Solo Guitar Playing I. [antikvár]

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONThe response to the initial edition of Solo Guitar Playing has been most gratifying, in terms both of kindly comment by teachers and of an increasing pattern of private and school adoption since its first appearance in 1968. However with wider use comes, inevitably, wider criticism, and I am grateful that in almost every case this has been constructive, with suggestions for possible improvement in a later edition.The supplements in this edition are the result of discussions and correspondence with a large number of dedicated classical guitar teachers, and I should like to acknowledge with thanks the time that they have taken to explain their experience in the practical usage of the book.I agreed with them in finding the transition from single line melodies to music in more than one part too abrupt; and the relevant sections have been considerably enlarged with a new chapter on chords.For class use, as well as for amateurs who like to play together, an appendix of easy music in three and four parts has been added. I have found these immensely helpful myself in the encouragement of sight reading and in the development of musical taste through uncomplicated experience with better composers. Also, didactic purposes apart, they seem to be a source of great enjoyment to the participants.The section on daily exercises has been rewritten and enlarged, and many practical exercises for the right hand have been added to the earlier lessons.Of course sheer limitations of space make it impossible to put in everything that would ideally be included. It has become necessary to call a halt and to leave to the next volume the task of filling in such musical and technical gaps as may be present in this work. The paramount task of a first book is, in my view, to instill a taste for the subject and the desire to continue more deeply into it. My sincere hope is that this new edition will continue to do just that.