The Beginner Guitarist has been born out of 20 years of teaching experience. Although specifically designed as a teacher’s aid it can also be used for independent study.Topics like posture tuning andphrasing are not prescribed being left to the judgement of the teacher. With the exception of right and left-hand fingering advice this approach is used throughout the series. The entire series has the goal of being a measuredand progressive tutor. Ideas are usually introduced one at a time to avoid overloading the student.Book Four builds on the ideas and techniques explored in the first three books. It begins with anextensive look at the key of A major initially in second position but moving through other positions and finishing with an exercise in thirds and a duet.The remainder focuses on triplets and compound time beginning withtriplet exercises in 2/4 before moving on to 6/8. The book then features swing rhythms before finishing with a Habanera Renaissance pieces and a modern piece in multiple time signatures.About the author: NigelTuffs is an instrumental teacher with more than 20 years of experience in all areas of guitar teaching. Originally a member of several rock bands he completed an honours degree at the Colchester Institute specialising incomposition and performance and has since worked extensively as a chamber musician in guitar ensembles as an accompanist and also as an educator.

A very representative collection of music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods skillfully adapted for solo guitar from lute and piano works. This book contains well-recognized pieces by master composers many of which havealready become essential repertoire for the classical guitar. Compiled with the performance skills of the beginner guitarist in mind this collection also fulfills repertoire requirements of the student guitarist as well asproviding valuable exercises in sight-reading in standard notation for the more intermediate and advanced performers.

Edited and arranged by Gilbert Biberian. For the young beginner or the slightly more advanced adult player. Easy pieces from the Renaissance providing a basis for musical and technical development.

Taken from original sources and carefully fingered for the modern player this guitar anthology is as faithful as possible to the original while offering a practical performing score. All the pieces are graded in difficulty andsome are appropriate for beginners. Includes works by Sor Giuliani and other guitar masters from the early 19th Century. See also The Baroque Guitar The Renaissance Guitar and The Romantic Guitar.