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Alfred's Basic Guitar Theory 1 & 2: For a Practical and Thorough Understanding of Music, for individual or class instruction.(Book review)
* Alfred's Basic Guitar Theory 1 & 2: For a Practical and Thorough Understanding of Music, for individual or class instruction, by Morty and Ron Manus. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. www.alfred.com; (818) 892-2452; 48 pp.; $6.95.
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Alfred's Basic Guitar Theory (1 and 2), by Morty Manus and Ron Manus is a workbook-supplement to the same authors' Alfred's Basic Guitar Method. That Method is a general elementary introduction to playing melodies and chords on the guitar. Alfred's Basic Guitar series encompasses several other volumes, including a book of Pop Songs, a Chord Dictionary, a Chord Chart, and added DVDs and iPod-compatible videos.
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