Features:

The Art and Technique of the Classical Guitar
The premier method for the beginning classical guitarist, by one of the world's preeminent virtuosos and the recognized heir to the legacy of Andrés Segovia.

• Learn basic classical guitar technique by playing beautiful pieces of music.
• Includes over 50 classical pieces, 26 exercises, and 14 duets.
• Rudiments of classical guitar technique, note reading, and music theory.
• Selection and care of guitars
• Stragegies for effective practicing.
• Includes 99 demonstration tracks


Table of Contents:

• The Christopher Parkening Discography
• Fingerboard Chart
• Concise Dictionary of Musical Terms
• Guitar Chord Chart
• Attaching Strings
• Care of the Guitar
• Selecting a Classical Guitar
• The Classical Guitar: A Brief History
• Summary of Guitar Music Fingering
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
• Malaguena
• Catalonian Song
• Spanish Folk Song
• Theme - Handel
• Bouree - Bach
• Italian Dance
• Kemp's Jig
• Minuet - De Visee
• Simple Gifts
• Waltz in E Minor - Carulli
• Lullaby - Brahms
• Minuet in G - Bach
• Scottish Folk Song
• Fur Elise - Beethoven
• Packington's Pound
• Etude - Carulli
• Andante - Sor
• Rondo - Rameau
• English Dance - Carcassi
• Moderato - Guiliana
• All Through the Night
• Prelude in D Major
• The Bar
• Bourree - Telemann
• Three Technical Exercises
• Transposing Keys
• Music Theory - Circle of 5ths, Relative Minors, Chords
• Music Theory - Scales, Intervals, Key Signatures
• Greensleeves
• Prelude in C Major - Carcassi
• Intermezzo
• Four Notes Played Together
• Bouree - Bach
• Tarantella
• High A on the 1st String
• Estudio - Aguado
• Hymn
• Three Notes Played Together
• In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
• Andantino - Carcassi
• Spanish Waltz
• Ode to Joy - Beethoven
• Allegro - Giuliani
• Repeat Markings
• Dynamic Markings
• Table of Common Tempo Terms
• English Folk Song
• Theme from Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven
• Chromatic Scale
• Prelude in A Minor
• Guide and Pivot Fingers
• Open String Equivalents
• King of Orient
• Spanish Dance
• Two Notes Played Together
• Tone Production
• The Fingernails
• Variation on a Spanish Theme
• The Natural Scale
• Notes on the 6th String
• C Major Scale with Variations
• Notes on the 5th String
• Fugue - Bach
• Pick-up Notes
• Melancolia
• Triplets and Sisteenth Notes
• Notes on the 4th String
• Memorization
• 6/8 Time Signature
• Sharps, Flats and Naturals
• Planting
• Arpeggio
• Au Clair de la Lune
• Music in Two Voices
• Rests and Ties
• Prelude in C Major
• Spanish Melody
• Notes on the 3rd String
• Waltz in A Minor
• Notes on the 2nd String
• Notes in the 1st String
• Positioning of the Left-Hand Fingers
• The Left Hand
• Notes on the Open Treble Strings
• Notes on the Open Bass Strings
• Rhythm Studies
• Practicing
• Fundamentals of Music Notation
• Two Ways of Striking a String
• The Right Hand
• Tuning the Guitar
• Holding the Guitar
• Parts of the Guitar
• Foreword



Catalog:	HL00696023
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Composer:	Christopher Parkening
Artist:	Christopher Parkening
Arranger:	Jack Marshall
Voicing:	Guitar
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Pages:	112