Complete Study of Tremolo for the Classic Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)This is the perfect book for developing classical guitar tremolo technique. I'm very happy with it.

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One of the most extensive studies of the tremolo technique.

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The Frank Gambale Technique Book II: The Essential Soloing Theory Course for all Guitarists! Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent book for anyone who is serious about learning to play guitar.Although, I bought this book for $40 not $100+ as listed here.Gambale breaks everything down into chord types.Minor 7, major 7, unaltered dominant 7, altered dominant 7, minor 7 (b5), diminished.He attacks each chord type with several soloing approaches.He lists and gives examples of appropriate modes, arpeggios, pentatonics that can be used over that specific chord type.For example.When discussing a minor 7 chord he says there are two ways to look at it.You can look at it as a II chord or a VI chord.Say you are playing a dmin7.Dmin 7 is the II of C and the VI of F.So in this case you can use D Dorian or Aeolian.He also says that if you treat Dmin7 as the second of C you can use.Dmin, Emin, Amin blues/pentatonic scales over the Dmin7.Since the minor chords are II, III, and VI in any major scale.You can also approach soloing using arpeggios from cmaj over the Dmin and you can play these in fourths to get a more interesting sound, rather than just running up or down arpeggios.He has gone through all of that by page 8 and there is about 80 pages in the book.So basically, there is a huge wealth of knowlege in this book and it is an excellent way for a guitarist to get away from moving to the trusty pentatonic scales as soon as its time to solo.This book also comes with a Cd containing samples of each excercise as well as a couple short songs that Gambale has put together.Im not a big fan of the effects he uses while playing the excercises, but it doesn't really take anything away from the learning experience. If you can get a chance to get a hold of this book you should give it a chance, but know that it will take some serious time and experimentation to make these theoretical ideas come out of your guitar as music.They cant really be charging $107 for this, can they?Keep your eyes open and you should be able to find this book for around $40.

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A method that looks at the way the legendary Frank Gambale solos over chordal harmonies. It shows how to use simple musical materials to create sophisticated solos. Book II covers the last two chordal types and includes a 70-minute recording.

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Fingerstyle Guitar Standards: 15 Classic Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar (Guitar Solo) Review

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(More customer reviews)The song selection is GREAT, but I would have bought this book just for Georgia On My Mind, which I obsessively practiced for three weeks straight.It is just now memorized and fluid under my fingertips after all this effort, so for me it was challenging (I've been playing classical guitar for about 35 years).Rhythmically, the arrangement is straightforward.There are a handful of difficult stretches, a sixteenth note run and lots of slides.Just enough ornamentation to keep things interesting and varied.It is very fun to play, and addictive!

A CD containing recordings of all the songs accompanies this wonderful book, which makes this also one of the best guitar music values of all time.

Bill Piburn rocks!(In a jazzy, classic way.)

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15 more tunes for your fingerpicking repertoire, including: Autumn Leaves * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Cheek to Cheek * A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha De Carnaval) * Georgia on My Mind * It's Only a Paper Moon * Moon River * My Romance * The Nearness of You * Route 66 * Sentimental Journey * Stompin' at the Savoy * This Can't Be Love * When Sunny Gets Blue * You Are My Sunshine.

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Solo Guitar Playing, Vol. 2 (Classical Guitar) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you are unfamiliar with Noad's "Solo Guitar Playing I", I would highly recommend that you start there first.Book II is an order of magnitude more difficult. The author does an excellent job of introducingyou to each new piece of music and pointing out problem sections that willneed extra practice or that have tricky fingering.When necessary he alsopresents exercises or patterns that help to exemplify a piece or that willbe used throughout a piece. Overall, the book is well written and thematerial is well presented.It does not "hold your hand" as muchas book one did and the music selections are quite a bit more challenging. I would recommend it only to the experienced guitarist or to those who havecompleted Book I. If you are able to make it through this book you willhave built a phenomenal classical repertoire.

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For years, the most popular classical guitar method ever published! Technique, sight reading, and musicianship for the intermediate guitarist, with graded exercises and practice studies.

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Renaissance Guitar W/CD (Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an anthology of renaissance music for stringed instruments, arranged for guitar. The tunes are well-chosen; the printing is good; the book falls open well; the arrangements are nice, with useful performancetips. What more could you want?

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Solos, duets and songs from original sources, graded and fingered. Pieces include Compion, Dowland de Narvaez, Milan, Rosseter and many more appropriate for all levels.

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