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Progressive:
Complete Learn to Play Classical Guitar
Manual is to our knowledge the
first comprehensive classical guitar method
to incorporate tablature as an aid to music
notation. The aim is to get you learning
the notes on the fingerboard as quickly and
painlessly as possible. It has been my
experience as a guitar teacher at all
levels for many years, that the main
contributing factor to the high rate of
students discontinuing their studies is the
frustration incurred due to the difficulty
of learning to read traditional notation.
For this reason I have included full
tablature for a major portion of the
method. This will help to overcome the
reading difficulty and enable the student
to play the music provided much
quicker.
The student must, of course, be
continually reading the notation in order
to understand the timing required, and this
subconsciously helps to collate the tab
notes with the regular music notation.
Eventually the tab should be phased out to
leave the student with an ability to easily
read notation, so important, as virtually
all available classical guitar music is
written only in notation. Obviously,
Progressive: Complete Learn to Play
Classical Guitar Manual can be used as a
notation-only method by simply ignoring the
tab.
As well as the thorough study of
essential material pertaining to music
theory, (including a section on harmony),
and basic technique, the method also
explores more advanced techniques such as
single, double, and triple rest-stroke
thumb, rasgueado, silencing bass strings,
tremolo, vibrato, harmonics, etc. in great
detail. The learning of the fingerboard is
explored via the study of unison notes,
movable Bar chords, etc., and the
repertoire covers many periods featuring
over 100 of the greatest studies and pieces
written for the guitar. Importantly, all
solo and duet pieces, as well as exercises,
are recorded on the accompanying CDs.
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