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The aim of this book is to provide a wide variety of music for the student guitarist in their early years of progress. All the pieces can be played in the first two positions on the guitar. Each piece is completely fingered for the left hand. This book is divided into four sections. The Classical section contains works by various well-known composers. The Christmas section contains both composed and traditional carols. The Elizabethan pieces were taken from anonymous sixteenth-century sources. The Folk settings are arrangements of traditional English folk melodies. Within each section the music is arranged according to ease of playing. By learning the pieces in this book the student can gain a thorough technical facility in the basic left-hand positions and an understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the wide variety of music.