Read This First by Joseph Pecoraro
• Over 100 graded melodies
• Careful step by step progression
• Uncluttered, easy to read pages
• Guitar chord accompaniments
• Clear, simple instructions
• Includes 18 note flashcards
1 Noble Greetings
2 Riverboat
3 Merry Travelers
4 Mountaineer
5 Neighbors
6 Road to Dunkirk
7 One for Today
8 Trisquit
9 Tea for Sophie and Me
10 Misty Sue
11 Last Time Around
12 Presto
13 Dottie
14 Shady Grove
15 Bailando
16 Tiremiso
17 Wagon Wheel
18 Barcarolle
19 Cuckoo
20 Ode to Joy
21 Skip to My Lou
22 Sidewalks of Paris
23 Waltz of Fate
24 Ballerinas Duet
25 Double Buns Duet
26 Serenade Duet
27 So Long
28 Miner Song
29 Home at Last
30 Sally McGee
31 Carnival
32 Bonzo's Song
33 Piccolino
34 Young Paul
35 New World Theme
36 April Waltz
37 Strauss' Waltz
38 McPherson's Strut
39 Evermore
40 Saturday Morn'
41 Weeping Willow
42 Barn Dance
43 Feathers in the Breeze
44 Old MacDonald
45 Kansas Dawn
46 Crosstown
47 March to Dingle
48 Weeping Fallow
49 Eminence
50 Castle Hymn
51 Lightly Row Duet
52 Come See the Ladies Duet
53 Sea Star
54 Piper's Hut
55 Early Mourning
56 Oh How Lovely is the Evening
57 Turnaround
58 Clementine
59 Fiddlesticks
60 Brahms Song 1
61 O Come Little Children
62 Pringle
63 Minuet in G
64 Greensleeves
65 Spring
66 Go Tell Aunt Rhody Duet
67 Allegretto Duet
68 Song of the Wind Duet
69 First Base
70 Bass Dance
71 Country Jack
72 New Dolare
73 Harbor Call
74 Peggy-O
75 Breakdown
76 Pet and Patty
77 Buffalo
78 Always True
79 Tamburo Russo
80 Sprightly Row
81 Down in the Valley
82 Soldier's Tale
83 Froggie Went-a-Courtin'
84 On Top of Old Smoky
85 She'll be Coming Round
86 Home on the Range
87 Foursome
88 Dvorak Returns
89 Spanish Waltz
90 Happy Farmer
91 When the Saints go Marching
92 Shalom Chaverim
93 Take Me Out to the Ballgame
94 La Ci Darem la Mano
95 Planxty Fannie Powers
96 Sakura, Sakura
97 Aura Lee
98 Once A Canon
99 Dona Nobis Pacem Duet
100 Rigadoon Duet
101 French Folk Song Duet
102 Cielito Lindo
103 Skye Boat Song
104 Folias de Espana
105 Michael Row the Boat Ashore
106 My Home's in Montana
107 Auld Lang Syne
108 Beethoven Minuet
109 Red River Valley
110 Moonlight
111 Brahms Waltz
112 St. Anthony
113 Scheherazade
114 Ash Grove
115 Shepherd's Dance
116 Unfinished Symphony
117 Star of the County Down
118 The Water is Wide
119 Tom Tinker
120 Jamaica
121 Camptown Races
122 Lilliburelero
123 Water Music Air
124 Rach Song
125 Hornpipe Duet
126 Long Ago Duet
About the Author
Concert and recording artist Joseph Pecoraro performs frequently as soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestra in recitals across the U.S. and abroad. A noted pedagogue, he is currently a member of the Faculty of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he instructs College, Graduate and High School guitar majors. He has also worked extensively with young guitarists and is a registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Pecoraro appears frequently as a guest clinician with students of all ages and teaches regularly at renown summer festivals around the U.S.