Preparatory Guide for Classical Guitar & Music Theory

By Eric Charles Mokotoff

40 In-depth Lessons that take you from the basics of learning to read traditional notation through a complete and detailed understanding of scales, key signatures, chord structure, inversions, music theory and analysis. This is a must for the serious student who wants to understand music and how it pertains to the classical guitar. It?s not enough to play the guitar, you need to understand the language of music and theory and how it all comes together on this incredible instrument.

ISBN 9781609749750. A bare-bones, beginner's approach to music theory as applied to the guitar. Discusses half and whole-tones, enharmonics, scales as played across the strings or up the neck, the four types of triads, inversions, chord voicings, arpeggios, diminished 7th chords, intervals, and chord progressions. Contains blank chord grids and neck diagrams for student annotations. This is a book to be read and studied rather than played.

ISBN 9781610659475. Quiero Tocar La Guitarra, del reconocido autor Victor M. Barba es uno de los mejores libros para aprender a tocar la guitarra. Por fin hay un libro muy facil de entender, porque tiene los nombres de las notas escritas, asi como la musica, la tablatura, las graficas de la guitarra, y escuchando el audio en linea, te sera mas facil de aprender las canciones. Con este libro vas a aprender lo basico de la teoria musical, y a leer musica. Viene con 20 estudios para guitarra, acordes, escalas y ritmos de Cumbia, Norteno, Corrido, Balada, Rancheras, Rock, Pop y muchos mas. Quiero Tocar La Guitarra es el libro perfecto para ti, o para regalar a alguien que quieras. De la serie de libros de Easy Music School, and Mel Bay Publications! El audio en linea viene incluido.Quiero Tocar La Guitarra, (I want to play the guitar) by Victor M. Barba is one of the best books for guitar. Finally there is an "Easy to understand" book to learn how to play the basics on the guitar. The only book that includes music notes, music note names, tablature, guitar graphics and fingering, plus online audio, all in one book. With this book you will learn how to read music and learn music theory; you have 20 progressive guitar studies, many original songs, and Latin and Mexican rhythms such as Ballad, Cumbia, NorteAo, Corrido, Rock and Tex-Mex. If you ever wanted to learn some of these rhythms, "Quiero Tocar La Guitarra" is a must-have from Easy Music School and Mel Bay Publications! Companion online audio of examples included.

ISBN 9781619114968. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method contains hundreds of solos, duets, picking studies, chord etudes, position studies, scale and technique etudes, lessons in theory and harmony and much more! Every key and every position on the guitar fingerboard is thoroughly taught. Music is presented by many of the great master composers such as Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Grieg and also renown guitar composers such as Sor, Tarrega and Carcassi. The styles of music presented in this exhaustive course range from Early Music to Jazz to Bluegrass and Country to Rock. This method will equip any guitarist to perform the demands of modern music with ease and will transition the guitar student from beginner to virtuoso. This comprehensive method contains all of the music found in the Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Expanded Edition volumes 1 through 7 and comes with extensive online audio and video.

ISBN 9781619117181.

This Mel Bay Qwikguide begins with basic music theory about scales and keys and teaches how to transpose several songs with and without the capo. Then we look at chords in keys and explore some typical chord progressions by swapping numbers (one, four, five) for the chord names (D, G, A). Finally we study the Nashville Numbering System in depth by examining different notation styles and converting several well-known songs to number charts. The more advanced number charts show detailed arrangements with modulations, intros, extros, a variety of chords, repeats, fermatas, strum patterns, beat accents, and much more. If you're interested in why the capo works as it does; if you're a songwriter or gigging musician who needs to know how to read, write, and understand Nashville Number charts, this book is for you!

ISBN 9781609747855.

This approach really works. It holds my student's interest. These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow. Online audio available for download.Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sections can be used simultaneously in any order to take the class in any direction it wants. Written in standard notation and tablature with chords presented in both diagram and photo format. Lyrics are included for many songs and a few melodies are presented as duet arrangements. Access to audio download available online.