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120 Studies for Right Hand Development (Classical Guitar Study Series)

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This full complement of these classic right hand exercises is found in Scott Tennant's "Pumping Nylon", which also provides an appropriate context in which to use Giuliani's studies...

This book is an excellent primer for fingerstyle guitar, if you intend to learn either classical or folk styles. The exercises progress in order of difficulty, and through systematic work through each one you will begin to see a lot of progress rather quickly. The important thing is to practice in a disciplined way, a little bit each day. I highly recommend this as the starting point for anybody interested in learning to finger-pick.

Desent book, good dificulty progression. This is the type of book that every classical guitar player should own.

I purchased this book because it was identified to me for right hand development. I have been learning classical guitar style and wanted some additional exercises. I have noticed in another review that it was mentioned to purchase another book. I cannot compare this book to others, but I can say why I purchased this one. I have already got a very good classical lesson book, by Christopher Parkening. I did not need another one, I only needed the strengthening exercises.
I can say that the book does go in a natural progression of difficulty. Some lessons require a little effort to get through the first time, but then repeating them is the same. I have noticed that it does help to do these exercises.
I have not gone through the whole book, but from what I have gone through there are only two cords used in the lessons. Remember this is right hand development, not cord development. Although my left hand fingers did get a little bit of a workout holding down the two cord changes. So, I guess the book provides a little left hand development in that respect.
I have recommended this book to a friend. I am interested to find out more in this book. I don't know when I will ever be able to make it all the way through the book. There are so many exercises. I might have liked the exercises to be a little longer, but then I just repeat them several times to make the exercise longer.

These are available for free on the web if you dig around. They are also included in many books that contain lots of other stuff as well - such as the Noad book 2 and the Pumping Nylon book. The exercises are great but actually paying for them makes little sense.

I teach guitar lessons, and when I studied the guitar I learned from this book. Now I am teaching students 20 years later, and I use this book as well. It is great practice for learning to use the right hand when you play the guitar, not just for classical players, but for all guitarists.

I recommend this book to everyone who is learning to play the guitar.

As one reviewer wrote there is no tab in this book. The book was written before tab existed. It helps to enforce learning to read music and not just playing along with tab.

This right hand studies of 120 excercises completes the spectrum of, the placement of fingers, rhythm, arpeggio, endurance and dynamics if properly applied by the student and should consider the use of metronome to enhance timing during practice for the various rhythmic variations as intended to produce such difficulty during faster passages. While these studies are on the early learning levels they can produce results if constantly practiced for precision and faster playing speeds at memory.

The exercises might look simplistic, but steady practice with these studies produces amazing results. Great book.

A must have for classical guitarists. Great studies than sound good. This is a classic book that has not been improved upon. If I could only take one book on a trip (with my guitar) it would be this one.

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Seriously, I am a 37 year old man playing guitar again for the pure enjoyment, not to learn theory, how to read, etc. I just want to play. I need some guidance here and there and heard great reviews about this book but they failed to mention for people like me that just want to play as a hobby and not take it too seriously and bother learning how to read, which for the record A LOT of muscians today and in the past still don't, that it does NOT have TABLATURE!