I found silly (like “verse” and “chorus”), But it gives absolutely NO explanation of how to play the tablature. I have no clue what all the numbers on the four lines listed as TAB even mean. I wish it gave SOME kind of explanation of how it all worked. I feel it’s a useless book for someone learning tab.
2 people found this helpful
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A Great Way to Start!
I bought this songbook for my beginning Ukulele students. I love the tabulature in addition to the notes. It’s a perfect way to learn the fingerings while learning to read the music, words, & chords. The songs are all familiar. I think it is a good supplement to any instruction books.
16 people found this helpful
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Worth picking up
If you are a beginner, this is really worth picking up. Lots of great songs, like “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry,” (Come back, Hank Williams…)
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Four Stars
My daughter says it could benefit from some more contemporary selections.
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Enjoying This Book
I don’t love every song in this book but I do like most of them. The chords are mostly easy and great for establishing a foundation. This book and the
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were a gift for my wife last month and she sounds great playing the songs.
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Great beginners guild for learning the ukulele and playing songs
Great beginners guild for learning the ukulele and playing songs. Simple and easy to follow. Don’t give up and you will be able to play fairly quickly. Very fun instrument.
2 people found this helpful
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Four Stars
Good song book for Uke
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Don’t get this on your kindle.
I’m a beginner uke player. Some of these songs are easy for me, but others provide a good stretch. However the kindle format means you have to turn pages to play the entire piece. You can make the image larger, but that cuts off part of the page. I suggest buying the book. I do love the Hal Leonard Fast Track books for uke and harmonica. I’m going to order this one in paper.
4 people found this helpful
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A good basic book for beginners
wide song selection. easy to see cheats, Print is very dark and high contrast – you can see all the notes even if slightly buzzed on mai tais. Not all the tunes are going to be your faves but you will probably like half of them. Not bad for a book with twenty songs. With the notation, I expect that this book would be very good for duets, one fingerpicking and one strumming.
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Great for Beginner Uke Players
My daughter loves it and has now learned most of the songs.
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Ukulele book
I bought a ukulele for my grand-daughter. I grew up with the guitar, I don’t know how to play the ukulele, this books has the fingering charts, however, I’m not sure what sounds are correct…so, the book is great, but the player (me), I still don’t know what I’m doing.
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Just OK
This book is definitely for a beginner. You can actually get most of this type material for free on the Internet if you will just do a little searching. But the book does serve its purpose and it is a good purchase if you would rather have a book than trying to find some similar material on the Internet. It also makes a nice gift if someone is receiving a ukulele for the first time.
34 people found this helpful
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The Internet Really Makes This Obsolete
When I bought my first ukulele two years ago, I purchased this songbook. What a mistake. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with the songs. Each title includes sheet music for piano with easy to read ukulele chord diagrams. And the most difficult chord in any of the songs is a B flat–and that isn’t that tough to master. You also get complete lyrics.So what’s the problem? There are only twenty songs, and not a lot of variety: five Beatles songs, two songs each from Elvis, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. Truth to tell, I haven’t opened this songbook since the day it arrived. There are numerous websites where you can print practically any song you want. Why would you spend good money on this? And this songbook says nothing about strum patterns. Overall, it’s just not very helpful. It was a rookie mistake on my part. I wish I had my money back.
3 people found this helpful
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Easy read and to learn the songs
Such a easy to read and learn uke book. I love that’s it tabs. I don’t play often so not good at uke or guitar but this is a book I can play the songs and pick up no matter how long it’s been since playing
2 people found this helpful
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Easy pop tone for uke
Pro – I like the strings with the number of the fret on it as well as the chord bars shown for the songs with the words.Con – It could tell you when to play the chords and with what strumming pattern as well as when the picking comes back on. This could be used as a duet with one person strumming the chords while the other person does the picking.
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I love that this has the tabs
I love that this has the tabs. It makes it easy for almost anyone to pick up and play. The songs are great, a nice variety of genres.
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Ladies and Germs, I present….
Good book. Songs are easy and fun. Hell, if I could play everyone of these songs well, I’d be a hit at any party.
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Not much Popular Songs
I was expecting popular songs – old and new, but it is the kind of a song book that is nice to have but will be not be in use. I wish for song books like this, there is a way to view the lists of songs.
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Loving the Hal Leonard series!
We had such great luck with Book 1, we ordered Book 2 and lessons are coming along wonderfully. I also ordered Easy Songs for Ukulele Supplementary Songbook, which my 11 yo daughter LOVES. These books were recommended by her instructor – highly reecommend!
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Four Stars
Everything we need to learn simple Ukulele and have fun.
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Purchased for Self
I did not recognize too many of the songs, and there was not very much variation to the music being played. I recommend using online music/chords/tabs if you want more popular, up-to-date music, or even easy songs like these in the book
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It wasn’t what I was looking for.
The book is probably a good book but it wasn’t what I was looking for. I was looking for the old folk songs I learned to play on the ukelele on but the songs in this book were too modern for me.
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Four Stars
Still learning to play.
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Good book but not for me (yet)
I bought this thinking I can start learning my daugther’s ukulele that she no longer wants. Boy was I wrong ! This book is great, in my opinion once I find the Ukulele for Dummies or Ukulele 101 book.
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Love this book
The little diagrams with the dots above where you change cords is just what I was looking for. You don’t have to memorizethe D cord, or the C cord, etc. Much easier to play songs without much memorizing.
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decent songs
has couple of cool songs in here, tells you chords, not that great of a selection though, but im happy.
One person found this helpful
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Good book
Good book. It has good songs, but I wish it had more classic songs.It also makes u rate the book and you can’t get out of it so I’m giving it a lower score.
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very good
Great songs, but there are easier versions out there. I am a very new beginner and found some of the cords difficult but all in all this is a great book of songs
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Wonderful!
This is the best book for beginners! It has tabs too. It’s got the song “walk the line” and “your cheating heart”
2 people found this helpful
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A beginners delight
This is a very useful book for the beginner.It is written very well with this in mind.I recommend it highly.It arrived in very good time,packed to perfection,and in first class condition
One person found this helpful
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useful for uke players
I enjoy trying popular songs on the ukulele. Especially when the chord diagrams make it easy to figure out how to play the chords on the uke! More like this.. please!
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Good Beginning Songbook
This book has a lot of good eawsy songs for the beginning player. It should be used witth the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Book 1 to teach students, or yourself, to read notes (or tabs) which ultimately will lead to a better more advanced uke player. The songs can also be played just with chords.
2 people found this helpful
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The book is okay but the song aren’t all that great
I just wanted to learn to play the Ukulele for fun and bought this in addition to the Uke which came with it’s own book and DVD. This book is okay but the songs are more on the lame side. It was cheap enough but I don’t think I’d buy it again knowing what I know now.
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Starter book
This song book is a little thin on music and chord charts, it was a good starting point for me but i needed several other books to really get enjoyment out of this purchase.
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Easy to follow
This is a great songbook for ukulele beginner; with the pictures of the chords right above the text / notations and the selection of the songs almost “guaranteed you will know”, as a complete beginner I had a blast trying them all on the 1st day I picked a ukulele into my hand
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ukelele song book
I was disappointed that the book was more suited for adults than an 8 yr old child who was beginning to play. The instructions were good, but I did not think I could give it to him b/c of the song selections. Age appropriateness would be good to lidt with this item. Thank you.
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Great for learning!
This was great! Everything I expected. Made a perfect gift for my wife who is learning how to play. It was fun for me too and I already play.
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Good songs
Like the songs good for a beginner like me~
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Perfect for beginners
Ecellent and easy to follow.
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great book
I purchased this book in hopes it would help me learn to play the ukulele. There are a lot of great songs in this book. Now I just have to learn to read and play them.
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Songs that are fun to Play !!!
Great little book that is loaded with songs that are fun to play on my Ukulele.
2 people found this helpful
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Great for the Novice..
This is a nice book to have for your first song book. Call me old fashion but I like a songbook instead of having to hunt songs on the internet. For the money its a good deal.
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Okay
Nice, simple, with the chords, tabs, and lyrics. Don’t like that you have to stop and turn pages. They could have avoided this easily and included more CURRENT songs. Other than that, it’s okay.
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Four Stars
Good.
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Four Stars
Good basics for Uke
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Very Cheaply made but works
I have to leave the back stand out all the time, because it is made so cheaply, however IT DOES WORK, just don’t open and close it to many times.
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Good Second Book in the series
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Great
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Loves it!
My son loves this book!
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Very good method
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Perfect for beginner that is ready to move up!
Really walks through the chords and strings. A lot of familiar songs to work with and learn. Diagrams make it easy to follow!
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Guitar Method Book 2
I will be working in this book shortly. I fills my needs of continuing the Hal Leonard Guitar lesson process.
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a good continuation of Book 1
This book continues from Book 1. Has notes and chords and discusses some of the music theory such as root notes for chords etc. This is for learning music notes and not for Tab. But learning the primary chords by name, such as C, E or G7, is very valuable. Even if you don’t want to learn all the indiv notes. Learning the chords by name is easier to play than by tab even.
One person found this helpful
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A mixture of strumming and notation exercises
The learning purpose of the book could be more clearly defined. Book 1 was designed to help students read music. Book 2 alternates strumming exercises with reading, which could either be desirable or undesirable based on your goals. If your goal is to read music, you are going to have a drastic jump in symbol decoding for music notation fromThe first book and you will need more reading supplements. Students struggle a lot with this book
7 people found this helpful
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Bought for someone
I can’t really say.
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Good
As expected
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great instructional book
I’m already a bit beyond this book with my playing but it’s a great learning tool anyway. I like all of Hal Leonard books. This is no exception. I like that these books go step by step in progression, each book leading to the next.
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Just starting but seems to move on nicely from book 1.
I had completed and enjoyed all the lessons in book 1 so I decided to continue with this same line of teaching. So far I have enjoyed the content and think it will be very useful in helping me progress in learning to play guitar.
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I like it
Helps with my guitar practice
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Easy to interpret
I have almost completed Book 1 and curiosity got the better of me so I took a quick look through Book 2. It looks to be well written and straightforward. Simple enough to teach yourself and nice to discuss and play along with an instructor.
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Great book. As described.
Great book.
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Great product
Great product
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the only way to learn guitar
Hal Leonard books are very well organized and give you step by step instruction to learn your instrument while getting the fundamentals down along with avoiding bad habits. Make sure to get the manual with the audio CD- it is indispensable!
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Great
Great book👍
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Great book
Great book.
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… lessons and our class asked if this was a good book to have and he said yes so I …
I am taking guitar lessons and our class asked if this was a good book to have and he said yes so I bought it and am enjoying leaning new things that are in it.
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They do not include the pattern exercises so that a beginner could hear what something sounds like and repeat it
My biggest problem with the books is that the CD only includes certain tracks. They do not include the pattern exercises so that a beginner could hear what something sounds like and repeat it. Obviously there are hundreds of those in the book, but it would still be helpful to have access to it so I know if I’m doing it right or not.
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Geezer can play guitar now…
I finished book 1 and now am almost finishedwith this book… book 2.Buy it and play guitar…. from sheet music too !Nice !Next will be book 3… then the BLUES BOOK too !!!I can make fine noise on a guitar.
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Great book.
Great series of teaching books. Love the cd that you can play with. Helps with the learning process. Songs are classics that have been around for ages.
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Great fun for me
Getting a lot of practice and learning out of this book. Great fun for me.
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Good beginner book
I have all 3 books of the series. I have tried other books to learn on my own and this one explains the basics better then any other series I have tried.
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Five Stars
More difficult than Book I and still pushing through it but well done.
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Perfect books for learning Guitar!!!!!!!!
These Hal Leonard guitar books are perfect series of books to learn to play the guitar. From beginner to more advanced, each book has a more advanced level of learning. Highly recommend.
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nice item
I’m using it with a student, and we really like the sound tracks that come with it.
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Better than book 1
I have used book one of this series for years in my teaching and finally decided to give book two a shot. It’s so good! There are a bunch of passages that are riffs from legendary tunes. Very straightforward explanation of tab and fingerpicking.Definitely worth it if you/your student is ready.
One person found this helpful
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No bends or ripped pages. Good buy
Came in perfect. No bends. Only thing is that I thought it was supposed to come with a cd too, and it didn’t.
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Great for the Beginner to move on.
This book is a follow-on to book 1. I like the Hal Leonard series better than the Mel Bay series. Mel Bay’s books go too far too fast.
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Good, but considerably harder than book 1
Good book, except Hal Leonard makes a big jump from book 1 to book 2 intellectually. Kind of like going from Elementary School right to High School. Maybe this is because book 1 is typically easier than other Guitar 1 methods from other book companies. it’s definitely the right choice after Hal Leonard 1 (Hal Leonard is an easier system than Mel Bay and some others). Really surprised Hal Leonard hasn’t covered power chords and a warm-up exercise up to this point?
3 people found this helpful
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fun to jam!
I really like using this book alongside of Mel Bay Book 2. The combination of the two books gives students a great foundation for playing the guitar. This book offers some outstanding practice with strumming patterns. The CD is a must if the student is to really get a feel for playing the style and playing with others. So often students who play guitar don’t getting a chance to play with a group. This CD gives the student this opportunity in addition to making playing the guitar a blast! I have taught many students over the years and have found this book to be extremely popular and well worth the money.
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Not for me.
I felt like this really didn’t expand my knowledge from the last book especially considering I wanted to learn music notation.
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El libro es el modelo diferente a la foto de venta
El libro llego, pero es el modelo viejo. Diferente al publicado en la foto de amazon.
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Great book for beginners
This was a great book for learning how to play the guitar. My daughter loved it.
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Five Stars
perfect beginner book!
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Simply Excellent!
I tried a few different guitar method books in teaching my son to play – everyone get you through the notes on the six strings and then dumps you in the middle of no-where.After a few false starts with other methods I found the Hal Leonard Guitar Method books and I absolutely love them. They are the best by far and we’ve been very please with them. I play a bit of guitar but never had formal instruction. These books served as my “lesson plans” for teaching my son and it works!We’ve gone through all three (Book 1, 2 & 3) and then started working with a few specialized/focused books (Blues guitar, Rock guitar, Guitar Theory, etc.). They all move at a good comfortable pace and leverage exercises that build and reinforce the concepts being taught.If you’re thinking about learning to play or teaching your children to play, this book is a great investment.
17 people found this helpful
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awesome in depth training
just like my title says…if you are just starting out on guitar…go through books 1-3 its good help! sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet
One person found this helpful
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Needs complete update
There’s no question that you can learn to play guitar with this method, but you’re not likely to enjoy the songs. Polly Wolly Doodle, Sinner Man, Frere Jacques, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, Kumbayah? I am 60 years old and these songs are too outdated and religious for me. I can’t imagine youngsters enjoying them.
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Big jump from kids book 2.
I got this book because I thought the kids book 2 and book 1 over lapped too much. But once I got the book 2 I realized it was a huge jump and that book 1 was just right for the next book.
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Hal Leonard is king
Stick with a teacher, and make that teacher Hal Leonard
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Great book
Great book for those learning how to play…
One person found this helpful
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I also like the layout which somehow seems user friendly
A bigger step up from Book 1 than I expected so it helped to have done Book 1 well without rushing it. Lots more new things to learn and still very varied and interesting. I also like the layout which somehow seems user friendly. These are very good tutor books, full of fun and not too easy.
One person found this helpful
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Three Stars
GOOD
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Five Stars
good book…
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Four Stars
using the CD with Amazing Slowdowner makes the process very comfortable.
One person found this helpful
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Five Stars
It’s good!
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Exactly!
Just what we needed to continue with our guitar lessons and tutorial at school. We recommend it for guitar students.
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Five Stars
Son learned to play using this
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good book
helpful & easy
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Five Stars
Good book
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good
good
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If you just learned how to read guitar notes,this book is perfect
After i learned how to read notes,i was given the Complete Book (1-3) It takes you from notes to chords and everything in the middle. This is a treaure. I will Always refer back to it. The Big Red Book!!
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Hal Leonard Guitar Book 2
Took 18 days for company to send in-stock 47-page booklet. Company never responded to my email concern/request. Booklet was in excellent condition. . . just took too long to receive.
One person found this helpful
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Five Stars
Great book used Ha Leonard to teach guitar and love his step by step books.
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Joseph McGowan –
Five Stars
Our son Wade, who’s becoming quite the musician and Alfred’s books are a major part of his success.
Amazon Customer –
Honest review.
Very good for any level.
jason –
Five Stars
My drum students love this book! Thanyou, Alfred!
khathar ranglak –
it OK
nice