Beginning the Folk Guitar: An Instruction Record

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

101	Chord Diagrams and Chords (D-A7)	Jerry Silverman	04:19
102	Bass-Chord Thumb Strum	Jerry Silverman	04:56
103	Basic Right Hand Finger Strum Exercise	Jerry Silverman	03:38
104	Three-Quarter Time	Jerry Silverman	01:52
105	Alternating Bass: Key of G / Key of E / Key of C	Jerry Silverman	05:04
201	A Fast "Banjo" Strum	Jerry Silverman	01:24
202	Bass Runs	Jerry Silverman	09:53
203	Arpeggios	Jerry Silverman	08:35