The only guitar technique treaty that captured my imagination in the many years i have been studying guitar is abel carlevaros school of guitar. Ive recently got my hands on his school of guitar book, and am a bit intrigued by his approach to rest strokes. He, for example, completely abandons the concept of rest strokes and free strokes and replaces it with types of strokes differing in their grade of fijacion. A profound and dedicated teacher, carlevaro was the creator of a new school of instrumental technique which was revolutionary in its understanding of posture, sound development, and general philosophy of music. After the students performance was over, he gave his opinion most of the times an encouraging one and his advice. While attending the university, for the next three years, i had weekly lessons with carlevaro. In this book, masterful uruguayan guitarist and teacher abel carlevaro 19182001 offers insights to the performance of the 12 studies 1929 by heitor villalobos. We have one of the best specialist selections of music for the classical guitar anywhere, with thousands of stock titles and a committed, knowledgeable team. Abel carlevaro 16 december 17 july was a classical guitar composer and this important. If you want a detailed guide, however, you will have to get his school. Without presenting the complete works being analyzed, carlevaro guides the student through the most challenging parts of each of these twelve landmark pieces.
Abel carlevaro 16 december 17 july was a classical guitar composer and teacher born in montevideouruguay. Books by abel carlevaro author of school of guitar i ended up reading it with a highlighter. This book tries to answer the complex problems related to instru. Results 1 12 of 41 technique analysis and interpretation of. Transversal presentation, longitudinal presentation and mechanics of the supporting point are all very useful concepts. Aaron shearer, christopher parkening or frederic noad, in abel calevaros book one gets across a vast, detailed and indepth info. Abel carlevaros most popular book is school of guitar. School of guitar e abel carlevaro guitar method learn to play music book.
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Books by abel carlevaro author of school of guitar board index all times are utc. Abel carlevaro has 16 books on goodreads with 94 ratings. I believe the strokes are identified in an appendix in the back of the book. Books by abel carlevaro author of school of guitar a profound and dedicated teacher, carlevaro was the creator of a new school of instrumental technique which was revolutionary in its understanding of posture, sound development, and general philosophy of music.
His analysis of finger and arm movements is simply amazing. He developed ideas about posture, sound development, and other areas that together became known as the calevaro technique or the carlevaro school of. The school of guitar also contains a lot of excerpts from common classical guitar repertoire and from carlevaros other technique specialty books. In his book school of guitar, carlevaro describes the below sitting positions as. Nb if you havent ordered prior to you may need to create a new user account as dormant accounts may have been deleted. I studied under maestro abel carlevaro in montevideo, uruguay from to. Guitar masterclass vol 1 10 sor studies sheet music. The resulting soundboard resembled the shape of a grand piano. Abel carlevaro has 19 books on goodreads with 111 ratings. Maybe here are also members with background to carlevaro and his books. Strings by mail abel carlevaro guitar masterclass vol. He established a new school of instrumental technique, incorporating a fresh approach to seating and playing the guitar, based on anatomical principles. Abel carlevaro presents a whole new technique for playing the classical guitar.
The two books complement each other as i tyr to learn and explore various styles and techniques. This book is a testimony of an experience lived over the yeurs. Abel carlevaro school of guitar free download as pdf file. Abel carlevaro 16 december 1916 17 july 2001 was a classical guitar composer and teacher born in montevideo, uruguay.
Carlevaro intended this book to be used in conjunction with his school of the guitar, in which he explains the various types of touch to be applied to the voices and how to practice the exercises. Based on the principles laid out in carlevaros school of guitar. So in a nutshell i would recomend it definitely, see what you think of it. Books by abel carlevaro author of school of guitar goodreads. The right hand technique was not as relevant because i use the aaron shearer technique. School of guitar e abel carlevaro guitar method learn to. The guitarists progress, book gitano guitar support a profound and dedicated teacher, carlevaro was the creator of a new school of instrumental technique which was revolutionary in its understanding of posture, sound development, and general philosophy of music.
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