Right Hand Fingering for Classical Guitar: Concepts and Case Studies (PDF)
Right Hand Fingering for Classical Guitar: Concepts and Case Studies (PDF)
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Right Hand Fingering for Classical Guitar: Concepts and Case Studies. This book aims to give students a basic criteria for justifying fingering choices and gaining confidence in deciding fingering for themselves. The combination of concepts and case studies offers a framework for approaching fingering in both logical and musical ways. This is a pdf download.
- Included in this pdf booklet
- 58 pages of text and notation examples
- Notation-only with fingering
- Text explanations and debates
- Comparisons of fingerings
- Free video lessons for each concept and example
This is not a technique book - This is a book explaining what fingers are used for certain musical passages and why. It is not a book training right hand technique and playing ability. For technique training please see my book Classical Guitar Technique.
Level Recommendation - This book is for the intermediate student but can be beneficial to all levels either as an introduction to right hand fingering concepts or as a clarification of values for advanced students. Most conceptual examples are basic open string exercises attainable to beginners and all levels. However, the repertoire examples are mainly from the intermediate repertoire. Therefore, in order to gain maximum benefit from the case studies, a level of grade 4-7 is recommended.
Video Lessons and Contents
All links go to my lesson blog This is Classical Guitar.
Introduction
- Introduction and Context for Learning (Above)
Concepts - This section forms a basic criteria for examining or choosing right hand fingering in a variety of musical textures.
- Alternation (Examples No.1-7)
- String Crossing and Ergonomics (Examples No.8-14)
- String Spacing and Ergonomics (Examples No.15-18)
- Rest Stroke and Free Stroke Considerations (Examples No.19-22)
- Repetition of a Single Finger (Examples No.23-25)
- Playing Arpeggios Across 5 & 6 Strings (Examples No.26-29)
- Voice Separation (Examples No.30-34)
Additional Thoughts - Clarity on how we approach fingering in a practical way and in the practice room.
- Spot Fingering (Exercises No.35-38)
- Feel vs Logic (Exercises No.39-40)
Case Studies and Comparisons - Using the concepts learned in the first section, multiple musical examples are examined and debated. The video lessons will mainly discuss the primary fingering choice.
- Common Musical Textures (Exercises No.41-45)
- Alternation and Repeated Fingers (Exercises No.46-53)
- Playing Across the Strings (No.54-57)
- Thumb Use and Voice Separation (No.58-65)
- Additional Case Studies (No.66-68)
Final Advice
Supplemental Lessons
These lessons expand the contents of the book and add special circumstances. These are are either questions submitted by students or extra content not covered in the book.
BTW. The cover image above is for promotion, the pdf cover is more basic for better printing on home printers.
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I am an elderly beginner and hope this will be valuable study and helpful practical material
Very helpful guidance, but I hoped it would have had TAB included.
Fair enough, I thought the majority of the concept section was easy enough to take in since it was mostly open strings but I understand it in the case studies.
This is a great book. As a beginner, I find it very useful and practise the exercises every day.
mode scale chords tetrachord caged system 3rd and 7th notes inversions . The melody voices . You need to know why the melody is like this , sounds like melodic minor .
I would like to know which level this classical guitar is good for?
This book is for the intermediate student but can be beneficial to all levels either as an introduction to right hand fingering concepts or as a clarification of values for advanced students. Most conceptual examples are basic open string exercises attainable to beginners and all levels. However, the repertoire examples are mainly from the intermediate repertoire. Therefore, in order to gain maximum benefit from the case studies, a level of grade 4-7 is recommended.