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Carlevaro - School of the Guitar

Translated from the Spanish by Jihad Azkhoul and Bartolome Diaz, this volume "guide (s) us towards acquiring maximal results with minimal effort..." on the guitar.

When I first acquired this book it was like a breath of fresh air and it opened many doors for me in terms of technical development. One example of this was Carlevaro's approach to change of chords in the left hand.

Let's take a very personalised trip through the book, with my take on Carlevaro's concepts.

Chapter I
PLACEMENT OF THE GUITAR

The first issue Carlevaro addresses is how you sit. He emphasises operating from a position of "dynamic equilibrium", with the body free to move in any direction. The body determines the arm position and to regard the arm as a separate entity is inefficient.

"... the efficiency of the fingers is always dependent on the attitude of the arm and is never an isolated event."

  

So from the word go Carlevaro presents a startling perspective to those (like myself) who had focussed on the finger mechanisms as the starting point for gaining dexterity.

Let me state it another way.... technique is a totality.

There is no "problem" of the fingers which does not include the functioning of the ams and in fact the whole body.

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