Mastering Guitar Technique: Process & Essence

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Mel Bay Publications
Level: Beginning-Intermediate

This book is a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the requirements for developing an effortless and musically-sensitive guitar technique.

Christopher Berg's purpose in the first part of the book is to present information about the abilities and limits of the different parts of the body; to explore the relationship between the function of our central nervous system and how we practice; and finally, to distill those discussions into several technical principles.
The twenty-four lessons that follow explore the practical application of these concepts to specific areas of guitar technique. The extensive text and hundreds of exercises are suitable for serious guitarists of all levels.

1. Seating
2. Right-Hand Positioning    
3. Free Stroke With the Thumb     
4. The Left Hand     
5. Left-Hand Exercises      
6. Right-Hand Finger Stroke      
7. Right-Hand Finger Alternations     
8. The Prepared Stroke     
9. Coordination Exercises      
10. String Crossing     
11. Fingers Together    
12. Thumb and Fingers Together      
13. Arpeggio Movements    
14. Speed and Coordination Drills     
15. The Bar
16. Left-Hand Finger Independence      
17. Independence Exercises      
18. Slurs    
19. Shifting   
20. Long Scales      
21. Scale Practice      
22. Scale Exercises For Speed and Effortless Endurance