The Best From Classical Guitar Magazine Vol. 1: Guitar

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

24 Favourite Pieces Arranged For The Moderately Advanced Guitarist. Par COLES PAUL. 'From Folk to Classical 2” is a mouth-watering collection of 24 arrangements for classical guitar by Paul Coles. The classical pieces include many favourites, including a few you would not expect to hear on the guitar, such as 'Habanera” from 'Carmen” and Saint-Saën's famous 'Swan” but they really work! Traditional folk numbers are not neglected, with 'Michael Row the Boat” and 'Londonderry Air” among the best known. The arrangements are for moderately advanced players (UK grade 5-6) and Paul has offered fingering help for both left and right hands. It follows Book 1 (UE 21673) which was published in 2017 (Grades 3-4). Try it, perhaps as a warm up for Book 2 if you don't already know it and then try Paul's '26 Melodic Studies” (UE 21670) or his 'Momentos Españoles” (UE 21671)./ Recueil / Guitare

Graduated Repertoire for the Classical Guitarist is a progressive series of repertoire books for the developing guitarist. As you turn from page to page in these volumes each new piece presents an incrementally progressive set of new technical musical reading or interpretive challenges. The series is comprised of some of the most recognized and best-loved historical repertoire along with a generous offering of fresh satisfying and fun new pieces. With notes from the writers to guide you through each piece Graduated Repertoire for the Classical Guitarist is your insightful and compelling navigator on the journey to becoming a great guitarist!

The ultimate guide to beginning the Classical Guitar - this easy to follow DVD will teach you everything you need to know and much more! Get ahead with clear demonstrations and jargon-free explanations that will make learningthe Guitar easier and more fun than you ever thought possible! You will discover:Correct posture and hand positionHow to find your way around the fretboardBasic music notation and readingHow to learn notenamesHow different rhythms workThe P.I.M.A. finger system...and much moreThe disc contains many special features that include:On-screen notation that is synchronised with the video of both handsplayingExclusive interviews with top performers and teachers from the Royal Academy and The Royal College Of MusicProfessional backing tracks to give you the best accompaniment to practice and perform toA bookletcontaining all of the musical examples featured during the lessonsNTSC format.

Throughout his career Christopher Parkening America's preeminent classical guitarist has had the opportunity to perform with many of the world's leading artists and orchestras. This folio Duets and Concertos contains many selections from those collaborations and features a wide range of musical pairings which show the guitar at its versatile best: voice and guitar guitar duets chamber music and concertos. All of the pieces included here have been edited and fingered for the guitar by Christopher Parkening and to quote Christopher himself ???No compromise has been made in requirement of technique. All of these pieces are suitable for performance by the virtuosoguitarist.??? This folio contains 35 transcriptions.

Express yourself through the beautiful voice of the solo Guitar.Solo Guitar Playing can teach even the person with no previous musical training how to progress from simple single-line melodies to mastery of the guitar asa solo instrument. Fully illustrated with diagrams photographs and over 200 musical exercises and repertoire selections this book offers thorough instruction in every phase of classical guitar playing.Completecoverage of individual skills includes:Basic techniqueReading music memorizing and ear-trainingMastering the fingerboardBuilding dexterity and speedDeveloping tone color andmusical phrasingPosition playingInterpretationSince its first printing in 1968 Frederick Noad's Solo Guitar Playing has been used by countless students and teachers of classical Guitar. Thefourth edition features revised and updated exercises and an expanded selection of solo Guitar repertoire gleaned from the best-selling Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology.

The Complete Guitar Player Rock Songbook features a massive collection of 50 hard-rocking hits from the best of classic and contemporary rock music for Guitar. Each song includes full lyrics and Guitar chordsas well as strumming and picking patterns making this songbook great for the aspiring rock rhythm or lead Guitarist.   Each and every tune included in this Guitar songbook is a true rock classic perfectfor cranking the amp up to 10 or should that be 11?. Old favourites like All Day And All Of The Night by The Kinks and Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix are matched by modern classics such as Radiohead'sCreep and Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon. The rock songbook presents the best in music to plug in and rock out to. It's designed to be accessible and enjoyable showcasing the best songs by the best rockbands and songwriters like The Clash AC/DC Eric Clapton and David Bowie. Past and present tunes are included ensuring there's something for everyone in this complete rock songbook.   Each song hasbeen carefully arranged for Guitar and Voice including the melody in standard notation lyrics and Guitar chord shapes. Not only this but there are also suggested strumming and picking patterns to help you dial up the volume andnail the exact sound of the song straight away. This rock Guitar songbook is ideal for beginners and intermediate Guitarists looking to expand their repertoire with powerful songs new and old whereas absolute beginners new to theGuitar will find that the four books of the famous Complete Guitar Player series by Russ Shipton will help them out with the basics.    With these 50 rock Guitar songs you'll be singing strummingyour power chords and soloing your way through the best rock songs of the past half-century in no time at all. The Complete Guitar Player Rock Songbook would make a sterling addition to any guitarist's bookshelf

30 Favourite Pieces Arranged For The Middle-Grade Guitarist. 'From Folk to Classical 1” is a mouth-watering collection of thirty arrangements for classical guitar by Paul Coles. The classical pieces include many favourites, including a few you would not expect to hear on the guitar, such as 'Hall of the Mountain King” and 'Three little Maids from School”, but they really work! Traditional folk numbers are not neglected, with 'Sweet Molly Malone” and 'Skye Boat Song” among the best known. The arrangements are for intermediate players and Paul Coles has offered fingering help for both left and right hands. Book 2 will be published in 2018 but, meanwhile, try Paul Coles' '26 Melodic Studies” or his 'Momentos Espanoles”../ Recueil / Guitare