Mel Bay Learning the Classic Guitar: Part 1

Cover
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
	Using These Books
The Classic Guitar
	\"Classic\" or \"Classical\" Guitar?
Tuning the Guitar
Playing Condition of the Guitar
	Determining the Action of a Guitar
Choosing a Teacher
Approaching Guitar Study
	Your Goal: Sharing Music
	Essentials for Performance
	Avoiding Habits of Confusion and Error
	Aim-Directed Movement
	Developing Sustained Concentration
	Guidelines for Study and Practice
	Summary
The Four Principles of Efficient Muscle Function
	Summary
Positioning the Guitar
	General Positioning
	The Five Ways of Moving the Guitar
	The Right- and Left-Hand Position Checks
	Adjusting Your Position
	An Alternative to Using the Footstand Alone
	Summary
Tone Production
	Principles of Tone Production
	Tone Quality and Your Nails
	Nail Contours and Suggested Shapings
	Summary
Beginning Right-Hand Training
	Terms and Symbols
	Right-Hand Positioning
	Rest-Stroke and Free-Stroke
	The Prepared-Stroke
	Training P: The Prepared Free-Stroke
	Sounding the Strings
	The Continuity-Stroke
	Summary
Beginning Left-Hand Training
	Before You Begin
	Left-Hand Positioning
	Left-Hand Movement
	Movement by Touch: Applying Aim-Directed Movement (ADM)
Training the Right-Hand Fingers
	Training the Inactive Fingers
	The Prepared Rest-Stroke
	The Continuity Rest-Stroke
	Alternation of a Finger Rest-Stroke and P Free-Stroke
Beginning Free-Stroke with Your Fingers
	Before You Begin
	Free-Stroke Considerations
	I-M Free-Stroke
	Tip Joint Considerations
	I-M and P Alternation
	I-M-A Free-Stroke
	I-M-A and P Alternation
Sympathetic Movement
	P,I,M
	P,I,M-A
	P,I-M,A
Alternation
	Beginning Free-Stroke Alternation: P,I,M,I,
	Left-Hand Considerations
	P,I,A
	Alternating I and M on Adjacent Strings
	Alternating I and M on a Single String
Principles of String Crossing
	Beginning String Crossing
	Clarity on Wound Strings
	Sounding a Single Note Free-Stroke on an Adjacent String
	M and A Alternation
Developing Right-Hand Speed
	Developing Independence through Opposed-Finger Sweeps
	Integrating Independence and Control
	Summary
Comparing Rest-Stroke and Free-Stroke
	Rest-Stroke Finger Alternation
	Sounding Three Strings Together with P and the Fingers
	Sounding Two Strings Together with P and One Finger
	P,I,M,A
	P,I,M,A,M,I
	Four Strings Simultaneously with P-I-M-A
Further Left-Hand Training
	Applying the Principles of Efficient Muscle Function
	Developing Left-Hand Mobility
	Slurs
	Technical Slurs
	Types of Downward Slurs
Further Right-Hand Training
	Arpeggios without P
	A,M,I
	I,M,A
	A,M,I,M
	I,A,M,A
	A,I,M,I
Conditioning and Coordination Exercise
	The Importance of Stretching Exercises
	Procedure for Stretching Exercises
	Developing Muscular Coordination
	Coordination Exercises
The Remedial Student
	Summary
The Natural Approach
	Determining the Most Natural Approach
	The Misuse of \"Just Let It Happen\"
	Summary
Economy of Movement
	Summary
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
	Coordination and Counterproductive Tension
	How RSI Develops
	Musicians Who Develop RSI
	Questions about RSI
	Overcoming RSI
	Summary
Avoiding Chronic Shoulder Pain
	Learning to Recognize Correct Arm Movement
	Procedure for Training the Right Shoulder
	Summary
Index