BEGINNER
Beginner level studies at Guitar Master are for guitarists with some playing ability and a knowledge of at least the basic scales but who cannot read music. These books familiarize players with the neck of the guitar and their corresponding notes on the staff–essential knowledge for further study in the Guitar Master system. These books are NOT for players picking up a guitar for the first time.
INTERMEDIATE
Graduate from the beginner level Guitar Master books and enhance your skills with the intermediate level books. To work effectively with Guitar Master books at this level, players need to be comfortable with sight reading, able to play scales and arpeggios, familiar with all the notes on the guitar neck and have an understanding of chords and chord progression. The intermediate Guitar Master books present a very challenging jump beyond your current playing level.
ADVANCED
Guitar Master’s advanced material takes players into the highest registers of the guitar. To work with this material, guitarists need excellent sight-reading skills, familiarity with chromatics, and the ability to move across the entire neck of the guitar.
Features
About Hanon: The original Hanon Transcriptions for Guitar contained in Guitar Master’s “Hanon” build agility, independence, and strength in the fingers. The exercises in the book were transcribed from the classic exercises in “Hanon the Virtuoso Pianist,” the most famous work by renowned composer, C.L. Hanon, for technical training. The first “Hanon for Guitar” published by Alfred Music Co. in 1960 was written in open position covering only one and a half octaves. Guitar Master’s “Hanon,” published in two volumes, covers the full three octaves. Students learn to shift from one position to another and read in the higher positions of the fingerboard.
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