How To Use This Book Let's start with why I wrote Simply Duets. I found that playing a song with other musicians is fun. But playing harmony, a descant, chord backup, pentatonic scales, bass runs, arpeggiated chords, chop chords, and all of the other lovely ways to complement the melody is what makes music fun and challenging for me. To that end I wrote various songs in duet style. There is a melody page and some harmony pages. There are what I call 'call and response' songs, like Get Up and Bar the Door. Many players don't know there is another way to play along with a song. It is my hope in writing this book, that I can inspire players to find another place to play the melody, a harmony, or just some fun back-up to challenge their skills and make a more lovely sound when playing with others. How Many Ways Are There To Playa Song? In this book you will find:

• Some songs with melody and harmony
• Some with melody, harmony and arpeggiating (fingerpicking)
• Some songs with a 'call and response'
• Chords to back up a melody
  • Chords in three positions on the fretboard
  • Chop chords
  • Chord runs
  • Arpeggiated chords
  • Chord progressions
  • Diamond chords
• Pentatonic Scales
• Cheating off the Guitar player using photos and schematics
• Singing and playing