Is there a technique book for classical guitar?
Yes, the technique book is called Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, and Arpeggios by Bradford Werner. It’s a full technique book with 122 pages and video lessons for all the content. It includes progressive exercises and tips as well as practice routines for different levels. The book guides students from grade 1 to advanced levels.
More information on the book: Classical Guitar Technique: Essential Exercises, Scales, & Arpeggios.
The book fills an important place in our Curriculum for Classical Guitar. This is an outline of the different grades and levels you can proceed through along with details on materials needed and practice advice.
Here’s a summary of the contents of the book:
Practice Routines, Tips, 100 Open String Exercises, 120 Giuliani Arpeggios, Selected Scales (Major, Minor, 3rds, 6ths, Octaves, 10ths), Slur Exercises, Shifts, Finger Independence, Alignment, Stretch, Barre, Tremolo, Common Harmonics, Speed and Relaxation, and more.
The book focuses on essential exercises for the development of classical guitar technique. All the exercises from the headings of the table of contents progress from easy to advanced in a progressive format. Although this is a book of exercises rather than a method, I have included many helpful tips throughout the book to aid students. As with all my materials, the video lessons are an added educational advantage.
Intended for beginner to early-advanced classical guitar students (approximately Grade 1-9). As a basic prerequisite students would have completed both Volume One and Two of my beginner method book series or an equivalent. There are a number of exercises in upper positions that include accidentals, therefore, additional reading experience is required if you wish to study the entire book. The inclusion of fingering, string numbers, and position marks should make the exercises easy to understand. The 100 open string exercises should be very accessible to beginners and advanced students alike.
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