This is an on going collection of books that I have been compiling for my own reference and I thought I might as well post it here. It by no means attempts to contain all the books available but merely is a list of books that were of interest to me while browsing this forum and the internet. Cheers!
Thanks for the list. What do you think about the Susuki method?
IMHO, Suzuki method for CG seems somewhat of an odd fit. I think it is better to learn to read music as soon as possible. Suzuki method is good in that it certainly provides a lot of ear-training that may otherwise be missed, and thereby facilitates 'jamming' with others. But (in my limited experience) I have not heard of any 'jamming' done with CG.
Thanks For the great List, I can Add only 1 which is Vol 3 and 4 of the Complete Works for Guitar of Dionisio Aguado, It's a very old book, I have found only one copy and it wasn't even a original book, yet still it has a lot exercises, music theory and techniques for the guitar, It must have neaerly 120 pag more or less.
- Modern Times, a graded (I-VII) series edited by Robert Brightmore for the European Guitar Teachers Association (EGTA) and published by Chanterelle. Contains contemporary original works in a lot of different styles.
It has lot's of stuff not really covered elsewhere.
tedguitar wrote: Thanks for the list. What do you think about the Susuki method?
The Susuki method is one of the best ways to start. It dosen't put the cart before the horse. It is designed for young children aided by a parent for the first year or so but is has been modifyied for adults. If you want some insight on music learning theory look up Edwin Gordon. His " "Learning Sequences in Music: skill, content, and patterns" is a good book for its over view. It has melodic and rythmic patterns in the order that we learn them from childhood. His break down of rythmic patterns and how they are applied to all kinds of music is brilliant in its understanding of none metered concepts. He is very much a purist on ; if you can't hear it clearly in your head your not going to be able to play it clearly. This is nothing new. But the Susuki method is based on developing a solid path to palying music by learning to hear the music in your head before you learn to play it on an instrument, and then learn to write and read it. This not only makes it faster and easier to learn a peice but increases the pleasure of performing it.
Anthony Glise's Guitar Pedagogy is essential, as well.
Dionisio Aguado's "New Guitar Method" could be added to your quite extensive list. Segovia has performed some of the lessons in this book on his CD (Segovia Collection Vol III), and they are beautiful.
I have purchased some of the books listed and found them to be very good--thanks! Also, I am wondering if someone could recommend a good book for tremolo technique. Thanks in advance for the advice.
This is an overwhelming list; where would you start? Which one?
Ioannis Anastassakis is coming out sometime soon with a book about the tremolo technique. I have a couple of his books (they are pretty good), so I plan to get it when it becomes available.
you arrange the collection very well, they will be a good reference.
But If someone can gives some ifnormation about each single book, they will be terrific.