The Serious Guitarist: Right Hand Picking

Contemporary guitarist Pierre Cullaz fills a large gap with his Technique for guitarists in all Styles The compilation is essential to all serious guitarists of all styles. The first volume of Technique for guitarists in all Styles gives focus to the technique of both the right hand and left hand pickstrokes chords fingering rhythms and scales among other aspects. Considering that few Guitar technique books currently exist Cullaz's Technique for guitarists in all Styles provides an essential addition to the study of the instrument.

The Physiology Of Guitar Playing: Functional Anatomy And Physiomechanics-This comprehensive guide to the physiology of Guitar playing is the culmination of three decades of deep exploration of the guitarist's playing mechanism and is the most detailed presentation of Ricardo Iznaola'sthinking about these matters to date. Structured in three chapters Chapter 1 surveys basic anatomy and physiology of the upper limb with additional sections discussing general pedagogical considerations. Chapter 2 devoted to the right hand presents detailed information regarding digital joint behavior in general and as applied in actual activity on the guitar as well as introducing an analytical system to study and describe positionalattitudes or `frames' adopted by the hand in the course of playing. Chapter 3 discusses at length left-hand physiomechanics taking the concepts of shifting and mobility as fundamental categories encompassing all aspects ofleft-hand technique. Twenty-six anatomical figures over fifty photos and more than sixty musical examples with access to online video amply illustrate the text. 'In the spirit of ground-breaking scientific pioneers celebrated performer and pedagogue Ricardo Iznaola offers the guitar world the first volume of Summa Kitharologica a comprehensive and highly insightful examination of guitar technique in a remarkable mixture of soaring eruditionand down-to-earth practical and applicable approaches to the instrument. Like a modern-day Charles Darwin of the guitar his insatiable passion for discovery keen eye of the `naturalist' and relentless analytical mind havecarefully and methodically recorded previously little-known or little-recognized observations relationships and nuances about the natural principles at work in artful guitar playing. For guitar instructors serious students andeven advanced performers who desire to go beyond the `what' of guitar technique and delve into its `whys' and `hows' this may well be the definitive text.' - Henry Adams former editor Guitar and Lute

Of Original Guitar Duets-Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists who by composing important works for the Guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of serious musicalstudy.This comprehensive collection presents Almeida's duets preserving original left and right hand fingerings. Written in standard notation only.

Pumping Nylon is a valuable resource to all serious classical guitarists and includes exercises and studies compiled by Scott Tennant to improve and develop technique. This book includes Giuliani's 120 right-hand studies original compositions by Andrew York and Brian Head Tarrega arpeggio studies and musical examples by Bach Turina Rodrigo and others.The music in this book is presented in both traditional music and tablature notation.

Anthology Of Guitar Trios. Par LAURINDO ALMEIDA. Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists, who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of serious musical study. This collection presents Almeida's trios preserving the original left and right hand fingerings. Written in standard notation only. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classic - Trios / Recueil / Guitare Classique