The Flamenco/Classical Guitar Tradition Volume 1

The Flamenco/Classical Guitar Tradition Volume 1

This beginning guitar method was written for aspiring classical and flamenco guitarists who want to improve their technical and sightreading skills. Music from the Spanish tradition—such as Romanza, Pica-Pica, El Vito, Café de Chinitas, Perfidia, and La Virgen de la Macarena—plus flamenco studies by Juan Serrano provide a technical and musical foundation that improves facility in playing scales and arpeggios, tremolo, and rasgueado techniques. Tablature is not included, as one of the primary goals of this method is to improve note reading and understanding of the fundamental elements of music. For ease of learning, online audio recordings are provided for more than 230 musical examples. In addition to numerous flamenco selections, short pieces from the late Classical and Romantic periods by Gaspar Sanz, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Ferdinand Carulli, and Matteo Carcassi are progressively arranged to enhance student repertoire and prepare you for further study in the flamenco and classical guitar styles.

• 1. A Note from the Authorsÿ
• 2. The Guitar?A Brief History
• 3. La Guitarra (poem)ÿ
• 4. Prefaceÿ
• 5. Parts of the Classical Guitarÿ
• 6. Parts of the Flamenco Guitar
• 7. Names of the Open Strings
• 8. Tuning
• 9. Metronomeÿ
• 10. Note Locations on the Fretboardÿ
• 11. Sitting Position and Holding the Guitarÿ
• 12. The Fingers of the Right and Left Handÿ
• 13. Fingernail Shape and Maintenanceÿ
• 14. Picados (Scales) ? Apoyando (Rest Stroke) and Tirando (Free Stroke)ÿ
• 15. Arpeggios (Broken Chords)

• 16. Tremolo (Preparatory Exercise)ÿ
• 17. Rasgueado (Strumming)ÿ
• 18. Basic Elements of Music Notationÿ
• 19. Musical Expression Symbolsÿ
• 20. The Musical Alphabetÿ
• 21. Half Steps and Whole Steps
• 22. The Major Scaleÿ
• 23. The Open Treble Stringsÿ
• 24. Systematic Arpeggio Exercisesÿ
• 25. Alternating Index and Middle Fingers
• 26. Sue¤oÿ
• 27. The Open Bass Stringsÿ
• 28. Playing on the Bass and Treble Strings
• 29. Notes on the First Stringÿ
• 30. Soleares
   
• 31. Notes on the Second Stringÿ
• 32. Music in two Parts

• 33. Playing Eighth Notes
• 34. Notes on the Third String
• 35. Sevillanasÿ
• 36. Sevillanas I (Trio)ÿ
• 37. Sharps and Flats on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings
• 38. The Fifth Position on the First Stringÿ
• 39. The Natural Signÿ
• 40. Romanza in A Minorÿ
• 42. Romanzaÿ
• 43. Farrucasÿ
• 44. Sixteenth Notes
• 45. Slursÿ
• 46. Estudio No.2ÿ

• 47. Estudio No.2 (Duet)
• 48. The major scale
• 49. The Natural (Relative) Minor Scaleÿ
• 50. The A Harmonic Minor Scale
• 51. The A Melodic Minor Scale
• 52. The Chromatic Scale
• 53. Notes on the Fourth Stringÿ
• 54. Chordsÿ
• 55. Fandangoÿ
• 56. Fandango Duoÿ
• 57. Notes on the Fifth String
• 58. Historia de un Amorÿ
• 59. The Dotted Quarter Noteÿ
• 60. Perfi dia
• 61. Notes on the Sixth Stringÿ

• 62. Farrucas (Bass Line)
• 63. Farrucas
• 64. El Zorongo (Bass Line)ÿ
• 65. El Zorongo (Melody)ÿ
• 66. Playing the F Major Chordÿ
• 67. Playing Two Notes Together (Double-Stops)ÿ
• 68. El Vitoÿ
• 69. Rasgueadoÿ
• 70. Sevillanas Introÿ
• 71. The Natural Notesÿ
• 72. Sharps and Flats on the Bass Stringsÿ
• 74. El Rancho Grandeÿ
• 75. Alternating Bass and Chord Progressionÿ
• 76. El Rancho Grande (Duet)ÿ
• 77. Ascending and Descending Slurs: Ligados

• 78. Left Hand Agility Exercise
• 79. Chords in C Major and A minor
• 80. Las Ma¤anitasÿ
• 81. GREENSLEEVES
• 82. Scales and Chord Progressionsÿ
• 83. Rumba Rhythm
• 84. Scales and Chord Progressions cont.
• 85. The House of the Rising Sun
• 86. Variations on a Theme from Asturiasÿ
• 87. Malague¤aÿ
• 88. Intervalsÿ
• 90. Triads
• 91. C Major Arpeggio and Chord Inversionÿ