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This 45-page guide to the original Carcassi Classical Guitar Method , written by a master teacher and head of one of the country's top guitar studios, will rapidly elevate your playing to the advanced level.
Note: The Crash Course works with any technical regimen, so you don't have to buy the Carcassi method book.
The best teaching feature is the private lesson tips embedded in the course. They were developed in response to student problems observed when teaching the course. It's like having a master teacher at your side while you learn.
The book organizes Carcassi classical guitar teaching work into a more logical, easy-to-follow system, and leaves out the least significant/redundant elements so you can finish the course in a few months.
(Completion time ultimately depends upon your current skill level.)
The book's progress-accelerating principles fall into two main categories:
TECHNIQUE: Detailed explanations of all the major aspects of right and left-hand technique.
Especially helpful is the section on correcting difficulties with slurring.
MUSICIANSHIP: Go beyond merely hitting notes, and learn how to sound like a pro. In the case of intermediates, this transformation can often occur in a matter of days once the fundamental principles of musicianship are understood.
Also included is a mini-course in producing a beautiful, varied tone, perhaps the biggest difference between true virtuosos and amateurs.
Musicianship is another element absent from some method books, and incompletely explained in others. Lack of it is the reason why guitarists sound like amateurs no matter how much they practice.
Another benefit of the Carcassi Crash Course is mastering the building blocks of solo guitar music through a weekly regimen of arpeggios, scale/melody-playing, slurs, ornaments, and double-note playing, etc. As a result, you will essentially pre-learn the fundamental components of thousands of advanced guitar pieces. This leads to learning new music in record time, and also contributes to instinctive accuracy.
As a teacher, one of my favorite features of the Carcassi Classical Guitar Method is the systematic presentation of 23 major and minor keys, whereas modern method books cover only a handful of these.
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Carcassi Crash Course in Guitar Technique and Musicianship $9.95
The Carcassi Method, Fischer edition $15.95
Carcassi's 25 Studies Opus 60, Fischer edition $9.95
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