Sight-Reading for Guitar
Edition: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series
Publisher: Rebus Community; Pressbooks
Published: 2020-04-02
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
ISBN-13: 9781989014196
Copyright date: 2020 Chelsea Green
Description: <p><em>Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series</em> teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand, read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, fun and encouragement. The skill of sight-reading is a difficult to develop, primarily because it is traditionally taught inefficiently. Further, students encounter high levels of emotional discomfort in the beginning stages of skill acquisition. The method in this book is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, clarity and encouragement. All types of guitars apply: electric, steel-string and nylon-string.</p><p>Each unit contains brief descriptions of musical symbols, play-along duet exercises and compositions, encouragement and methods for self-assessment. The series contains 20 units that start at the beginner level and progress to the intermediate/advanced level. At the completion of the series guitarists will be able to sight-read most rhythms, pitches and other notations relevant to guitar notation. The series also features 30 original duet compositions, of varying styles, created exclusively for this series!</p>

&lt;em&gt;Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series&lt;/em&gt; teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand, read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed to impart the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency, fun and encouragement.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The team behind the series has decided to launch it early. We want to equip guitarists, who may be adjusting to new methods of teaching and learning, with a quality open resource. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href="https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/65c3a074-6cdc-49b1-835b-452a9a55f332"&gt; Get in touch with the team on the Rebus Community platform.&lt;/a&gt;