Play It! Children's Songs for Guitar
The authors of the popular Play It! series are back with a fun and easy guitar guide, with helpful instruction on beloved children's songs, perfect for the budding musician in your life.
Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced musician, the Play It! books teach how to play the guitar in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, the books include guitar tabs of popular and favorite songs as well as a primer on how to read tabs and some basic techniques. For beginners ages 7 and up, Play It! Children's Songs for Guitar (Level 1) is the perfect companion on your musical journey.
Features these classic songs and includes color labels inside the book:
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Hot Cross Buns
- Skip to My Lou
- This Old Man
- Kum Ba Yah
- Home on the Range
- B-I-N-G-O
- London Bridge
- Three Blind Mice
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Happy Birthday
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Ode to Joy
- Are You Sleeping?
- The Muffin Man
- Alphabet Song
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Old MacDonald
- Clementine
- Pop! Goes the Weasel
- Oh! Susanna
- Drunken Sailor
- Scarborough Fair
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
- Clock Chimes
- Ring Around the Rosie
- The Grand Old Duke of York
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Book details
- Author
- Jennifer Kemmeter, Antimo Marrone
- Imprint
- Graphic Arts Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 64
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Play It!
- Ages
- 7-
- Subjects
- Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Instruction & Study
Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Songbooks
Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Instruments - ISBN-13
- 9781513141961 (Paperback)9781513141978 (Hardcover)
About the authors
JENNIFER KEMMETER is the author and creator of the best-selling Build It! series and co-creator of the Play It! piano book series. Her recent books include Play It! and Build It!
Kemmeter began her career in marketing and economics at a multinational firm before transitioning into children’s book publishing. Her books are published by Graphic Arts Books.
Jennifer lives in London, England.
ANTIMO MARRONE holds degrees in Music from the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella and in Art from the Academy of Fine Arts, both in Naples, Italy. His recent book is Play It!
Marrone has taught piano in Italy and the United Kingdom since 2000, instructing students of all levels in technique, music theory, improvisation, composition, and history.
Antimo lives in England.





