Description
The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises, etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing artist and as a teacher who has trained hundreds of guitarists to encourages students to work based on their own strengths and weaknesses.The book opens with "Learning the Fingerboard", a large section devoted to establishing a thorough knowledge of the guitar fingerboard through a systematic and rigorous study of scales and fingerboard harmony, which will lead to ease and fluency in sight-reading and will reduce the time needed to learn a repertoire piece. The following sections "Scales and Scale Studies", "Repeated Notes", "Slurs", "Harmony", "Arpeggios", "Melody with Accompaniment", "Counterpoint" and "Florid or Virtuoso Studies" each contain text and examples that connect material to fingering practices of composers and practice strategies to open a path to interpretive freedom in performance.The Classical Guitar Companion will serve as a helpful companion for many years of guitar study.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of ExamplesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorial MethodIntroduction1. Learning the FingerboardFingering Notations and ConventionsScales and Cadences Open Position Scales and Lower Position CadencesBursts and Exercises for Change of DirectionMoveable Scale Forms and Associated CadencesLong ScalesBeginning Fingerboard Harmony Triads on the Top Three StringsTriad CyclesScales in TriadsTriads on the Lower StringsTriad ProgressionsCadences by Franz Bathioli2. Scale Exercises and StudiesFingering Considerations Carulli's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesCarcassi's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesGiuliani's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesSor's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesAguado's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesCoste's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesMertz's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesTripletsScale Exercises and Etudes in Lower Positions Three Lower Position Scale Exercises with Thumb AccompanimentThree Scale Exercises from the Carulli methodAttaingnant: Two HaulberroysGiuliani: Op. 1, Part 3, No. 3Tárrega: scale exercise in DBesard: Branle GayMertel: Prelude 8Dlugorai: Finale (Thesaurus Harmonicus, 1603)LeRoy: Passemeze and plus diminuée (1568)Scale Exercises and Etudes in Upper Positions Three Upper Position Scale Exercises with Thumb AccompanimentAguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Study No. 16Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 1Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 14Tárrega: diminished chord exercisesTárrega: Prelude 9Tárrega: scale exercisesTárrega: Estudio en Forma de Minuettoanon: Chi Passa (Marsh Lute Book, c. 1595)Johnson: The Queen's TrebleDalza: Piva for Two LutesAdvanced Right-Hand Scale Fingering ApplicationOther Applications3. Repeated NotesOverviewRepeated Note Exercises and Studies Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 7Aguado: Nuevo Método de Guitarra, Op. 6, Exercise 10Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 2Sor: Op. 6, No. 4Sor: Op. 35, No. 19Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section Three, Study No. 23 Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 7Giuliani: Op. 83, No. 3 (Antoine de l'Hoyer: Op. 27, No. 4)Sor: Op. 31, No. 194. Slurs OverviewSlur Exercises and Etudes Carulli: Prélude from Method, Op. 27Carcassi: Exercise from Method, Op. 59Carulli: Andante from Method, Op. 27Carcassi: Andante from Method, Op. 59Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 8Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 4Slur Exercises from Horetsky's Op. 33Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 24Giuliani, Op. 48, No. 4Sor: Op. 6, No. 3Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 9Giuliani: Op. 100, No. 19Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 9Advanced Slur Exercises Virtuoso Slur Exercises5. HarmonyOverviewStudies Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section Two, Chapter One, Exercise 12Carcassi: Study in Damping from Method, Op. 59Sor: Op. 35, No. 11Sor: Op. 31, No. 22Tárrega: Prelude 8Sor: Op. 31, No. 20Tárrega: Prelude 12Sor: Op. 35, No. 16Sor: Op. 29, No. 13Sor: Op. 29, No. 23Tárrega: Prelude 4Advanced Left-Hand Exercises What Guitar Methods SayMusical ImplicationsApplications6. ArpeggiosOverviewArpeggio Studies Carulli: Moderato from Method, Op. 27Aguado: Nuevo Método de Guitarra, Op. 6, Part Two, Exercise 6Sor: Op. 31, No. 6Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 2Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 5Aguado: Colección de Estudios, Study 3Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 16Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 17Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 20Aguado: Colección de Estudios, Study 5Sor: Op. 35, No. 9Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 2Aguado: Nuevo Método de Guitarra, Section Two, Exercise 10Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 5 Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 6Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 8Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 3Sor: Op. 35, No. 23Sor: Op. 31, No. 127. Melody and AccompanimentOverviewChordal Textures Sor: Op. 31, No. 23Melody Above an Alberti Bass Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 2Giuliani's Fingering ExamplesSor: Op. 35, No. 13Melody in an Arpeggiated Texture Sor: Op. 35, No. 22Sor: Op. 6, No. 11Simple Melody Tárrega: Endecha8. CounterpointOverviewContrapuntal Pieces and Studies Valderrabano: Duo Pleni SuntGiuliani: Op. 139, No. 4Zani de Ferranti: Caprice, Op. 11, No. 1Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Lesson 38Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Lesson 39Aguado: Nuevo Método para Guitarra, Lesson 40Sor: Op. 31, No. 4Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 6Sor: Op. 6, No. 8Giovanni Maria da Crema: Recercar TredecimoFour Fantasias by Francesco da Milano Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 28Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 40Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 38Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 349. Florid/Virtuoso EtudesOverviewVirtuosity Is Not Everyday Life Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 20Tárrega: La MariposaTárrega: Study in ATárrega: Estudio de Velocidad10. What Next?Bibliography
