Reading Lessons for Guitarists

Reading Lessons for Guitarists

What You Will Learn

Reading Fundamentals

Develop the fundamentals of music reading in open position and the middle of the fretboard;.

• including counting and reading basic rhythmic figures.
• and rests in duple and triple meters .
• as well as chart-reading symbols and terminology.

Key Signatures

Introduction to sharp and flat key signatures .

• and non-diatonic notes in reading examples arranged up to twelfth position.

Neck Mastery

Additional reading studies in all regions of the neck,.

• including chromatic,.
• intervallic, .
• and leading-tone studies .
• and ensemble reading.

Chromatics

Chromatic studies in the fifth position.

• concert-pitch transposition, .
• and chart reading with emphasis on ensemble reading performance. .
• Learn to read and count “cut time,” .
• 3/4 meter, .
• multiple-position examples, .
• and syncopated rhythms.

Odd Meters

Learn to count and read in odd and changing meters,.

• across string sets, .
• and with expanded emphasis on multi-position melodies

Advanced Score Reading

Advanced score interpretation .

• and sight-reading techniques are developed using iconic musical excerpts..
• Emphasis on applying reading techniques to real-world sight-reading challenges.