Classical Guitar Lesson #1: positioning the guitar

TEACHERS AND STUDENTS! Now you can get Kent Murdick's new five volume series, "Learning To Read Music On the Classical Guitar" that goes right along with the Youtube technique videos. This is the direction and music you need to do things right! Buy three or more books and "shipping and handling" is FREE!

Sample pieces can be seen at: http://members.aol.com/lutemann/book1.jpg
Substitute in "2", "3" or "4" to see pieces in other volumes.

Book 1: "The First 30 Days of Instruction". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. The student will learn eight notes in the open position on the 3rd, 4th and 2nd stings, and a handful of simple rhythms -- all pieces and exercises are played with P stroke only.

Book 2: "The Next 30 Days of Instruction". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Rests, ties, the division of the beat and eight new notes -- E, F, G on the 1st string and the open 5th and 6th strings - are covered in this volume. The rest stroke with 'i' and 'm' is introduced . A few solos are included.

Book 3: " Bass Notes". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Since reading ledger line notes is difficult for beginning students , I devote a whole volume to learning B and C on the 5th string and F and G on the 6th string. Many solos are included.

Book 4: "Chords". $5.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling. Reading two and three-note chords and the free stroke are covered in this volume. Many playing styles are covered including ragtime, tango, beguine and the Mexican waltz. An index of first position chords for strumming appears at the end.

Book 5: "Arpeggios". $9.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling.
Contains pieces based on the most important arpeggio patterns including five tremolo pieces. There is also a complete section on playing ragtime guitar along with first position versions of Leyenda, Recuerdos De La Alhambra, Malaguena and a tremolo version of Romanza. This books brings you right up to the intermediate level.

Supplementary Material which includes CD: "Mel Bay's Easiest Classical Guitar Solos Book" $14.95 + $1.75 shipping and handling.

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Video description: If Funky Winkerbean played Classical Air Guitar, he would end up holding the guitar in a better position than most pros! See why in this video. To see all ten lessons, do a search for: classical guitar lessons murdick. To hear Kent Murdick play, go to http://members.aol.com/lutemann/NO.mp3

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University of South Alabama

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[hkostal]

This is always the same story with that classical guys. Why do they place these funny explainations to hold a guitar in that stupid "classical" position.

These are only dogmatic reasons.

If you watch real great guitar players, they all hold the guitar in the logical position - without unleveled shoulders.

That is nonsens!

[Lutemann]

You are right. a lot of pop music players do hold the guitar is strange positions, but the purpose of these videos is to save time for the beginners. It takes about 10,000 hours to learn the classical guitar; why stretch it out.?

[vjfky]

Is it my headphone, or is the audio on mono?

[tinjulangit]

thanks mister....

you talking about the basic of basic classic guitar...

and i need it...

thanks again

[Pinsel486]

@hkostal classical position is not for dogmatic reasons, for example you can reach the higher notes better that way.

[sismyfavouriteletter]

@parkwaydrive25 My guitar teacher, who I received just 1 lesson from, sings lead in his band while playing extremely difficult guitar solos with the guitar behind his back. He usually has his eyes closed. He usually uses a foot stand.

[haannahgracee]

why is their hate, he is just tying to help? Everyone's so rude these days...

[jershhh07]

Your Classical Guitar videos are great. Thank you!

[DannyZack7]

I didn't know Colonel Sanders was a guitarist.

[bhabooshka]

@parkwaydrive25 dude, gtfo

[parkwaydrive25]

foot stand.....reallly...?