EXERCISES, GUITAR REFERENCE GUIDE, Cherry Lane Music. TABLATURE

EXERCISES, GUITAR REFERENCE GUIDE CHERRY LANE. TABLATURE

Exercises
Series: Guitar Educational
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Composer: Joe Charupakorn

An incredibly useful reference for guitarists, this book presents a wide variety of exercises designed to enhance not only technical ability, but also fretboard visualization skills. Unlike other giant books that cover only the most common exercises, this book presents every exercise type with numerous fingering options. Ideal for both beginners and pros, it includes: over 150 exercises, standard notation and tab, scales and arpeggios in all positions, diatonic and linear sequences, and much more.

Inventory #HL 02500331
ISBN: 9781575604022
UPC: 073999134803
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
242 pages

Guitar Reference Guide Exercises presents a wide variety of exercises for guitar that are designed to enhance not only your technical ability, but also your freboard visualization skills. Unlike other giant exercise books that cover only the most common exercises, this book presents every exercise type with numerous fingering fingering options. Guitar Reference Guide - Exercises is the ideal book for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow guide and consummate professionals who need a reference of exercises for every possible musical situation. 

OVER 150 EXERCISES

STANDARD NOTATION AND TABLATURE

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS IN ALL POSITIONS

DIATONIC AND LINEAR SEQUENCES

Guitar Reference Guides present the cornerstones of guitar knowledge in the clearest and most practical way. Comprehensive treatment is given to each subject, complete with easy-to-read charts and diagrams. Designed to give any player – beginner to professional – the most authoritative reference books ever.

PREFACE/ABOUT THE AUTHOR / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE
Technical studies are an important part of every musician's development. This book presents a wide variety of exercises for guitar-with several fingering options for each--designed to enhance not only your technical ability, but also your fretboard visualization skills. In addition to the exercises, there are three pieces from the classical violin repertoire in the last section of this book that will give you a truly challenging technical workout: The allegro assai from J.S. Bach's Sonata #5 for solo violin, Moto Perpetuo by Paganinni, and Wohlfahrt's Study #3.
This book is a good source for practice material and makes a perfect companion to the Guitar Reference Guide Scales and Arpeggios books.
-Joe Charupakorn

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joe Charupakorn is a guitarist, composer, and author. He earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Composition from Purchase Conservatory of Music at the State University of New York where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Joe has also studied privately with many musical heavyweights, including jazz pianists Richie Beirach and Mike Longo, guitar legend Mike Stern, and contemporary classical composer Ruth Schonthal. He lives in New York City, where he is active as a performer, composer, and teacher.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to thank Arthur Rotfeld and Nick Russo, my editors, for their input, insight, and patience, and my parents (Chavalit and Boonchit), Sup, and all of my friends for their support. This book i dedicated to my mother.

INTRODUCTION/HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

INTRODUCTION
The best way to use this book is to create a practice strategy. This means choosing a few exercises (you don't have to learn every exercise in the book) and working on them daily until you feel you have technically mastered them. A good practice routine consists of starting out with some of the warm-up exercises, to get the blood flowing, then taking a scale pattern and playing through each fingering of the pattern. Do this slowly and try to visualize the shapes of the scales as you play the pattern. Work on the arpeggio patterns in a similar fashion.
Learn each exercise with all the fingerings given slowly and carefully, never sacrificing clarity and accuracy for speed. The goal is to develop an instinctive command of the fretboard. A metronome is a good tool to help chart your progress-be sure to get one if you don't already have one. Use it to keep track of tempo markings daily to monitor your progress. See what tempos you are comfortable with and what your upper limits are.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
This book is arranged as follows: First a presentation of the scales and arpeggios with several fingering options, then exercises based on these fingerings. Learn each fingering of the scales and arpeggios thoroughly before attempting the exercises. Try learning one scale and one arpeggio exercise per week and you will notice a significant improvement in your technical ability. At the end of the book are some etudes from the masters that will prove to be an extreme technical challenge. Don't be intimidated by these pieces; with consistent practice you will be able to play them. Start slowly, building up speed daily and using our metronome as a guide.

Warm-Up Exercises
The warm-up exercises consist of the 24 finger patterns possible using a one-finger-per-fret finger pattern scheme in first position. Keep your left hand fingers as close to the fretboard as possible to economize the finger movements (especially the pinky and ring finger).

Scales
The exercises in this book are based on the three most common scales-the major scale, the ascending or jazz melodic minor scale. and the harmonic minor scale. Four fingerings are given: fifth-position, seventh-position, eighth-position, and a three-notes-per-string fingering.

Scale Sequences
The scale sequences are based on the three scales and the four fingerings given. Study each fingering of the patterns and see how they relate to each other.

Arpeggios
II arpeggios from triads to seventh chords are presented with four different fingerings, just like the scales. These fingering are the most common fingerings and should be memorized.

Arpeggio Sequences
The arpeggio sequences are based on the four arpeggio fingerings presented in the arpeggios section.

Diatonic Arpeggio Sequences
Diatonic arpeggio sequences are presented in the key of C major. After learning them in C major, try these patterns using the C jazz melodic minor and C harmonic minor scales as a resource. Practice them in other keys as well.

Linear Diatonic Arpeggios
Linear arpeggios move horizontally across the fretboard rather than the position-based vertical fingerings presented earlier and are shown here in the key of C major (again, after learning them in C, try using the C jazz melodic minor and C harmonic minor). Learning these linear arpeggios will help solidify your knowledge of the fretboard and improve your technique.

Pieces
As a conclusion to the book, three challenging pieces from the violin repertoire are presented. The Allegro Assai from J .S. Bach's Sonata #5 for solo violin, Paganini's Moto Perpetuo, and Wohlfahrt's Study #3.