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Editorial Reviews for Volume One
Jonathan Bloomer From
GuitarNoize.com
I can see how teachers would benefit from having this
teaching framework to aid their own teaching syllabus and it
gives students the opportunity to complete exercises on
their own and work with the CD between lessons. Every aspect
of learning guitar is covered in a systematic but simplified
manner.
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Guitar Teacher Reviews
for Volume One
Steven Kirby, Assistant
Professor at Berklee College of Music
Overall I rate this the best beginning level,
learning-to-read on the guitar book that I've encountered
not only because it does that so well but also because it
offers in a well integrated way additional materials that
are vital to preparing guitarists to play contemporary music
and develop improvisational skills. I use this book with my
students and I highly recommend that other guitar teachers
check it out.
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Student Reviews
for Volume One
Matt Brown, Guitar Student and
leader of Ruby Hill (http://www.myspace.com/rubyhillmusic)
This book provides a great
balance of guitar training that effectively improves one's
knowledge of rhythm, the fretboard, chords, and reading
music. In addition, this book really improves your guitar
playing skills regardless of which genre you prefer to play.
It is one of the easiest books out there to follow. It gets
right into it.
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Book Reviews
for Volume Two
Andrew Nafziger - 2011, guitar
teacher, former guitarist for Marcia Ball, studied at
Berklee College of Music
This book nicely lays out the
fundamental theoretical concepts that I am consistently
trying to impart to my students. It has ample exercises that
are practical, and is written in such a way that I can use
it to compliment my own teaching style. A great find that
will streamline the process of teaching my students
beginning and advanced music theory.
Paul Chasman - 2011
http://www.paulchasmanguitar.com
In “The
Guitar Lesson Companion, Vol. 2,” Susan Palmer has written a
comprehensive, systematic method book which will undoubtedly
provide a valuable resource to many students and teachers.
Susan takes an organized, step-by-step approach as she walks
the user through the building blocks of harmony, triads,
scales, and their applications. The manual invites
participation with fill-in-the-blanks exercises for every
concept in every key, and later provides a CD with rhythm
tracks to practice improvising with. “The Companion” is an
excellent supplement to private guitar instruction.
Matt
Ever
since working my way through Susan Palmer's first book, The
Guitar Lesson Companion Volume I, I've been awaiting Volume
II. With it's release I became an eager and impressed
recipient of Volume II. The Guitar Lesson Companion Volume
II offers comprehensive, in depth theory and inspiring
lessons with jam tracks. Playing along to the jam tracks has
become an integral part of my practice schedule and I was
amazed at my rate of improvement. Volume II offers a clarity
and completeness I have been unable to find in other guitar
books (even general music theory books are wanting!). I am
still in the midst of working through Volume II and am
working through it voraciously. It is a must have for all
guitarists wanting to take their playing to that next,
magical level.
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