Easy Classic Guitar Solos for Children

"These solos fill a real need in the beginner's repertoire, with attractive musical settings and appealing melodies."
G. Jean Smith
American String Teachers

Easy Classic Guitar Solos for Children offers attractive music in contrasting styles composed by Sonia Michelson. Students can enjoy playing these ten pieces in the early stages of learning.

These songs have a unique charm with lively illustrations and imaginative titles. These creative pieces will appeal to the young guitarist.

This book can be ordered through Mel Bay Publications

New Dimensions in Classical Guitar
for Children

"...essential reading for every serious teacher of the classical guitar. I have not seen anything like this before."
Sarah Clarke
Classical Guitar

Sonia Michelson has developed an approach for three to ten year old's that combines aspects of the Suzuki approach with the Kodaly method. What distinguishes this book from others that deal with teaching children is its comprehensiveness. Not only is there a clear sequence of musical lessons to know, but the user is also presented with very thorough instructions as to help structure lessons. For example, one section of the book is devoted to games that may be used to develop basic musical skills. The author has obviously given a great deal of thought to the strategies that work most successfully with youngsters and the text is full of useful suggestions for both the teacher and the parent.

This book can be ordered through Mel Bay Publications

Young Beginner's First Repertoire
for Classic Guitar

"From an excellent collection of basic repertoire...works from Calvi to Smith Brindle and Rak, all within the realm of junior players, whatever age they may be. Taken all around, I cannot recall a more varied compilation coming my way. This will become a familiar item on the shelf of many a teacher and is warmly recommended."
Neil Smith
Classical Guitar

The goal of this book of graded pieces is to present interesting compositions of intrinsic musical and technical value for young students. An effort has been made to present a wide variety of music in many styles and from different periods. The music is carefully arranged in a graded sequence according to difficulty. Young students will enjoy making musical progess in playing pieces from grade one to approximately grade two.

This book can be ordered through Mel Bay Publications

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