Guitar Repertoire & Technique
Rock & Pop Repertoire #1:
Classic Riffs
LGMA tutor Calum Harbison shows how to play some classic rock favourites.
These are sets of ideas to work with and develop
further in either playing or teaching guitar. The music is in guitar tablature (with rhythm added).
Difficulty level = Improver to Intermediate. (Fairly easy, but not complete beginner level.)
Learn riffs from "Smoke on the Water," "Roadhouse Blues" and more.
Full article in October 2007 newsletter.
Rock & Pop Repertoire #2:
Contemporary Riffs
LGMA tutor Calum Harbison shows how easy it is to learn famous riffs.
Work with these contemporary rock riffs to develop your guitar playing or teaching.
Difficulty level = Improver to Intermediate.
Learn how to play Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" and more.
Full article in May 2008 newsletter
Grade: Beginner/ IntermediatePublisher: European Music Centre
Genre: Classical, Spanish
Repertoire Review:
Cees Hartog - Compositions for Guitar
Three books review by Barbara Pommerenke-Steel, LGMA's Musical Adviser
"Cees Hartog is a Dutch guitar player, teacher and composer who is mostly known through his guitar
tutor and his series of books for guitar at beginner and intermediate level. In the following article, I
focus on his books "String Walker," "Guitar Tripper", and "Toca Guitarra".
Full review in May 2007 newsletter p11
Technique:
Guitar Right Hand Technique - A Systematic Approach
LGMA Musical Director Barbara Pommerenke-Steel describes an
approach to gaining good control of each finger of the right hand.
"Systematically practising these exercises will help you to be able to individually control
the dynamics of each finger.
It also helped me to keep control of the sound in moments of nervousness."
Full article in November 2006 newsletter p6.
Find out about pieces for ensembles and larger groups on the Ensemble Repertoire and Orchestral Repertoire pages.