Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar, Supplement 3: Classic Guitar Technique
by Aaron Shearer
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Author: Aaron ShearerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1985-03-22
ISBN: 0769212778
Number of pages: 269
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
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Book Review: Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar (supplement 3) - Aaron Shearer
Summary: 4 Stars
'Scale Pattern Studies For Guitar' is the third supplement in the 'Classic Guitar Technique' series by American classical guitarist and teacher Aaron Shearer. The series consists of 'Classic Guitar Technique' vols. 1 and 2 (vol.1 is now available with an accompanying 'enhanced' CD) and three supplements:(1)-'Slur, Ornament and Reach Development Exercises'; (2)-'Basic Elements of Music Theory for Guitar'; and(3)'Scale Pattern Studies for the Guitar'.
The series emphasises the need for good technique while learning to play, and there are plenty of exercises and explanatory text to reinforce this. Most of the music featured consists of short studies by the author, as well as pieces by Sor, Aguado, Carcassi,and Carulli - standard items for classical guitar students - as well as a few more contemporary pieces by George Yeatman. (The series was originally published in the 1960s,and does not feature any tablature.)
'Scale Pattern Studies for Guitar' contains no actual pieces of music. It is divided into three parts - Part One deals with first position scales containing open strings; Part Two with higher position scales and shifting position; and Part Three with using five scale forms to cover the whole fingerboard, as well as long scales and chromatic scales.
The book is intended to improve sight-reading as well as technique; the scales(major, melodic minor and harmonic minor)are presented in each key and then followed by exercises based on them. Very little fingering for either hand is indicated in the exercises; presumably this is intended to make the student think for themselves about how the scale should be played - although some suggestions for left-hand fingerings would be very useful, and I find the abscence of them a weakness of this book.
The book is 269 pages long, which should leave any student following it conscientiously with a complete mastery of sight-reading all over the fingerboard, and diatonic scale playing in every key. If that is your goal, this book is well worth using as part of a practice routine. It occupies a useful position in student guitar literature, as there does not seem to be another one quite like it - purely dedicated to scale practice and development. Many guitarists, though, will not feel the need for it.
I would recommend it to any student guitarist who particularly wants to improve their sight-reading and scale technique, to be used alongside other study material.
The book contains only single-note passages for practice, and could be used by players of other treble-clef instruments such as flute or violin.
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