Question: Is there a curriculum for classical guitar?
Yes, This is Classical Guitar and Werner Guitar Editions have a structured curriculum for classical guitar that you can learn to play from and follow from grade to grade. It is ever-expanding as we are always adding more to it each week. At the core is our educational series of books along with the website to help students listen to high quality performances and lessons. All of our books have videos to help you learn and give you context on how to study. You can find all the information about learning through the site on the following page:
Curriculum for Classical Guitar – This is an outline of the different grades and levels to proceed through along with details on materials needed and practice advice.
You can also find individual lessons and special topics at the Lesson Page. New content gets added constantly to help you learn and clarify student questions. There will even be a fully structured theory section to learn music theory along with your guitar study.
A quick summary of the curriculum
This is just a simplified version of each level. See the Curriculum for Classical Guitar page for more information on extra materials and upper grade levels.
- Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 – This is a free 100 page method for absolute beginners with video lessons for each page. If you are new to classical guitar this is great place to start.
- Classical Guitar Method Volume 2 – This is the follow up to Volume 1. This book trains students to play in different keys as well as various scales, chords, duets, and solos.
- Late-Beginner Collection: This is a free supplement to Method 1 & 2 giving students enjoyable extra material to refine their skills before moving into the graded levels.
- Grade 1 Repertoire Lessons – This series of books have dedicated lessons for each piece helping to guitar the student into the intermediate levels.
- Grade 1 Repertoire Supplement – Ten additional pieces to play.
- Grade 2 Repertoire Lessons
- Grade 3 Repertoire Lessons
- Grade 4 Repertoire Lessons
- Grade 5 Repertoire Lessons
- Grade 6 Repertoire Lessons
If you need any clarification on this question and answer please leave a comment below or ask a new question at the Classical Guitar Q&A page.
