Berg, Christopher - The Classical Guitar Companion

The Classical Guitar Companion is a uniquely anthology that encourages students and teachers to create custom curricula for guitar study based on their own strengths and weaknesses.

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CONTENTS

Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Examples
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editorial Method
Introduction
1. Learning the Fingerboard
Fingering Notations and Conventions
Scales and Cadences
Open Position Scales and Lower Position Cadences
Bursts and Exercises for Change of Direction
Moveable Scale Forms and Associated Cadences
Long Scales
Beginning Fingerboard Harmony
Triads on the Top Three Strings
Triad Cycles
Scales in Triads
Triads on the Lower Strings
Triad Progressions
Cadences by Franz Bathioli
2. Scale Exercises and Studies
Fingering Considerations
Carulli's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Carcassi's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Giuliani's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Sor's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Aguado's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Coste's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Mertz's Right-Hand Fingering Practices
Triplets
Scale Exercises and Etudes in Lower Positions
Three Lower Position Scale Exercises with Thumb Accompaniment
Three Scale Exercises from the Carulli method
Attaingnant: Two Haulberroys
Giuliani: Op. 1, Part 3, No. 3
Tarrega: scale exercise in D
Besard: Branle Gay
Mertel: Prelude 8
Dlugorai: Finale (Thesaurus Harmonicus, 1603)
LeRoy: Passemeze and plus diminuee (1568)
Scale Exercises and Etudes in Upper Positions
Three Upper Position Scale Exercises with Thumb Accompaniment
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Study No. 16
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 1
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 14
Tarrega: diminished chord exercises
Tarrega: Prelude 9
Tarrega: scale exercises
Tarrega: Estudio en Forma de Minuetto
anon: Chi Passa (Marsh Lute Book, c. 1595)
Johnson: The Queen's Treble
Dalza: Piva for Two Lutes
Advanced Right-Hand Scale Fingering
Application
Other Applications
3. Repeated Notes
Overview
Repeated Note Exercises and Studies
Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 7
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo de Guitarra, Op. 6, Exercise 10
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 2
Sor: Op. 6, No. 4
Sor: Op. 35, No. 19
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section Three, Study No. 23
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 7
Giuliani: Op. 83, No. 3 (Antoine de l'Hoyer: Op. 27, No. 4)
Sor: Op. 31, No. 19
4. Slurs
Overview
Slur Exercises and Etudes
Carulli: Prelude from Method, Op. 27
Carcassi: Exercise from Method, Op. 59
Carulli: Andante from Method, Op. 27
Carcassi: Andante from Method, Op. 59
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 8
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 4
Slur Exercises from Horetsky's Op. 33
Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 24
Giuliani, Op. 48, No. 4
Sor: Op. 6, No. 3
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 9
Giuliani: Op. 100, No. 19
Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 9
Advanced Slur Exercises
Virtuoso Slur Exercises
5. Harmony
Overview
Studies
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section Two, Chapter One, Exercise 12
Carcassi: Study in Damping from Method, Op. 59
Sor: Op. 35, No. 11
Sor: Op. 31, No. 22
Tarrega: Prelude 8
Sor: Op. 31, No. 20
Tarrega: Prelude 12
Sor: Op. 35, No. 16
Sor: Op. 29, No. 13
Sor: Op. 29, No. 23
Tarrega: Prelude 4
Advanced Left-Hand Exercises
What Guitar Methods Say
Musical Implications
Applications
6. Arpeggios
Overview
Arpeggio Studies
Carulli: Moderato from Method, Op. 27
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo de Guitarra, Op. 6, Part Two, Exercise 6
Sor: Op. 31, No. 6
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 2
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 5
Aguado: Coleccion de Estudios, Study 3
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 16
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 17
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 20
Aguado: Coleccion de Estudios, Study 5
Sor: Op. 35, No. 9
Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 2
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo de Guitarra, Section Two, Exercise 10
Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 5
Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 6
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 8
Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 3
Sor: Op. 35, No. 23
Sor: Op. 31, No. 12
7. Melody and Accompaniment
Overview
Chordal Textures
Sor: Op. 31, No. 23
Melody Above an Alberti Bass
Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 2
Giuliani's Fingering Examples
Sor: Op. 35, No. 13
Melody in an Arpeggiated Texture
Sor: Op. 35, No. 22
Sor: Op. 6, No. 11
Simple Melody
Tarrega: Endecha
8. Counterpoint
Overview
Contrapuntal Pieces and Studies
Valderrabano: Duo Pleni Sunt
Giuliani: Op. 139, No. 4
Zani de Ferranti: Caprice, Op. 11, No. 1
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Lesson 38
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Lesson 39
Aguado: Nuevo Metodo para Guitarra, Lesson 40
Sor: Op. 31, No. 4
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 6
Sor: Op. 6, No. 8
Giovanni Maria da Crema: Recercar Tredecimo
Four Fantasias by Francesco da Milano
Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 28
Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 40
Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 38
Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 34
9. Florid/Virtuoso Etudes
Overview
Virtuosity Is Not Everyday Life
Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 20
Tarrega: La Mariposa
Tarrega: Study in A
Tarrega: Estudio de Velocidad
10. What Next?
Bibliography