Mel Bay Presents: Aaron Shearer: Learning the Classic Guitar, Part 2

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Learning the Classic Guitar is a new direction in guitar instruction. Many ideas in these books break new ground. Part Two should go along with part one and it presents the elements of music and procedures for developing ability to sight-read and memorize. It also introduces the visualization concept. Cover Contents Introduction Music and the Guitar The Five Basic Materials of Music Learning to Read Music Rhythm Directing the Beat Rhythm Notation Meter and Time Signature Using the Metronome Directing the Beat with Your Foot Pitch Notation Beginning to Read and Play Music The Open Third and Fourth Strings The Pre-Reading Procedure Duets for Study So-Re One - A.S. So-Re Two - A.S. So-Re Three - A.S. So-Re Four - S-H So-Re Five - S-H The Open Second String Bugler's Tune - S-H Melody - S-H Rest And Play I - S-H Note Values Longer than the Beat Different Endings of a Piece Rest And Play II - S.H. Notes on the Fingerboard A (La) on ③ Visualizing Notes on the Fingerboard Lullaby - S-H Dance Of Four - S-H C (Do) and D (Re) on ② Scale Song - S-H Dance Of Six - A.H. 4/4 Time and the Whole Value Countepoint - S-H The Weaver - S-H Dance Of The Upward Skip - S-H Humming Song I 2/2: Alla Breve Humming Song II - S-H Dialogue - A.H. Dance Of The Downward Skip - S.H. E (Mi), F (Fa), and G (So) on ① Mi-Fa-So - A.H. Stepping Tones - A.H. Playing Scale Passages Involving ③, ② and ① Chimes - A.H. The Open Fifth and Sixth Strings March - S-H The Tie Solo Playing of Music in Two Parts Serenade I - A.S. Syncopation Serenade II G# (Si) on ③ Slavic Dance I - A.S. Slavic Dance II - A.S. 3/4 Time and the Dotted Half Value Folk Song - A.S. The Dotted Quarter Value Folk Dance - A.S. Beginning Free-Stroke: Sounding Two Notes Simultaneously Two By Two - A.H. Petite Valse - A.H. F# (Fi) on ① and C# (Di) on ② The Key Signature Andante I - A.S. Andante II - A.S. Further Training of the Fourth Finger Accidentals in Music Carillon - S-H Music Box I - S-H Music Box II - S-H Cantilena I - A.S. Cantilena II - A.S. E (Mi) and F (Fa) on ④ Moorish Dance - A.S. Beginning A Free-Stroke: Chords of Three Notes Beginning Arpeggios: Sympathetic Movement Single-Beat Measures of Three Counts The Gondolier - A.H. Etude Moderne - S-H Further Training of A Right-Hand Finger Alternation The Sixteenth Value P,I,M,I Etude I - A.S. P,I,M,I Etude II - A.S. B (Ti) and C (Do) on ⑤ Romance - A.H. P,I,M,I Etude III - S-H Arpeggios Requiring Further Alteration P,I,M,I,M,I Etude Cradle Song - S-H F (Fa) and G (So) on ⑥ Calypso - S-H P,I,A Etude - A.S. P,I,A,I Etude - A.S. P,I,A,I,A,I Etude - A.S. Merry Dance - S-H Quintuple Meter Theme And Variation - A.H. Alternation on a Single String Single-String Alternation Etude I - A.H. Single-String Alternation Etude II - S-H String Crossing Crossing Etude I - S-H Compound Meters Crossing Etude II - S-H Crossing Etude III - A.H. Crossing Etude IV - S-H Crossing Etude V - A.H. Playing Scales Rest-Stroke Alternation Danza In C - S-H Sonatina In C - A.H. Arietta - A.H. Baroque Reflections - A.H. Playing Chords with P and the Fingers Chanson - A.H. Pavane - A.H. Sounding Two Notes Together with P and One Finger Free-Stroke Rustic Idyl - S-H Minuet - S-H Catalonian Folk Song - A.H. The Complete Open-Position G-Major Scale Form Sonatina In G - A.H. Ballade - A.H. Papillon - A.H. Further Development of Chords and Arpeggios Etude In E Minor - S-H Berceuse - A.H. Hemiola Arabesque - A.H. Mixed Meter Farewell - A.H. Musette - A.H. Traveler's Song - A.H. Chords of Four Notes Alla Marcia - A.S. Bagatelle - A.H. Entrada - A.H. Elegy - A.H. A,M,I Etude I - A.H. Triplets A,M,I Etude II - A.S. Technical Slurs Gently Flowing - S.H. English Dance - A.H. Serenata - S-H A,I,M Etude I - A.H. A,I,M Etude II - A.S. The Complete Open-Position D-Major Scale Form Saltarello - A.H. Soliloquy - A.H. Accidental Melody - A.H. A,M,I,M Etude I - A.H. A,M,I,M Etude II - A.S. The Complete Open-Position Chromatic Scale Boogie-Woogie Blues - S-H Divertimento - A.H. The Complete Open-Position A-Major Scale Form Quint-Waltz - A.H. Reverie - A.H. Habañera - A.H. I,A,M,A Etude - A.H. The Complete Open-Position E-Major Scale Form Danza Mexicana - A.H. Gavotte - A.H. A,I,M,I Etude - A.H. Humoreske - A.H. Carousel - A.H. String Damping Right-Hand Damping Left-Hand Damping Solfege The Fixed-Do Chromatic Syllable System Summary Memorizing Music Eliminating Confusion and Error Selecting Music for Studly The Four-Step Memorization Procedure Step One: Pre-Reading without the Guitar Step Two: Reading and Playing on the Guitar Step Three: Testing Your Memorization Step Four: Confirming Your Memorization Summary