Note to teachers
Book Two builds on the basic mechanical techniques learnt in the first volume of Simply Guitar, Through thirty seven dedicated new compositions the Spanish guitar Student encounters the basic interpretative skills that will enable him to play with greater musicality and expression.
Part One covers higher positions and their associated keys, together with skills needed to move around the fingerboard.
Part Two considers three aspects of articulation: damping open bass strings, staccato playing and slur techniniuque.
Part Three deals with the right hand: tonal range (ponti/tasto), accents and dynamic balance between voices.
Finally there are five pieces consideringdifferent expressive effects: pitch control, vibrato, tremolando, tempo variation andharmonics.
Although this sequence has some logic to it, feel free to adapt it according to your teaching circumstances.
There is CD of this music which also previews music in Simply Spanish, Simply Latin and Simply Swing.
Vincent Lindsey-Clark Alexander MacDonald
Basic skills for Spanish guitar (Book Two)
Contents
Part I The fmgerboard
4 Fifth position Spanish folk song, Cancion5 Here and there6 Variations in D minor 7 Arabian nights 8 Night light10 Letting go 12 Second position A Prelude13 Italian dance 14 Merry-go-round 15 Speeding along 16 Back horne 18 Seventh position Sky high 19 Jacob's ladder20 Half barré Half bar twelve bar21 Chanson
Part II Articulation
22 Bass damping Thumbs up 23 Behind the base line 24 Staccato exercises Stop it! 25 Powdered wigs 26 Slurs Off the cuff 27 Minuet, Gigue 28 Cheeky Chôro30 At the carnival
Part III Tone and dynamics
32 Tone (ponti-tasto) Spain 34 Accents Two minds 35 Chord balance Saturday night 36 Combining rest and free stroke Reflections37 Jam spoon 38 Shadow of the moon
Part IV Expressive effects
40 Pitch control Bending the rules42 Vibrato Port Quin 44 Tremolando Evocacion46 Tempo control Whirl wind 48 Harmonics Tune up tune
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