David D. Mills has been teaching guitar for more than 40 years. He developed a concept for starting elementary students on 3-string guitars. Around the same time, Raphael Atijas came up with the design of the Loog guitar for an MBA thesis at NYU. In 2021 Hal Leonard published Loog Guitar Method with access to play-along videos, and we recommend that students begin with this book which can be purchased at a variety of online websites including www.loogguitars.com.
This song book contains a dozen songs with references to cultures from all around the world. Most songs have two Loog guitar parts, and the vocal parts are well within the range of boys and girls ages 7 – 12. Many of the songs are written with input from elementary students. There are play-along recordings available at www.DoSoMusic.org Pull down the page under the Elementary heading.
Music is a social art. Singing and strumming gives students life-long social and cognitive advantages.
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Sarah LeMieux, vocals – David Mills, Loog guitars – *original songs
Ba-Ba Be-Da-O*
115
Bullfrog Blues* (blues in C)
122
Cloudy Day*
142
Dance All Over the World*
168
Dance in the Light of the Sun* (E blues)
182
Down to the Dog Pound*
194
Happy
288
Johnny B Goode
308
Kangaroo Gang*
312
Let It Be
412
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
490
Proud Mary
581
The Sea Waltz*
648
The Sloop John B
677
The Stroll
686
Strum Circle*
692
Three Colors*
728
Vande Mataram*
760
Yellow Submarine
812
Yo Dodo*
850
This next group of audio tracks goes with The Loog Guitar Method Book
1 – Audio Track
Notes on the Neck
2 – Audio Track
Hot Cross Buns
3 – Audio Track
Mary Had a Little Lamb
4 – Audio Track
Frere Jacques
5 – Audio Track
Au Clair de la Lune
6 – Audio Track
Aura Lee
7 – Audio Track
Hot Cross Buns (using the Motor Hand Concept)
8 – Audio Track
Mary Had a Little Lamb (using the Motor Hand Concept)
9 – Audio Track
Frere Jacques (using the Motor Hand Concept)
10 – Audio Track
Au Clair de la Lune (using the Motor Hand Concept)
11 – Audio Track
Aura Lee (using the Motor Hand Concept)
12 – Audio Track
C and G Chords in 4/4
13 – Audio Track
C and G Chords in 3/4
14 – Audio Track
The Sea Waltz
15 – Audio Track
I – IV – V chords in C
16 – Audio Track
I – IV – V chords in G
17 – Audio Track
I – IV – V chords in A
18 – Audio Track
C Major Scale – sample improvisation over Track 15
19 – Audio Track
G Major Scale – sample improvisation over Track 16
20 – Audio Track
A Major Scale – sample improvisation over Track 17