Christopher Parkening Guitar Method Vol 1 VG Cond

CHRISTOPHER PARKENING

GUITAR METHOD, VOLUME I

Wonderful guitar book!

This book was written in collaboration with Jack Marshall.  It is a book of basic technique by America’s greatest guitar virtuoso.

You will find lots of printed information, diagrams, photographs, & music.

Table of contents:

·       Foreword

·       The guitar & its parts

·       Holding the guitar

·       Tuning the guitar

·       The right hand

·       Two ways of striking a string

·       Rest stroke

·       Free stroke

·       The staff & the open strings

·       Comparative notes values:  whole note, half note, quarter note

·       Time signature

·       Practicing

·       The 6^th, 5^th, & 4^th open strings

·       The 3^rd, 2^nd & 1^st open strings

·       8^th notes

·       The left hand

·       Positioning of the left hand fingers

·       Notes on the 1^st string

·       Notes on the 2nd string

·       Notes on the 3rd string

·       Rests ties, music in two parts

·       French folk song:  Au Claire de la lune

·       Arpeggio

·       Planting

·       6/8 time signature

·       The fingernails

·       Tone production

·       Placement of finger & nail to string

·       Notes on the 4^th string

·       Bach:  Fugue

·       Notes on the 5^th string

·       Two notes played together

·       Beethoven:  Theme from symphony no. 9

·       Sor:  Andante

·       Memorization

·       Notes on the 6^th string

·       Three notes played together

·       16^th notes

·       Bach:  Gavotte

·       Sharps, flat & naturals

·       Carcassi:  Andantino

·       Sharps, flats on the 4^th, 5^th, & 6^th strings

·       Grieg:  In the Hall of the Mountain King

·       Complete notes of the first position

·       Spanish folk song:  Catalonian folk song

·       Bach:  Bourree

·       Playing four notes together

·       Beethoven:  Theme from symphony no. 9

·       English folk song:  Greensleeves

·       The triplet

·       Bach:  Jesu joy of man’s desiring

·       Intervals, scales, & key signatures

·       Bach:  Minuet

·       Brahms:  Lullaby

·       How other key signatures are developed

·       Chromatic study – Tarrega

·       Rameau:  Rondo

·       De Visee:  Minuet

·       Scottish folk song

·       Japanese folk song:  Sakura

·       Telemann:  Bourree

·       The bar

·       Welsh Air:  All through the night

·       Handel:  Theme

·       Spanish folk song

·       Aguado:  Estudio

·       Traditional Spanish dance:  Malaguena

·       Neusiedler:  Italian dance

·       Kemp’s jig

APPENDIX

·       The guitar:  a brief history

·       Selecting a classical guitar

·       Care of the guitar

·       Attaching strings

·       Summary of guitar music fingering

·       Summary of musical notation & terms

·       Chords

·       Complete fingerboard chart

Details:

·       Publisher:  Antigua Casa Sherry-Brener, Madrid, 1972

·       ISBN:  B000Q9NXW2    

·       Pages:  87

·       Condition:  Vintage music in very good condition