Alfred's Guitar 101, Ensemble makes a great supplement to any class guitar program. Your students will enjoy rehearsing and performing great-sounding pieces using the skills and concepts they have learned in Alfred's Guitar 101 . This flexible guitar ensemble is written for five guitars, but it can easily be adapted for as few as two or as many as eight guitars. A creative teacher can find many ways to use Alfred's Guitar 101, Ensemble : add a bass player, percussion, or other melodic or harmonic instruments---whatever fills the needs of your students and program. One For Herman is an Alfred's Guitar 101 Ensembles piece that features a classic rock oriented, straight eighth note feel. Since the song is layered, students will learn to concentrate on their own part, while other parts enter at different times. Guitar 1 plays the melody while Guitars 2 and 3 provide accompaniment and some melodic fills. Guitar 4 gives students a chance to learn to play a repeating riff in the bass, along with other variations that give this song its character.
