Beginning Folk Guitar: An Instruction Record for Beginners

Guitar player and instructor Jerry Silverman demonstrates the basics of playing folk music on the acoustic folk guitar on one of three Folkways albums he recorded and released in 1964. This recording is a companion to Silverman’s book of the same title. Silverman opens the recording with a rendition of the well-known lullaby “Hush Little Baby” and a discussion of guitar chords. He uses each track to demonstrate a particular guitar playing technique.
The 23-page liner notes open with instructions for how to play different chords and which fingers to use when doing so. They are followed by written music for each of the recording’s tracks.
Track Listing
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Chord Diagrams and Chords (D-A7) Hush, Little Baby | Jerry Silverman | 4:19 | |
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Bass-Chord Thumb Strum: Putting on the Style (D-G-A7)Banks of the Ohio, (A-D-E7)Bile them Cabbage Down | Jerry Silverman | 4:56 | |
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Basic Right Hand Finger Strum Exercise, (E minor-A minor) Oh Sinner Man | Jerry Silverman | 3:38 | |
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Three-Quarter Time: I Never Will Marry | Jerry Silverman | 1:52 | |
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Alternating Bass: (Key of G) I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago,(Key of E) The Fox,(Key of C) Billy Barlow | Jerry Silverman | 5:04 | |
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A Fast "Banjo" Strum: Viva La Quince Brigada | Jerry Silverman | 1:24 | |
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Bass Runs : see notes for songs | Jerry Silverman | 9:53 | |
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Arpeggios: The Cruel War; Katinsha, (D minor-C7-B flat) Henry Martin | Jerry Silverman | 8:35 |