If you are looking for a text book to facilitate your teaching the guitar in a classroom setting or for introductory one-on-one instruction please consider Guitar Smart: The Better Beginning Classroom Method!
The publication for a sixteen-week course introduces an appealing approach to the manner in which the instrument is commonly taught.
The great majority of classroom methods downplay the role of the guitar as the instrument of popular culture. With this book the student learns through playing songs from three decades of popular music building a strong foundation that first, allows them to adapt to a variety of musical styles with the skills learned; secondly, provides them with more practical experience for interacting in musical situations; and thirdly, fosters achievement on the instrument through graded technical demands, in turn, increasing the students' desire to further their abilities. The book is unique in its detail in nurturing the beginning guitarist through the physical challenges associated with the early learning experience. The main focus is to help the them to become proficient with all fundamental major and minor chords from the natural musical alphabet through learning classic songs guided by selected elements of musical notation specific to understanding rhythm. A number of pieces deal with single note playing and a section on basic applied music theory is included.
On the Google Books UK site you can view the contents pages and the introduction of the book.
The publication for a sixteen-week course introduces an appealing approach to the manner in which the instrument is commonly taught.
The great majority of classroom methods downplay the role of the guitar as the instrument of popular culture. With this book the student learns through playing songs from three decades of popular music building a strong foundation that first, allows them to adapt to a variety of musical styles with the skills learned; secondly, provides them with more practical experience for interacting in musical situations; and thirdly, fosters achievement on the instrument through graded technical demands, in turn, increasing the students' desire to further their abilities. The book is unique in its detail in nurturing the beginning guitarist through the physical challenges associated with the early learning experience. The main focus is to help the them to become proficient with all fundamental major and minor chords from the natural musical alphabet through learning classic songs guided by selected elements of musical notation specific to understanding rhythm. A number of pieces deal with single note playing and a section on basic applied music theory is included.
On the Google Books UK site you can view the contents pages and the introduction of the book.
