Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1B

Wissam Abboud

Dec 2018 · Mel Bay Publications

About this ebook

 Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1B is the second book in a progressive series using a variety of musical repertoire and educational materials to provide a solid technical foundation for classical guitar students. Book 1B focuses largely on scale, interval and chord construction and how this knowledge is useful in becoming a better sight reader.

This book is most appropriate for students who can already read standard notation in first position and are ready to attempt second position. Again written in three broad sections, Progressive Studies and Pieces, Technical Exercises and Rhythmic Reading, Book 1Bpresents numerous playing, chord progression and clapping exercises along with 40 mostly 19th-century pieces by Aguado, Carcassi, Carulli, Sor and others. Tips on how to integrate the three sections are given throughout the book.

While underlying theory is explained in the text, students using this book would still benefit from the advice and constructive feedback of a competent teacher. Teachers will also applaud the generous number of attractive, easy-to-intermediate recital pieces in the book. Fingering is kept to a minimum to encourage students and teachers to pencil-in their own fingering, leading to greater understanding and retention.

Written in standard notation only, Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1B comes with extensive audio examples. Includes access to online audio.

About the author

Wissam Abboud is an accomplished Lebanese guitarist, composer and instructor who always strives for perfection. He graduated from Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Musicology. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music - Classical Guitar Performance and Baccalaureate Diplomas in Theoretical Studies and Sight Singing from the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music. Wissam is also the co-author of the book entitled "Acoustic Duo", an instrumental songbook for guitar duo composed by Wissam and Roy Abboud. After many years of teaching classical guitar and knowing the detailed obstacles that students usually suffer from regardless of the method used, Wissam felt the need for a different approach. He began to write specific exercises for his students to help them overcome their difficulties, then after a few years, decided to incorporate them in a new classical guitar method series. Wissam is currently a Guitar, Theory and Sight Singing instructor at the School of Music of Antonine and Notre Dame Universities.