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Description
The two authors John Kember and Martin Beech are profound experts on guitar didactic problems. They present a compendium of pieces arranged in progressive order that is without equal. Due to the guitar's specific fingering, sight-reading is, by tradition, a real pain for all generations of guitar players. By cleverly splitting the learning steps, the two authors have succeeded in creating a consistent and practical concept of easy to medium difficulty.
Most important approach: all pieces without fingerings!
In combination with a textbook and selected accompanying literature, teachers and pupils will certainly greatly enjoy the exercises and pieces.
This book will turn a budding guitarist into a mature musician!
(Dieter Kreidler)
Content
To the pupil: why sight-reading?
Section 1: Open treble strings
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 2: Treble-string notes in first position
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 3: Treble notes with open bass strings
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 4: First-position bass notes
quavers (eighth notes), dynamics and 2-time
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 5: New keys, dynamics and performance directions
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Section 6: Revision; keys of F major and D minor
Solos
Duets
Accompanied pieces
Glossary
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Sight-reading is an important aspect of making music and should in some form become a regular part of a student’s routine each time they play their instrument. Regular sight-reading helps the pupil to gain greater confidence when approaching any new piece of music for the first time.
Schott's Sight-Reading books aims to establish the habit early in every student’s learning process and the emphasis is on providing idiomatic tunes and structures for the specific instruments rather than sterile sight-reading exercises. Starting from very easy pieces with familiar shapes and rhythms, the range of notes, keys and rhythms gradually develops. In addition to this, each section of the books concludes with duets and accompanied pieces allowing the student to gain experience of sight-reading within the context of ensemble playing. Accompaniment exercises can be found at the end of the piano books.
