Aaron Shearer’s Four Principles of Efficient Muscle Function In Learning the Classic Guitar (1990), Shearer introduced one of his most important pedagogic ideas: the Four Principles of Efficient Muscle Function. The principles address body posturing and muscle...
Advanced Slurring Sounding two notes with a single R.H. stroke is called slurring. Basic slurring involves the R.H. striking the 1st note and the L. H. articulating the 2nd note on the fingerboard. These can be upward slurs (hammer-ons) or downward slurs...
 Mixed Meter Much of the music written before 1900 is in fixed meter, that is one meter (or time signature) per piece. When the meter changes, frequently or infrequently, from one time signature to another within the same piece, it is called mixed meter.  At first...
Guitar Sight-Reading… to read and play music, instantly at first sight, is an impressive skill but also one of the most challenging tasks for musicians, particularly with guitarists.  Possibly because: we spend more time on solo rather than ensemble repetoire....
View/Download View/Download More studies Scordatura, meaning “discord” in Italian, refers to retuning the standard tuning of a string instrument. Composers sometimes use these tunings to make it easier to play in certain keys, as well as to create...
