Folk Standards (level 1-2)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - Bob Dylan, etc.
Bottle of Wine - Tom Paxton
Your Cheatin’ Heart - Hank Williams, Patsy Cline
As Tears Go By - Rolling Stones
Farewell Angelina - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez
North Country Blues - Bob Dylan
Danny’s Song - Loggins and Messina
I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt
The Goodnight Loving Trail - Utah Phillips
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard, Grateful Dead
Deportees - Woody Guthrie, etc
Apple Picker’s Reel - Larry Hanks
Ramblin’ Round - Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie
Birmingham Sunday - Richard and Mimi Farina
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan, The Band
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkle
Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle
Help Me Make It Thru the Night - Kris Kristofferson

Folk Favorites #2
I Pity the Poor Immigrant - Bob Dylan
Siver Threads and Golden Needles -Dusty Springfield, Linda Rondstadt
Hey Jude - Beatles
Jambalaya - Hank Williams
Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Carter Family, etc
I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound - Tom Paxton, Judy Collins
Catch the Wind - Donovan
Geordie - traditional ballad/ Joan Baez, etc.
Circle Game - Joni Mitchell
Tramp on the Street - Ramblin Jack Elliot, etc
Frisco Depot - Mickey Newberry, Joan Baez
Tennessee Stud - Doc Watson, etc.
San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller, Eric Clapton
Teach Your Children Well - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Joe Hill - Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, etc
Gold Watch and Chain - Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, etc

Light Rock and Pop #1
Get Together - Indigo Girls, Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods
Love Me Do - Beatles
Angie - Rolling Stones
Jerusalem - Steve Earle, Joan Baez
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills and Nash
One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen
She’s Got Her Ticket - Tracy Chapman
I Fought the Law - Green Day
Stand By Me - Lots of artists!
Love Has No Pride - Bonnie Raitt, Linda
Rostadt
First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow, Cat
Stevens
Handyman - James Taylor
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals, Bob
Dylan, etc
You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
Pink Cadilac - Bruce Springsteen
Take It to the Limit - Eagles

Already Picking Some (level 2-3)
(Emphasis is on technique)
12 Basic Right Hand Patterns and How to Mix
Them
Country Roads - John Denver
Pack Up You Sorrows - Richard and Mimi
Farina
Bass Runs in 4/4 Time
Yesterday - The Beatles
Reason to Believe - Tim Hardin, Rod Stewart
Bass Runs in 3/4
Hickory Wind - Graham Parsons, Emmylou Harris
Travis Pattern #1
Tomorrow is a Long Time - Bob Dylan
The Last Thing on My Mind - Tom Paxton
How to Use Bass Runs w/ Travis Patterns
Someday Soon - Ian and Sylvia, Judy Collins, Suzy Boggus
How to Read Tablature and Practice Exercises
Help! (in Travis style) - The Beatles
Anywhere Like Heaven - James Taylor
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills and Nash

Easy Acoustic Rock #2
Can’t Buy Me Love - Beatles
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
Ticket to Ride - Beatles
My Back Pages - Bob Dylan
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
You Won’t See Me - Beatles
By My Side - Ben Harper
Blues riff in A
Dream Baby - Roy Orbison
Bring It on Home - Sam Cooke
Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House
It’s in His Kiss - Dusty Springfield, etc.
Have a Heart - Bonnie Raitt, Bonnie Hayes
Angel - Sarah McLaughlan
If I Fell - Beatles
You Don’t Have to Cry - Crosby, Stills and
Nash
Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

Music Theory for Guitar (level 2-3)
How to read music and tablature
Time Signatures
Key Signatures
Scales in E, A, D, G, C and F
Ionian Mode
Major chords
Aeolian Mode
Minor chords
Dominant 7ths
Suspended 4ths and 2nds
Transposing chords
Circle of Fifths
Intervals
Chord Inversions
Mixolydian Mode
Dorian Mode
Blues scales and chord accompaniment
Major 6ths
Major 7ths
9ths, 11’s and 13th’s
Arranging a song
Augmented and Diminished chords
Chord substitution
Etc, etc

Expanded Repertoire # 2 (level 3)
The Rose - Amada McBroom, Bette Midler
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
Roseville Fair - Bill Staines
The Water Is Wide - Trad, Karla Bonoff/James Taylor version
Love Is a Rose - Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt
Wandering - Trad, James Taylor version
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies - Trad (my version)
One of These Days - Emmylou Harris
Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot
Amanda - Waylon Jennings, Jody Stecher, etc
Heart Like a Wheel - McGarrigal Sisters,
Linda Ronstadt
For Free - Joni Mitchell
High on a Mountain - Ola Belle Reed, Hot Rize,
etc
River - Bill Staines
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac, Dixie Chicks
Fountain of Sorrow - Jackson Browne
Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf

Modern Folk and Country #5
Sylvia Hotel - Cheryl Wheeler
You Don’t Have to Move that Mtn - Keith Whitley
Angel (detailed version) - Sarah McLachlan
Love at the Five and Dime - Nanci Griffith
Late in the Day - Tim O’Brien
Tell Everybody I Know - K’eb Mo’
William the Streak - Bob Franke
Never Got off the Ground - (Dave Mallet/Danny O’Keefe) Alison Krauss
Watershed - Indigo Girls
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Lord I Have Made You a Place in My Heart - Greg Brown

Beginning Singing (no guitar level)
Breath control
Diaphragm support
Pitch control
Learning what range you sign in
Identifying strong points in your vocal range
Identifying weak points in your vocal range
Register changes
Vocal exercises
Exporing styles and tone
Singing while playing guitar
Lots of songs to sing
Some easy harmony singing

Songwriter’s Circle (no guitar level)
Open to beginning thru advanced songwriters.
Fun exercises: Clear and constructive critiquing
with suggestions and techniques offered on how
to strengthen your lyrics, melodies, chords and
rhythmic accompaniment.