Progressive Classical Guitar Method

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Summary: An excellent book for anyone who wants to play the guitar
Review: This is an amazing book. I have been playing the guitar for over a year now, but when I got this book I just understood that I had been wasting a lot of precious time and energy. It is the best deal you can get on CLASSICAL guitar. This book starts at the very beginning and lead you to an intermediate level of skill. YOu do not need to know anything at all to use this book. Just get a calssical guitar and this book and you are ready to be the next Segovia. I personally am going to buy any books by this auther.

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Summary: Excellent classical guitar method instruction and CD
Review: This is the first in a comprehensive series of classical guitar instruction texts by Jason Waldron. Each book comes with a CD which contains every example in the book. The left track contains the student's part and the right track contains the instructor's accompaniment, where applicable. The texts are written clearly and are well-illustrated. This book starts at the most fundamental level and progresses rapidly, but consistently. It is ideal for dedicated beginners who do not have ready access to formal in-person instruction. (Probably written with the populace of the Australian Outback in mind.) The music used in the text is comprised of some of the best classical music written for the guitar or suitably transcribed and is certain to inspire even the tyro.

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Summary: Waldron's left and right hand positions section is good.
Review: We cannot afford tuition, but have an extensive collection of second-hand Methods: Noad, Shearer, Segovia, and many others, all bought at flea-markets. In short, Jason Waldron's Progressive Classic Guitar Method has the best, that is, most detailed, and easily understandable sections on basic posture, and left and right arm and hand positions and adjustment. The resulting positions are relaxed, natural and efficient. They are systematically presented, clearly stating what to look for and how to adjust the positions. That is why we gladly paid the full purchase price for a new copy of the book plus CD. For the student learning on your own who is keen to get the basics right from the start, I recommend this book.
- a fellow beginner.