A Modern Method Guitar

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
ISBN: 9780876391990
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
(Berklee Methods). The William Leavitt Modern Method for Guitar, used as the basic text for the Berklee College of Music guitar program, has stood the test of time and earned a vast and loyal following of dedicated guitar students and instructors. By popular demand, Berklee Press has created a compilation of the original volumes 1, 2, and 3, including all audio and video tracks. Now, serious guitar students and instructors, from beginning through advanced, have the convenience of progressing through all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one comprehensive book. Innovative solos, duets, and exercises progressively teach melody, harmony, and rhythm. This edition contains audio and video produced by William Leavitt's students Charles Chapman and Larry Baione (who was his successor as chair of the Berklee Guitar Department), demonstrating the examples and providing play-along tracks for the ensemble exercises.

A Modern Method for Guitar - Volume 1 (Music Instruction)

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1480344540
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
(Guitar Method). This practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for the guitar program at the Berklee College of Music. Volume One builds a solid foundation for beginning guitarists and features a comprehensive range of guitar and music fundamentals, including: scales, melodic studies, chord and arpeggio studies, how to read music, special exercises for developing technique in both hands, voice leading using moveable chord forms, and more.

A Modern Method for Guitar Scales

Author: Larry Baione
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1540030342
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
(Berklee Guide). Improve your command of the guitar by mastering the essential scales and their fingerings. This reference will help you play scales up, down and across the fingerboard, in all keys. You will learn multiple scale fingering options to suit different musical contexts. Practice exercises will help you build your muscle memory as you play different fingering patterns across the strings, and then expand them to three octaves. Graphical illustrations, exercises, and etudes will help reinforce all the most useful scale types. Traditional notation and tablature are included.

Berklee Basic Guitar - Phase 1

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press
ISBN: 9780634013331
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"An essential resource for every beginning guitar student. This modern instructional method is designed for individual study or a classroom environment. Guitar technique and reading skills are developed through two-, three-, and four-part ensemble arrangements of both traditional and newly-composed music. To round out your training there is also an introduction to chord playing. 'Berklee Basic Guitar' is THE way to learn guitar. Guitar players quickly advance with the essential tools provided here." -- page 4 of cover.

Melodic Rhythms for Guitar (Music Instruction)

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476867208
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
(Guitar Method). A thorough presentation of rhythms commonly found in contemporary music, including 68 harmonized melodies and 42 rhythm exercises. This highly respected and popular book is also an excellent source for duets, sight-reading and chord studies.

The Advancing Guitarist

Author: Mick Goodrick
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 0881885894
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
General Reference

Classical Studies for Pick-Style Guitar - Volume 1 (Music Instruction)

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476867178
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Guitar Method). This Berklee Workshop, featuring over 20 solos and duets by Bach, Carcassi, Paganini, Sor and other renowned composers, is designed to acquaint intermediate to advanced pick-style guitarists with some of the excellent classical music that is adaptable to pick-style guitar. With study and practice, this workshop will increase a player's knowledge and proficiency on this formidable instrument.

Reading studies for guitar

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
ISBN: 9780634013355
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Guitar Solo). A comprehensive collection of studies for beginners to improve their reading and technical ability. Covers: positions 1 through 7 in all keys while introducing scales, arpeggios, written-out chords, and a variety of rhythms and time signatures.

A Modern Method for Guitar

Author: William G. Leavitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description

A modern method for guitar

Author: William Leavitt
Publisher: Modern Method for Guitar
ISBN: 9780876390177
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Guitar Method). Leavitt's practical, comprehensive method is used as the basic text for Berklee's guitar program. After mastering the fundamentals from Volumes 1 and 2, guitarists will be ready to take their skills to a more challenging level. This book teaches: techniques relating to scales, arpeggios, rhythm guitar, chord/scale relationships, chord construction and voicings, tips for advanced playing, and more.