Rating:  Summary: Jason Waldron- Progressive classical guitar Review: Excellent! In 3 words: Concise, logical, correct!
Rating:  Summary: Progressive Classical Guitar Method-Jason Waldron Review: I have been playing guitar for nearly 40 years, rock & roll, blues and C&W. I would say that my playing was very average. Self taught, etc. I have always loved classical guitar music and in fact, that is what originally brought me to the guitar. Everytime that I considered playing classical music I was stopped by how difficult the music appeared and by the fact that I couldn't sight read music. At the age of 58, I sold my electric guitars, bought a nice Larrivee classical guitar and purchased Jason Waldron's book. I am totally hooked. I am playing much better, I am reading music and I have started to realize a lifelong dream. I wish that there would have been opportunities like this book when I was younger. This book takes you from the very beginning and has you playing early intermediate pieces at the end. I have finished this book and wish that there was a good second volume. Anyone can do this, if you have interest in this type of music, buy this book. It could be the beginning of an entirely new musical interest for you.
Rating:  Summary: Progressive Classical Guitar Method-Jason Waldron Review: I have been playing guitar for nearly 40 years, rock & roll, blues and C&W. I would say that my playing was very average. Self taught, etc. I have always loved classical guitar music and in fact, that is what originally brought me to the guitar. Everytime that I considered playing classical music I was stopped by how difficult the music appeared and by the fact that I couldn't sight read music. At the age of 58, I sold my electric guitars, bought a nice Larrivee classical guitar and purchased Jason Waldron's book. I am totally hooked. I am playing much better, I am reading music and I have started to realize a lifelong dream. I wish that there would have been opportunities like this book when I was younger. This book takes you from the very beginning and has you playing early intermediate pieces at the end. I have finished this book and wish that there was a good second volume. Anyone can do this, if you have interest in this type of music, buy this book. It could be the beginning of an entirely new musical interest for you.
Rating:  Summary: Best teacher on paper! Review: I never thought I would be able to read music, much less play some of the classical pieces which are contained in this book. The author, Jason Waldron does a wonderful job by progressing through single string exercise, chords, arpeggios, and melody playing. I was reading music and playing classical guitar within three months! Forget Aaron Shearer, this book is outstanding!
Rating:  Summary: Best teacher on paper! Review: I never thought I would be able to read music, much less play some of the classical pieces which are contained in this book. The author, Jason Waldron does a wonderful job by progressing through single string exercise, chords, arpeggios, and melody playing. I was reading music and playing classical guitar within three months! Forget Aaron Shearer, this book is outstanding!
Rating:  Summary: What a great introduction to classical guitar! Review: I took classical guitar from grade 8 to grade 12 because it seemed like a good way of not having to take piano (my parents insisted on me learning to play a musical instrument). From those four years I managed to get four pieces under my belt and kept working on Classical Gas by Mason Williams. I was horrible.I am now 27 and decided to start learning it again because there is more to life than work. I don't have time for lessons but knew I needed to start from scratch and this book seemed to meet the requirements. I got it in the mail today, tuned the guitar for the first time in ten years after coming home from work and was playing along with the CD (badly) having gone through correct posture and finger position for the right hand. I had a lot of fun. I had to force myself to stop at the recommended half hour mark. Pull out your guitar from mothballs or go buy one. Jason Waldron delivers.
Rating:  Summary: What a great introduction to classical guitar! Review: I took classical guitar from grade 8 to grade 12 because it seemed like a good way of not having to take piano (my parents insisted on me learning to play a musical instrument). From those four years I managed to get four pieces under my belt and kept working on Classical Gas by Mason Williams. I was horrible. I am now 27 and decided to start learning it again because there is more to life than work. I don't have time for lessons but knew I needed to start from scratch and this book seemed to meet the requirements. I got it in the mail today, tuned the guitar for the first time in ten years after coming home from work and was playing along with the CD (badly) having gone through correct posture and finger position for the right hand. I had a lot of fun. I had to force myself to stop at the recommended half hour mark. Pull out your guitar from mothballs or go buy one. Jason Waldron delivers.
Rating:  Summary: Excellent Classical Primer! Review: I've been playing the guitar for about a year on a steel string string acoustic when I decided to start playing classical so I bought a classical nylon guitar along with this method book from progressive.I had other progressive series books and primer but for the classical guitar this was the best.This book has about a hundred pages or so of quality lessons and excercises.The book is all musical notations and fingerstyle lessons.It doesn't contain any TAB lines.It also contains a fretboard guitar notes diagram and a music glossary at the end of the book.If you have a passion to learn classical guitar this is the book for you.
Rating:  Summary: Good book Review: If you are a serious student looking for a comprehensive method book that encompasses all aspects of the classical guitar, then books by Noad, Shearer or Duncan may be more appropriate. However, if you are looking for a quick start on the guitar, and if you would like to play some interesting pieces relatively quickly, then this book is for you. I think of it as an appropriate second book that complements the book I use (Noad's Solo Guitar Playing) since its organization (by the different keys as opposed to the positions) makes it a useful complement to that book.
Rating:  Summary: excellent Review: is the best book on guitar teaching!
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