The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method Vol. 1: A Book of Basic Technique
You will find lots of printed information, diagrams, photographs, & music. Table of contents: Foreword The guitar & its parts Holding the guitar Tuning the guitar The right hand Two ways of striking a string Rest stroke Free stroke The staff & the open strings Comparative notes values: whole note, half note, quarter note Time signature Practicing The 6th, 5th, & 4th open strings The 3rd, 2nd & 1st open strings 8th notes The left hand Positioning of the left hand fingers Notes on the 1st string Notes on the 2nd string Notes on the 3rd string Rests ties, music in two parts French folk song: Au Claire de la lune Arpeggio Planting 6/8 time signature The fingernails Tone production Placement of finger & nail to string Notes on the 4th string Bach: Fugue Notes on the 5th string Two notes played together Beethoven: Theme from symphony no. 9 Sor: Andante Memorization Notes on the 6th string Three notes played together 16th notes Bach: Gavotte Sharps, flat & naturals Carcassi: Andantino Sharps, flats on the 4th, 5th, & 6th strings Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King Complete notes of the first position Spanish folk song: Catalonian folk song Bach: Bourree Playing four notes together Beethoven: Theme from symphony no. 9 English folk song: Greensleeves The triplet Bach: Jesu joy of man’s desiring Intervals, scales, & key signatures Bach: Minuet Brahms: Lullaby How other key signatures are developed Chromatic study – Tarrega Rameau: Rondo De Visee: Minuet Scottish folk song Japanese folk song: Sakura Telemann: Bourree The bar Welsh Air: All through the night Handel: Theme Spanish folk song Aguado: Estudio Traditional Spanish dance: Malaguena Neusiedler: Italian dance Kemp’s jig
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