All Scales in All Positions for Guitar: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Tutor

Want to be a classical guitarist but never had a lesson' No problem ? this hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play scales melodies and full-length pieces in the classical style.  You get plenty of practice exercises to stretch your skills selections from the classical repertoire and a bonus audio CD that helps you play along with the music pieces from the book!   Get acquainted with your guitar ? familiarize yourself with the unique make-up and parts of a classical guitar Start making some music ? play melodies on individual strings move on to arpeggios and getyour fingers in shape with scales Ramp up your technique ? play barres slurs and trills; handle harmonics; master right-hand tremolo; and venture up the neck to play in the higher positions Build yourclassical repertoire ? from Renaissance and Baroque to Classical Romantic and Modern play pieces from the major eras in classical music Practice makes perfect ? improve your performance with expert guidancethrough each exercise and piece in the book Open the book and find: Tips and techniques for playing beautiful pieces How to read music notation andtablature Basic finger and thumb strokes Right- and left-hand techniques Musical examples charts and photos Music pieces from the guitar greats The best ways to care for yourguitar A step-by-step tutorial on changing your strings Bonus CD Includes More than 140 recorded performances of the exercises and pieces featured in thebook Pieces performed using a count-off allowing you to play along in time with the music Tuning notes to help you tune up your guitar

Learn to play classical guitar and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages with no prior experience can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Classical Guitar begins with the fundamentals of the classical guitar. You will start by learning about parts of the guitar, how to hold and tune it, caring for your instrument, and standard music notation and TAB. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and great classical pieces. Important techniques are taught such as the free and rest strokes, right- and left-hand positions, sitting properly, efficient finger movement, and more. The DVD includes video lessons and performances for everything in the book, and also includes the TNT 2 audio player that lets you adjust the tempo, and isolate parts. The CD features audio performances of every exercise and song. It plays in your CD player or you can download the tracks to your PC. The DVD and CD feature internationally renowned classical guitarist and educator Martha Masters. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to read music and play beautiful classical pieces by some of the great classical masters, including Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Scott Joplin! Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Guitare

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention to detail but with a host of innovations: The inclusion of an audio CD ? with actual performances and backing tracks ? will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatorydiagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone. This book contains: Advice on equipment Instructions for an effective technique and a comfortableposture Explanatory section on reading music Easy-to-follow lessons on clear uncluttered pages Audio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examples. Partly compatible with ANew Tune A Day Bass Guitar and Drums Tests to check progress and comprehension Useful pull-out chart giving note positions and common scales.

Charles Postlewate: Homage to Villa-Lobos And Other Compositions is the first compilation of Guitar music for a right hand technique that includes the little finger.The 12 complete compositions includeoriginal pieces by Charles Postlewate (Homage to Villa-Lobos Variations on a Theme of Prokofiev and Improvisation on Green Dolphin Street) transcriptions of piano pieces by Claude Debussy (La puerta del vino and Dr. Gradus adParnassum) arrangements of Peruvian popular songs (José Mar a and Virgins of the Sun) and new editions of standard repertoire pieces - two studies by Fernando Sor and the beautiful tremolo study by Agust n Barrios An Alm for theLove of God. Postlewate also includes excerpts of two other standard repertoire pieces by Federico Moreno Torroba (Sonatina) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (Prelude #2) - which are published elsewhere under copyright restrictions -to show the advantage of using the little finger. These pieces demonstrate new right hand techniques for the classical Guitar that use the little finger in the playing of scales chords arpeggios tremolos and harmonics. Theyalso show the advantage of using the little finger for speed accuracy strength and balance.Spanish Description[Esta es la primera recopilación de música para la guitarra usando una técnica de lamano derecha de cinco dedos que incluye el dedo meñique. Las 12 composiciones completas incluyen piezas originales por Charles Postlewate (Homenaje a Villa-Lobos Varicaciones sobre un tema de Prokofiev e Improvisación sobre Lacalle del delf n verde) transcripciones de piezas para piano por Claude Debussy (La puerta del vino y Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum) arreglos de canciones populares peruanas (José Mar a y V rgenes del sol) y nuevas ediciones de piezasdel repertorio tradicional-dos estudios por Fernando Sor y el bello estudio de trémolo por Agust n Barrios Una limosna por el amor de Dios. Además Postlewate incluye extractos de otras dos piezas del repertorio

Boxed Set with Four Publications and One DVD in One Great Package-Get started playing guitar with real songs and solid lessons covering everything you need: notes chords scales techniques and much more! The method's well-paced and logical teaching sequence will get beginning guitarists playing more easily than ever before and music from famous composers like Beethoven Bach and Mozart will keep them playing and having fun. This boxed set includes four books (Classical Guitar Method Guitar Chord Chart Guitar Scale Chart and Guitar Theory Chart) and a Classical Guitar DVD with lessons demonstrating playing position rest and free strokes thumb and finger combinations chordal harmonics bass lines slurred notes sustained bassnotes barre technique arpeggios vibrato and more. Works for those who want to teach themselves or with a teacher!

Country music is more popular than ever and all you need to put over a good country song is your voice and a guitar. This sixty-five minute DVD gives you the tools you need to play old-fashioned country honky-tonk and countryrock. You'll learn how to play: Accompaniment strums for different rhythmic feels A variety of first-position chords Bass runs Major scales Solos and turnarounds All the above in fivedifferent keys Fred Sokolow's teaching is clear and easy to understand and includes lots of helpful hints for beginners. Includes 40 page tab music PDF.

No more trouble with whole- and half-tone calculations no more bother with scale transpositions and visualizations either! This coursebook provides fretboard diagrams (24 frets) for every existing scale (be it major minor pentatonic major pentatonic blues melodic minor harmonic minor exotic or symmetric) and whatâ??s more for every existing key. It also provides sample chords over which these scales (solos improvisations or riffs) may be played and brief instructions for their use. The DVD attached to the coursebook makes learning even easier. It shows you all the positions of the different scales and the essential points of reference in the 12 keys. Theabove-average backing tracks provided on the CD give you the opportunity to put the newly-learned scales into practice â?? in every key and in every musical style(!)

A Pocket Reference for Constructing and Playing Guitar Scales Anywhere on the Fingerboard. This book - featuring Jim Scott's revolutionary rows concept - gives guitarists the tools to really understand scales and to create any type of scale in any position. It covers: major and minor scales; pentatonic and blues scales; the modes; harmonic minor melodic minor whole tone diminished chromatic and harp scales; the relationships between scales and chords; and a unique approach to visualizing patterns that will allow players to learn scales more quickly than they ever thought possible! Includes standard notation and tablature.