Playing Guitar for Beginners

by Betty Reeves

Overview

This is an outstanding resource for beginning rhythm guitar players as well as for individual or class instruction. This book makes instant success a certainty through sequential learning and a Play-Along CD of all the songs. Also included are:
• tablatures for 30 guitar chords,
• finger-position pictures in color for 30 chords,
• 58 1-chord and 2-chord songs,
• childrens songs and folk-song favorites.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016758336
Publisher:	Betty's Music
Publication date:	04/27/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Mission Statement is: (1) to share my God-given talents and my love of music with others, and (2) to equip others with a better understanding of music in such a way that they expreience greater enjoyment.

Personally, I am a: (1) Christian Woman in love with Jesus Christ; (2) Wife, since 1991, of a loving, wonderful, Godly man, Glenn Reeves; (3) Mother of five beautiful grown children; (4) Grandmother of nine energetic grandchildren; (5) Great-grandmother of three sweethearts, (6) Owner of a fun-loving Yorkshire Terrier named Holly. (7) Native Texan, reared on a cotton farm near Amherst, Texas, population c. 800. (8) Hobbies include music, reading, travelling, and playing/working on computer/lap-top/cell-phone/reader.

Community activities are: (1) First Baptist Church. Accompanist, Praise Band, Choir Director, Highest Praise Choir, Soloist, Arrangements and Compositions, Active Church Member, and (2) Tri-City Music Community Concert Association. Membership Chair, Vice President, Board Member.

Qualifications in Music and Music Education are: (1) Piano, Keyboard, Pianorgan, Accordion, Guitar, Ukulele, Orff Instruments, Recorder, Dulcimer, Rhythm Instruments; (2) Author of “Melody Street: Story and Illustrations” and “Melody Street: Playing Guitar” Books One and Two; (3) General Music, Music History and Literature, Music Appreciation, Music Theory, Kodaly and Solfege, Composition and Arrangement, Technology in Music; (4) Choir, Voice, and (5) Folk Movement, Square Dance.

Professional experiences are: (1) 2003 -to the Present -- First Baptist Church, Borger, Texas -- Accompanist, Praise Band, Choir Director, Highest Praise Choir, Soloist; (2) 1985 -2007 -- Borger Independent School District, Borger, Texas -- General Music Teacher and Choir Director; (3) 1987 -1992 -- First Christian Church, Borger, Texas -- Choir Director.

Education includes: (1) 1992 -- West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas -- Master of Arts in Music; (2) 1990 -- West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas -- Kodaly Certification, WTSU and Kodaly Center of America. GPA: 4.00; (3) 1985 -- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas -- Bachelor of Music Education,
All-Level Certification, Emphasis on Piano and Voice, General Elementary Endorsement. Cum Laude, GPA: 3.59. National Dean’s List, President’s Honor List, Dean’s Honor List.