Guitar Materials – Atlanta Music Education

Here are our favorite books for beginners who are learning how to play guitar!

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Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Notespeller 1 & 2: Music Reading Activities That Make Learning Even Easier!

As a companion piece to the easiest guitar method ever for kids ages 5 and up, this notespeller will add excitement to the learning process. Covering the concepts in Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Levels 1 and 2, this notespeller is the perfect complement to the method and learning how to play guitar.

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Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Complete: The Easiest Guitar Method Ever!

This complete edition combines levels 1 and 2 with the activity pages of the Notespeller. Each lesson on every colorful page is explained in plain language that’s easy to understand; plus, you get to learn from three irresistible guitar experts—a clever, classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They draw attention to what’s important on each page and help you learn by making music fun! Parents can be effective guides to help you through this course, even if they’ve never had any musical training themselves. You can stream or download the accompanying video and audio to see demonstrations and hear how the music should sound. Also included is easy-to-use computer software that lets you watch the music on-screen as it plays, speed it up, slow it down—it’s up to you!

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Pop Songs for Kids – Really Easy Guitar Series: 22 Songs with Chords, Lyrics & Basic Tab

Easy-to-follow charts to get you playing right away are presented in this collection for all guitarists. Includes 22 songs in chords, lyrics and basic tab: Brave, Can’t Stop the Feeling, Happy, I Love Rock ‘N Roll, Let It Go, Roar, Shake It Off, We Got the Beat, and more.

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The Beatles for Kids – Really Easy Guitar Series: 14 Songs with Chords, Lyrics & Basic

Easy-to-follow charts to get you playing right away are presented in this collection for all guitarists. Includes 14 songs in chords, lyrics and basic tab: All My Loving, All You Need Is Love, Blackbird, Good Day Sunshine, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, I Want to Hold Your Hand, In My Life, Let It Be, Love Me Do, Octopus’s Garden, With a Little Help from My Friends, Yellow Submarine, and Yesterday.

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20 Easy Classical Guitar Pieces for Kids

This book and accompanying audio present the most popular themes from the classical orchestral repertoire adapted for guitar. Historical background is provided for each piece, as well as warm-ups for both hands. The selections include works by Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Grieg and others. The material is written in tablature and standard notation. Includes access to online audio.

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Best Guitar and Ukulele Accessories

March 3, 2021July 30, 2021 AtlantaMusicEducationLLC

These accessories will help any musician at any skill level during their lessons or practice. Listed below are the products that we recommend.

Ukulele Strap for Children (Pattern)

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The strap is comfortable and easy to install. Can be adjusted from 27.5 to 65 inches.

Ukulele Strap for Children (Pattern)

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Measures 1.5″ wide and can be extended from 22.4″ to 42.5″(57cm-108cm). Perfect size to fit most sizes, for both adult and children. Works well with all size ukuleles.

Guitar Strap for Children (Black)

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Comfortable and Adjustable: Guitar Strap length 36 to 62″ inches Adjustable -suitable for men, women and children guitarist’s. 100% cotton woven strap and leather ends, will also prevent strain on your shoulder or back and will eliminate sweat discomfort.

Guitar Strap for Children (Pink)

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The guitar strap has a width of 2″ and a length that’s adjustable anywhere between 35″ and 62″, so it’s guaranteed to fit both kids and adults perfectly. What’s more, it also has a practical pocket where you can store your picks!

Ukulele Chord Poster

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Ukulele Chords Educational Music Poster. 12″ x 18″ Poster on High Quality heavy 80lb satin cover paper – durable and can stand up to all kinds of abuse and it won’t pucker and wrinkle like others do.

Fret Board Stamp

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Fantastic Learning Tool. Makes remembering that rarely used chord simple, ink pad that’s included is moist and dye based, so fast drying and less likely to smear. Portable. Comes in a small, ziplock plastic bag that is resealable. Fits right in your guitar case.

Staff Stamp

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The Large Guitar Tablature Rubber Stamp is a great time saver for teachers, students and composers alike! Simply stamp in an empty template on a score or notebook and fill in the desired tablature with a pen or pencil.

Pick Maker

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Simple to use, create custom guitar picks from old credit cards, gift cards, hotel room key cards, driver’s licenses or any thin piece of plastic laying around the house.

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Best Music Lesson Tools

August 19, 2020October 26, 2020 AtlantaMusicEducationLLC

No matter the instrument, these are awesome tools to have while you take music lessons. Take a look at our teachers favorite tools and materials to make their practice and performance as efficient and seamless as possible.

This music stand is perfect for singers, ukulele players, guitar players, and keyboard plater. No frills here, but this music stand does its job and comes with a storage bag.

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This is Chaya tabletop music stand that is great if you’re working from a table and still want to have easy access to your music stand.

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Here is the matching 2 in 1 floor and tabletop Chaya music stand:

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Looking for something with a little more flair?

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And one more just for fun:

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When you’ve been in lessons long enough you start to accumulate a good bit of sheet music and music books. Most of our teachers use these file organizers to keep their music in the right place. Your music will be easy to find once you start putting them in their place.

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A good music binder is a fantastic tool for organization and storing your favorite music in a safe way. Here’s one of our favorite music binders.

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Once your child starts getting in the groove while playing or singing, a dropped page can be devastating to a performance. This easy to use page holder is just the solution.

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On the topic of dropped pages, page turning is also a learned skill. When you child starts their first lengthy piece of music, they can get a little overwhelmed in a performance. This unfolding music folder fixes that in a pinch. It lays out all the music in one unit so your child can focus on playing their best.

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Piano keyboards only:

Pedals make your sound come together by putting your foot down while playing. Here are two options that will work on your keyboard at home. The second one is modeled after the pedal on a real acoustic piano and is our favorite.

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Guitar Materials

Guitar Lesson Materials

August 9, 2020October 26, 2020 AtlantaMusicEducationLLC

We know that guitars can seem a little confusing when you start looking for the right one for your child. We’ve gone ahead and picked out our favorite guitar and materials you’ll need to be successful in your guitar lessons.

Alfred’s Kid Guitar Course is the best beginner guitar book there is. All of our guitar teachers love it and refer back to it at every level because it address multiple area of string technique and makes learning about guitar feel so easy for everyone.

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If you’re interested in investing in a multi-level book, Alfred’s Kids Guitar Course also has a Level 1 and 2 combined book.

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When you Google “kids sized guitar” there are so many options to choose from. We’ve found that one of the most decently priced guitar and appropriately sized is the Yamaha 1/2 sized guitar. It fits kids from 5-13 (we’ve found) and provides a warm consistent sound that makes learning to use a guitar for the first time not seem daunting. Check it out here.

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Guitar Straps are one of the things that make learning to handle a guitar much easier. One day your child may be able to do without, but we’ve found that the support of a guitar strap lets kids focus on making music without worry. Our favorite at Atlanta Music Education os the Hola! Music brand.

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Guitar picks are one thing you will lose, take our word for it. We like the Fender guitar picks because they have different weights of guitar picks, which makes finding a suitable pick much easier for kids! Go ahead and stock up.

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Guitar tuners are a necessity, especially for beginners players. Tuners not only help you just tune your guitar, they enable your child to start listening and training their ears to recognize when instruments are in and out of tune as a bonus. Our favorite tuner is the Snark Clip-On Tuner for Guitar.

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Capos are a necessary tool as your child advances through their guitar curriculum. Please discuss with your teacher when your child can add a capo to their materials for their lessons. We love the GUITARX capo but how easy it is to use.

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