Mel Bay Presents: Aaron Shearer: Learning the Classic Guitar, Part 2 0871668556, 9780871668554

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Introduction
Music and the Guitar
The Five Basic Materials of Music
Learning to Read Music
Rhythm
Directing the Beat
Rhythm Notation
Meter and Time Signature
Using the Metronome
Directing the Beat with Your Foot
Pitch Notation
Beginning to Read and Play Music
The Open Third and Fourth Strings
The Pre-Reading Procedure
Duets for Study
So-Re One - A.S.
So-Re Two - A.S.
So-Re Three - A.S.
So-Re Four - S-H
So-Re Five - S-H
The Open Second String
Bugler's Tune - S-H
Melody - S-H
Rest And Play I - S-H
Note Values Longer than the Beat
Different Endings of a Piece
Rest And Play II - S.H.
Notes on the Fingerboard
A (La) on ③
Visualizing Notes on the Fingerboard
Lullaby - S-H
Dance Of Four - S-H
C (Do) and D (Re) on ②
Scale Song - S-H
Dance Of Six - A.H.
4/4 Time and the Whole Value
Countepoint - S-H
The Weaver - S-H
Dance Of The Upward Skip - S-H
Humming Song I
2/2: Alla Breve
Humming Song II - S-H
Dialogue - A.H.
Dance Of The Downward Skip - S.H.
E (Mi), F (Fa), and G (So) on ①
Mi-Fa-So - A.H.
Stepping Tones - A.H.
Playing Scale Passages Involving ③, ② and ①
Chimes - A.H.
The Open Fifth and Sixth Strings
March - S-H
The Tie
Solo Playing of Music in Two Parts
Serenade I - A.S.
Syncopation
Serenade II
G# (Si) on ③
Slavic Dance I - A.S.
Slavic Dance II - A.S.
3/4 Time and the Dotted Half Value
Folk Song - A.S.
The Dotted Quarter Value
Folk Dance - A.S.
Beginning Free-Stroke: Sounding Two Notes Simultaneously
Two By Two - A.H.
Petite Valse - A.H.
F# (Fi) on ① and C# (Di) on ②
The Key Signature
Andante I - A.S.
Andante II - A.S.
Further Training of the Fourth Finger
Accidentals in Music
Carillon - S-H
Music Box I - S-H
Music Box II - S-H
Cantilena I - A.S.
Cantilena II - A.S.
E (Mi) and F (Fa) on ④
Moorish Dance - A.S.
Beginning A Free-Stroke: Chords of Three Notes
Beginning Arpeggios: Sympathetic Movement
Single-Beat Measures of Three Counts
The Gondolier - A.H.
Etude Moderne - S-H
Further Training of A
Right-Hand Finger Alternation
The Sixteenth Value
P,I,M,I Etude I - A.S.
P,I,M,I Etude II - A.S.
B (Ti) and C (Do) on ⑤
Romance - A.H.
P,I,M,I Etude III - S-H
Arpeggios Requiring Further Alteration
P,I,M,I,M,I Etude
Cradle Song - S-H
F (Fa) and G (So) on ⑥
Calypso - S-H
P,I,A Etude - A.S.
P,I,A,I Etude - A.S.
P,I,A,I,A,I Etude - A.S.
Merry Dance - S-H
Quintuple Meter
Theme And Variation - A.H.
Alternation on a Single String
Single-String Alternation Etude I - A.H.
Single-String Alternation Etude II - S-H
String Crossing
Crossing Etude I - S-H
Compound Meters
Crossing Etude II - S-H
Crossing Etude III - A.H.
Crossing Etude IV - S-H
Crossing Etude V - A.H.
Playing Scales
Rest-Stroke Alternation
Danza In C - S-H
Sonatina In C - A.H.
Arietta - A.H.
Baroque Reflections - A.H.
Playing Chords with P and the Fingers
Chanson - A.H.
Pavane - A.H.
Sounding Two Notes Together with P and One Finger Free-Stroke
Rustic Idyl - S-H
Minuet - S-H
Catalonian Folk Song - A.H.
The Complete Open-Position G-Major Scale Form
Sonatina In G - A.H.
Ballade - A.H.
Papillon - A.H.
Further Development of Chords and Arpeggios
Etude In E Minor - S-H
Berceuse - A.H.
Hemiola
Arabesque - A.H.
Mixed Meter
Farewell - A.H.
Musette - A.H.
Traveler's Song - A.H.
Chords of Four Notes
Alla Marcia - A.S.
Bagatelle - A.H.
Entrada - A.H.
Elegy - A.H.
A,M,I Etude I - A.H.
Triplets
A,M,I Etude II - A.S.
Technical Slurs
Gently Flowing - S.H.
English Dance - A.H.
Serenata - S-H
A,I,M Etude I - A.H.
A,I,M Etude II - A.S.
The Complete Open-Position D-Major Scale Form
Saltarello - A.H.
Soliloquy - A.H.
Accidental Melody - A.H.
A,M,I,M Etude I - A.H.
A,M,I,M Etude II - A.S.
The Complete Open-Position Chromatic Scale
Boogie-Woogie Blues - S-H
Divertimento - A.H.
The Complete Open-Position A-Major Scale Form
Quint-Waltz - A.H.
Reverie - A.H.
Habañera - A.H.
I,A,M,A Etude - A.H.
The Complete Open-Position E-Major Scale Form
Danza Mexicana - A.H.
Gavotte - A.H.
A,I,M,I Etude - A.H.
Humoreske - A.H.
Carousel - A.H.
String Damping
Right-Hand Damping
Left-Hand Damping
Solfege
The Fixed-Do Chromatic Syllable System
Summary
Memorizing Music
Eliminating Confusion and Error
Selecting Music for Studly
The Four-Step Memorization Procedure
Step One: Pre-Reading without the Guitar
Step Two: Reading and Playing on the Guitar
Step Three: Testing Your Memorization
Step Four: Confirming Your Memorization
Summary