Solo Guitar Playing/Book 1 with CD (Classical Guitar)
by Frederick Noad
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Author: Frederick NoadEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-11
ISBN: 0825694000
Number of pages: 238
Publisher: Amsco Publications
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Book Review: A treasure for the beginner on his own
Summary: 5 Stars
This third edition is honed to perfection. Captivated by some of the recordings on the accompanying CD, I cheated by going to an instructor who has me playing my "faves" earlier than I expected. Surprised by my knowledge of a fine point, he said, "You learned that from that book." Darn right I did. :-) Here is at least two years' worth of material jammed with intelligent discussion of not only techniques, but also of broader topics such as musicianship.
Mr. Noad was as much an expert teacher as a musician and he knew beginning guitar students well. (The stages of any lesson "will include experimentation, frustration, practice, and finally achievement.") The music is in traditional notation rather than six-string tablature but it is annotated, especially in the earlier chapters, with clear and helpful crib notes showing which fingers to use for both the fret-hand and the picking-hand. There are "arpeggios for daily practice" that are fun playing as-is, and experimenting with.
NOTE: This book could also be titled "Solo Guitar Learning" because it is written as if you have no other instruction, but: there are three dimensions in space and I found some positional words like "angled" ambiguous: does that mean raising the knuckles away from the strings? or angling the hand clockwise/counterclockwise from the perspective of someone looking at the sound hole? So if you are really out in the boonies, you might want to find a classical instructor somewhere and take a few lessons early on to get any questions answered, especially about the rest stroke. As the book says, it is "probably the greatest difference between the professional and amateur player."
I am past the "honeymoon period" with this hobby and have not gotten tired of it because this has gotten me interested a step at a time with carefully-selected pieces that I can handle (lots of open-string notes) yet sound good. I strongly also recommend a guitar stand --mine was free with the guitar-- because I have practiced much more often as a result of the stand holding it out all the time. Bless you, Frederick Noad, and rest in peace.
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