Search for:. In that time, the series has sold over , copies. A practical and comprehensive guitar method designed for the serious guitar student and used as the basic text for the Berklee College of Music guitar program. Volume 1 teaches beginning guitar students all the music fundamentals including scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, special exercises for both hands, accompaniment. Founded in , Berklee Online is the premier innovator and largest provider of worldwide music education, offering more than 75, students from countries the renowned curriculum of Berklee College of Music, at a fraction of the cost.
Stay Connected. Buy Online. Search the Store. Volume 1 - A beginning-level book presenting a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales melodic studies chord and arpeggio studies special exercises for both hands accompaniment techniques a unique approach to voice leading using moveable chord forms Volume 2 - An intermediate level book that continues and builds upon the study of melody, scales, arpeggios, and chords, covering the entire fingerboard.
This volume also addresses: intervals chord voicings improvisation rhythm-guitar techniques play-along duets Volume 3 - A continuation and expansion of topics presented in volumes 1 and 2. Even when working steady we are not reading every day - so "scare yourself in the privacy of your practice sessions". If unusual difficulty is encountered reading these pages - go back to Page 60 and start again.
This is mainly a physical problem and a certain amount of practice time seems to be the only solution. However, I have found that by presenting new chord forms to a student in a certain order a sequence of related fingerings it seems to lessen the time normally required for him to perform them.
Therefore, the following chord forms are presented in a particular order. We will use three of the previously learned fingerings as basic forms. We will alter these forms by moving, or removing one or more fingers. In this way each new fingering is directly related to the one s preceding it.
No specific letter names are given-only the chord type and the string on which the root is found. Do not skip around. Do not change the fingering of any form, even if you already play it but in a different way. It will appear later on with "your" fingering,. Practice all chord forms chromatically up and down the fingerboard observing root chord names.
These chord exercises are very important and should be reviewed regularly as they serve many purposes, such as physical development of the left hand. Regular review is a must! Do not "practice" these Reading Studies, do not play on two consecutive days. See top Page When 2 consecutive notes on adjacent stgs.
Speed not corning? Left hand accuracy not consistant? Play any scale very slowly. The 1st guitar part of this duet is often played using the "muffled effect.
All strings being played must be kept covered. As this somewhat inhibits picking, the part should first be thoroughly practiced without the muffled effect or "open". When moving from chord to chord the best fingering is usually the one tnat involves the least motion in the left hand.
Leaving one finger free for possible melodic additions is also an important factor. The sus. The note name for the 4th is also used. Sus 4 may also be called natural 11th. The root is on the same string as the sus 4 form. For example in the above exercise you may substitute symbols "G11" and "A11" for sus 4. Eventually you will be able to recognize and "feel" entire groups of syncopated notes. This is a definite aid in learning to read these "off beat" rhythms.
Later on when syncopation is no longer a problem you will vary your picking for the purpose of phrasing and accents. Reading music is a combination of instant note and finger recognition and that of playing the "sound" that you "see" on the music. Now try this--play the tonic chord of these Reading Studies to get your "ear" in the proper key.
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