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 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 9781619114289. How to Play a Tune in Any Key takes a comprehensive look at transposition in a short and easy-to-understand book. The reader will learn how to play each part of their favorite songs - chords, melodies and more - in new keys of their choosing. Transposition is an incredible skill to have - it opens familiar tunes to new sonic palettes; it allows musicians to play melodies in ranges and registers best-suited for their instrument; and it is a hallmark tool of professional musicians.

ISBN 9781609745066. A concise, incredibly useful scale regimen that enhances left and right hand technique, helps master the fingerboard and paves the way for improvisation. Also a helpful aid to sight reading.