Description

Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand/ read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed to impart the knowledge/ skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency/ fun and encouragement. The skill of sight-reading is a difficult to develop/ primarily because it is traditionally taught inefficiently. Further/ students encounter high levels of emotional discomfort in the beginning stages of skill acquisition. The method in this book is designed to impart the knowledge/ skills and attitudes needed for sight-reading with efficiency/ clarity and encouragement. All types of guitars apply: electric/ steel-string and nylon-string. Each unit contains brief descriptions of musical symbols/ play-along duet exercises and compositions/ encouragement and methods for self-assessment. The series contains 20 units that start at the beginner level and progress to the intermediate/advanced level. At the completion of the series guitarists will be able to sight-read most rhythms/ pitches and other notations relevant to guitar notation. The series also features 30 original duet compositions/ of varying styles/ created exclusively for this series!