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 Two aims to build on solid right and left-hand techniques and covers further progress in notationrecognition. It begins with the introduction of quavers (eighth notes) and further focus on the free stroke (tirando). This is balanced with the need to keep the rest stroke (apoyando) solid by giving the pupil a chance to playboth melody and accompanying parts.Extensive exercises for finger 4 via chords and melody are included but the main aim is to complete the learning of the notes in first position taking in several scales and modes alongthe way. Simple open chords are also given further attention and the book concludes with coverage of chromaticism relating to the bottom three strings.A daily practice session for the completion of book two extrarepertoire and other helpful information are all available at www.thebeginnerguitarist.com.About the author: Nigel Tuffs is an instrumental teacher with more than 20 years of experience in all areas ofguitar teaching. Originally a member of several rock bands he completed an honours degree at the Colchester Institute specialising in composition and performance and has since worked extensively as a chamber musician in guitarensembles as an accompanist and also as an educator.

A Complete Guitar Course for a Beginner to Intermediate Level Guitarist-A complete guitar course for absolute beginners with Lee Hodgson. This easy-to-follow tutorial is ideal if you've just bought your first guitar or if there's been a guitar sitting around somewhere just waiting to be strummed.This DVD will take you from novice level thorough to intermediate level. Yet it requires no prior knowledge at all; it truly is for someone starting from the beginning. Slowly but surely the DVD guides you through all the thingsthat a beginner needs to know and points out what can go wrong. Each of the carefully designed chapters includes chord vocabulary while commonly used scales and technique are introduced strategically along with some practicaltheory. Nothing too demanding just enough to help you understand what you're doing and why. You'll soon be strumming chords picking out melodies and hopefully writing some songs of your own! Making music has never been soeasy. Lee Hodgson is a versatile studio musician and vastly experienced stage performer. He is also a regularly featured columnist and transcriber for both Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazines.

Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar is the complete guide to playing the Acoustic Guitar from the first time you pick it up all the way to playing your first songs along with backing tracks. With clear images easy-to-understand text and demonstrations of every exercise on an Audio Download this book is the easiest way to learn the techniques that are essential to learning to play the AcousticGuitar. Absolute Beginners: Acoustic Guitar opens with a clear introduction to the parts of the Guitar how to choose one and the different types. After this you'll learn the differencesbetween playing with a plectrum or your fingers you'll tune up then you'll be ready to play! A guide to your first chords and strumming will get you making music before you learn more chords different strumming patterns andsome scales. Throughout this the included Audio Download allows you to hear each exercise as it should sound ensuring you play everything correctly and train your ear at the same time. As you learnfingerpicking the twelve-bar blues some tunes and other techniques you'll find you've gone from knowing nothing about the Guitar to being able to play songs chords and even with others. The Audio Download also featuresprofessionally-recorded backing tracks for the songs so that you can play along and sound great. The book also features a handy guide to the notes of the neck and a chord reference sheet.  If you'rean Absolute Beginner with no knowledge of how to play the Acoustic Guitar this book will guide you on this journey with pictures an audio download and practical advice from expert authorDavid Harrison. The Absolute Beginners series has taught millions to play from novice to confident player over the years. Now it's your turn!

Easy Renaissance Pieces For Classical Guitar brings to life some of the best-known Lute works of the Renaissance including many musical selections from the plays of William Shakespeare such as 'Greensleeves ''Where the Bee Sucks' and 'When That I Was a Little Tiny Boy'. Many of the great Lute composers are represented here including Dowland Johnson and even King Henry VIII. Easy Renaissance Pieces For ClassicalGuitar is designed for the beginner and intermediate guitarist and includes 61 pieces with an accompanying audio CD performed by Jerry Willard.With standard notation and TAB.

Le guitariste débutant a été né de 20 ans d'expérience dans l'enseignement. Bien que spécifiquement conçues comme des aides de l'enseignant, il peut également être utilisé pour une étude indépendante.Des thèmes tels que la posture, la mise au point et le phrasé sont pas prescrits, étant laissé à l'appréciation de l'enseignant. À l'exception des conseils doigté droite et à gauche, cette approche est utilisée tout au long de la série. L'ensemble de la série a pour but d'être un tuteur mesurée et progressive. Les idées sont généralement introduits un à la fois pour éviter de surcharger l'élève.Base droite technique est à la base de la première partie du Livre premier. La capacité de frapper la corde de manière efficace et produire un son clair est primordiale. Gauche technique est ensuite abordé avec des notes sur les trois cordes aiguës en première position. Utilisation du pouce est également couvert brièvement. Léger relief se présente sous la forme de petites quantités de travail glissando et percussion. Dynamics sont ensuite introduits sur une base stable de notes, suivie par des altérations (clé de sol).Le livre est complété par des accords et arpèges, donnant à l'élève une chance de 'sièges échanger' avec l'enseignant et jouer le rôle d'accompagnateur. Ailleurs, l'enseignant peut accompagner l'élève avec les accords proposés, soit en jouant la note fondamentale ou les voicings complets que notée. Une séance pratique quotidienne pour la réalisation du premier livre, répertoire supplémentaire et d'autres informations utiles sont disponibles.À propos de l'auteur: Nigel Tuffs est un professeur instrumental avec plus de 20 années d'expérience dans tous les domaines de l'enseignement guitare. A l'origine un membre de plusieurs groupes de rock il a complété un baccalauréat spécialisé de l'Institut Colchester, spécialisée dans la composition et la performance, et a depuis travaillé comme musicien de chambre, ensembles de guitares en, en tant qu'accompagnateur et aussi en tant qu'éducateur. / Guitare Classique

The legendary flamenco guitarist and best-selling Mel Bay Publications author Juan Serrano is well-known for his sound recordings transcriptions of his music and technical methods for flamenco guitar. Now the music that formedhis technical repertory and was the musical foundation given to his by his father Antonio el del Lunar (guitarist for all the flamenco singers of his time including Pastora Pavon-Nina de los Peines) is at your fingertips in thisbook that contains completely unreleased flamenco puro that is the foundation of one of the world's leading guitarists. These falsetas or variations on flamenco forms (toques) are graded so they are valuable for beginners intermediate advanced and professional flamenco guitarists--or for classical guitarists that want to learn flamenco.

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 Three places strong emphasis on right-hand technique with the freestroke (tirando) to the fore -thumb and fingers together - while consolidating and building on the notes learnt in first position across the six strings.It also takes a brief look at an alternative tuning and introduces the idea of shifting position.Chords are also given further attention while the introduction of some classic studies from past masters is juxtaposed with a 1970s-style pentatonic-based piece introducing the idea of playing riffs.A set of exercises ondotted notes and a strong selection of pieces complete this volume.About the author: Nigel Tuffs is an instrumental teacher with more than 20 years of experience in all areas of guitar teaching. Originallya member of several rock bands he completed an honours degree at the Colchester Institute specialising in composition and performance and has since worked extensively as a chamber musician in guitar ensembles as an accompanistand also as an educator.

An Hour with the Guitar presents a careful selection of the most beautiful pieces of guitar music. All the names familiar to every professional and amateur guitarist - Aguado Carulli Carcassi Coste Giuliani Sor and many more - are represented in this collection and ensure much stimulating variety. These pieces with grades of difficulty progressing from very easy to moderately difficult will give not only the beginner but also the advanced guitarist some valuable material for this teaching entertainment and performance. Except for a few very beautiful studies dry exercises have been avoided in this book in the hope that every guitarist will use it for his hour ofrelaxation.

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.

Easy Baroque Pieces for Classical Guitar is an outstanding introduction for the beginner to intermediate guitarist to the music of the Baroque period. Jerry Willard explains the intricacies of Baroque ornamentation (including trills, mordents and notes inégale in an easy-to-understand way, and performs each piece on the accompanying audio CD. Includes standard notation and tab. / Guitare et Guitare Tablatures