Achieving Guitar Artistry - Linear Guitar Etudes

This is the flagship book in Mel Bay's new Achieving Guitar Artistry series. Herein you will find an extensive collection of linear pieces with interesting melodic content. Frequent performance ofthese etudes will not only enhance technique but offer the Guitarist a wonderful opportunity to improve tone touch and lyrical phrasing.We suggest playing each etude at a slow tempo at first the goal being to achievea clear and beautiful tone on every note. The next objective is to develop a sense of lyrical completeness to each musical phrase. Make the phrases sing! Once you have achieved the desired quality of tone and expression increasethe tempo to work on the technique.The pieces in Linear Guitar Etudes are multi-positional. That is the player will be required to move from position to position on the fingerboard. The music ispresented in standard notation only with left-hand fingering included on the more complex passages and circled numbers to indicate the strings where certain notes and passages are to be played.These etudes sound goodon both nylon and steel-string Guitars and will be a valuable addition to the music library of any Guitarist enhancing their abilities regardless of the style of music played.

Contemporary Picking Etudes-Among fretted-instrument players there is an expression that states 'The fret hand marks a player but the pick hand distinguishes an artist.' The 23 original compositions in this book offer a fresh basis to explore anddevelop plectrum or pick-style playing technique to a professional level. These pieces require various playing techniques and include: linear studies double-stops counterpoint and chord playing. By studying and learningthese pieces guitarists can not only refine their technical mastery but also enhance their skill level and artistry in solo guitar performance. This collection also includes eight duet arrangements to be played bytwo guitarists. The duets are fun to play as student/teacher sight-reading exercises and can be used as guitar duo performance repertoire as well. The music is written in standard notation only. Access to online audiois included for all 31 pieces.