A Modern Method for Guitar: Guitar Technique: 1 (Method: Guitar)

This book & CD combination is a must for all guitar students. It is of great value when you compare the cost of this compared to private lessons. You could teach yourself with this book & the CD makes this possible. But having said that, this book would also be of great use for guitar lessons. The CD has all of the music of all the pieces to be learned - this is not the case with some other book/CD combinations.

I never was overly interested in learning to read music for guitar, its not exactly a high demand considering most people either prefer to learn by ear or tab. But i thought id go through this book in my own time anyway just so if i ever needed it. Its easy to understand and very helpful. You can go as far as you want to. If you just want the basics you can just go through the first 3rd and that should set you up as far as reading music and translating it onto a guitar.

I have been playing guitar for a few years and have a good practical base. I now want to get into jazz guitar and of course that means learning to read notation. For me, this method was to fast paced and dry straight off the bat, i nearly lost motivation. I think this book is best completed with a tutor. But don't fear - I can highly recommend the Mel Bay Modern method for students who our self taught. I am on the second volume of the Mel Bay series now and will be moving onto the Leavitt method later on down the road as it is the superior method - just don't rush it like i tried to do, enjoy the process and start with a funner easier method.

The book to have if you want to learn guitar easy to follow and pick up I started with this book and now I teach others from it and tell my students to buy it.

The duets are very tuneful but what makes this special is the focus on learning to practise reading notation. So many other books use tab and lots of dot patterns or diagrams so you end up skipping the notation on the stave.

Book arrived 2 days earlier than stated on expected delivery date. Well packaged and as described. Good service.

Very good book

This is the book my 8 year old son uses with his guitar teacher.

エレキギターを弾く人にとってはあまりなじみのない、ローポジションの基本的なコードと、クラシック的和音フレーズや、単音スケールの方はタブ譜無しですが、まあ９割方初見で弾くことは可能な程度の無理のない簡単なフレーズで構成されたデュエット向けの短い曲により進められていきます。 理論的なことはほとんんど解説もなく、ひたすら、指慣らし☆☆☆ まず、ギターのポジションにひたすら慣れ親しむことを目的にしているようです。 たぶん、この本を手にする人はヒマな人だと思うので、単音フレーズ曲の方は、休日とかに集中してやりこめば、1日か２日で終わると思います。 苦手な箇所が発見できるので（私の場合、クラシック的ローポージション和音使いフレーズや、開放弦使いフレーズ）など、繰り返し練習が必要な個所は印をして、弾けるところはどんどん確認作業的に確認していって、一通りざっくり終わらせて、苦手箇所は、次の教本に進みながら、繰り返す、というのも、あきずに続けるひとつの方法かも、と思いました。 たぶん、Ｖｅｒ.２とかから、急に難しくなったりするんだと思うので、苦手箇所を無くすようにみっちりやりこんでおくとよいかもしれません。 ちなみに、英語版は中学生１～２年程度で理解できるし、英語で読まなくても図解でわかります。 ビデオの方も、中学１～2年くらいまでの学校で習う程度の英語で充分理解できる内容で、先生もノンネイティブでも聞き取れるようにとてもゆっくりわかりやすいフレーズで話してくれますので、日本語版と迷っている人は、安い方で選んでもよいと思います。 日本語版も笹島先生の翻訳なので正確な理解には良いと思います。

Chi a ha scritto questo libro è un genio ! Questo libro non ti promette di suonare la tua prima canzone in 15 minuti, di imparare la chitarra in una settimana e così via. È un metodo progressivo in cui ogni esercizio è calibrato alla perfezione per aggiungere un pezzettino alla conoscenza della tecnica e della tastiera della chitarra. Non ci sono tablature, ma spartiti, quindi o conosci la musica o il libro non fa per te. Ti insegna gli accordi, ma soprattutto ti insegna le note che ci sono in ogni accordo in esercizi preparatori. Passo passo ti scopri che suoni la chitarra davvero. Facendo un esempio, è inutile partire dalla pentatonica in quinta posizione se non sai dominare la prima posizione. Fatto quelllo, poi vai avanti con le altre posizioni. Ogni esercizio andrebbe mandato a memoria. Ci sono parecchi duetti e un compagno di studi sarebbe il benvenuto, in alternativa puoi usare un registratore e duettare con te stesso. Insomma, libro non facile, ma consigliato a chi già conosce la musica e vuole studiare la chitarra in modo serio. Come si dice: “la chitarra è uno strumento facile da suonare male, ma difficile da suonare bene”. L’unico consiglio, se non hai una forza di volontà di ferro per studiare, è di alternarlo ad altri metodi che ti fanno divertire fin da subito con magari delle basi regitrate su cui suonare.

Great book. If you're a beginner, it's better to get a teacher explain some concepts. Nice songs and etudes arranged by Leavitt. Unlike other Modern Guitar method books, this is more inclined towards Jazz guitar playing style. Although you can get enough knowledge from this book which would help you in other types of genre as well. I got book 1 and 2. Book 3 is more advanced concepts. I'm planning to get it in future. If you are going to buy these books, Get the ones that come with audio.

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Excelente para fomentar la lectura de partituras en estudiantes sin experiencia.