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How to Use the Material

The second part of this book contains the basic building blocks of music in practical and usable fingerings for the guitar. The material applies to all styles of music, and in Classical terms it would cover First Grade up to Diploma level.

Teachers can decide which keys are to be tackled first, and assign material relevant to the pupil's level of experience and current repertoire.

For example, a beginner might first learn the C major scale on one string, then the C chord and basic arpeggio over 1 octave.

The material is also presented in a musical format, progressing around the cycle of fourths through all keys, with the appropriate cadences.

You will notice that each section ends with a dominant 7th to tonic (perfect cadence)..

The material overall is limited in complexity to enable easy memorisation.

Basic chord voicings are shown at the start of each key, so the material can be used as a reference for Major, minor and Dominant Seventh chords.

  
The material can be used as a reference for Major, minor and Dominant Seventh chords.


Practice from memory, not from reading.
Join up adjacent keys as learned and then follow the progression around the cycle of fourths. This trains the student's ear to hear this most fundamental of key and chord progressions so that the fingers are not being exercised in an abstract, non - musical context.

With the wealth of material which forms a musical language, surely it is better to practice phrases in context than abstract, non-musical exercises?

It almost goes without saying that all the scales should be practised in whatever style the student is desirous of mastering. Scales and arpeggios are not mere exercises, they are the living, breathing language, the alphabet or "common phrases" of a musical language. As you practice so shall you play!


PRACTICE from MEMORY, not from looking!

This is an excerpt from "Scales and Arpeggios and How to Play Them - 1998"

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