G Tuning Minor Chords

The Mariachi Method Book transforms the traditional verbal teaching of this time-honored genre into a written text. This book is especially designed to teach the beginning player the fundamentals of Mariachi guitar. It contains lessons that introduce the primary chords, followed by easy exercises, new rhythm patterns and great songs to put your new Mariachi knowledge to use. The two accompanying CDs provide a teaching soundtrack to guide you through the exercises, rhythms and songs.

Contents: All Through the Night • Allegretto (Giuliani) • Allegretto, Op. 44, No. 8 (Sor) • Alman (16th C.) • Amusement, Op. 18, No. 3 (Horetzky) • Andante (Sor) • Andante, Op. 6 (Molino) • Andantino (Sor) • Andantino (Carulli) • Andantino, Op. 139, No. 1 (Giuliani) • Aura Lee • Banks of the Ohio • Bourrée in A Minor (L. Mozart) • El Vito • The Entertainer • Etude (Carulli) • Etude in A Minor • Evening Breeze (Noad) • Fandango • Greensleeves • I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song) • Theme from Jocelyn (Godard) • La Volta • Little Rondo (Meissonier) • Minuet • Minuet (Carcassi) • Minuet I • Moorish Dance • On Top of Old Smoky • Packington's Pound (16th C.) • Pastoral (Noad) • Pavane (16th C.) • Petenera (Traditional) • The Piper's Tune • Rondo from Sonatina, Op. 71 (Giuliani) • Sicilienne (Meissonier) • Solitude • Sonatina (Attwood) • Song at Nightfall • The St. Catherine (Barrett) • Study in C (Giuliani) • Study in D (Sor) • Study in D Minor (Coste) • Study in F (Sor) • Study in 3rds (Sor) • Study in 6ths (Sor) • Theme by De Visee • Theme by Hook • Theme by Purcell • Victorian Song (Noad) • Waltz (Carcassi) • The Willow • Zapateado.

From the selection and preparation of the raw materials to the fine-tuning and finishing of the final product, 88 Keys follows the creation of a piano in the Steinway & Sons factory in Long Island City, New York-a process that has changed little in the one hundred years that Steinway, the world's premier paino manufacturer, has been in bursiness. An introduction relates the history of the piano and traces the history of the Steinway itself. The Story follows step by step the creation of the concert grand piano from 12,000 individual parts. The exquisitely detailed Five levels of exciting and highly effective games that reinforce students' learning of lines and spaces, key signatures, rhythmic patterns, five finger tune-ups, chords, and more. An invaluable resource for teachers as well as parents!