The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises, etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing artist and as a teacher who has trained hundreds of guitarists to encourages students to work based on their own strengths and weaknesses.The book opens with "Learning the Fingerboard", a large section devoted to establishing a thorough knowledge of the guitar fingerboard through a systematic and rigorous study of scales and fingerboard harmony, which will lead to ease and fluency in sight-reading and will reduce the time needed to learn a repertoire piece. The following sections "Scales and Scale Studies", "Repeated Notes", "Slurs", "Harmony", "Arpeggios", "Melody with Accompaniment", "Counterpoint" and "Florid or Virtuoso Studies" each contain text and examples that connect material to fingering practices of composers and practice strategies to open a path to interpretive freedom in performance.The Classical Guitar Companion will serve as a helpful companion for many years of guitar study.

Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of ExamplesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorial MethodIntroduction1. Learning the FingerboardFingering Notations and ConventionsScales and CadencesOpen Position Scales and Lower Position CadencesBursts and Exercises for Change of DirectionMoveable Scale Forms and Associated CadencesLong ScalesBeginning Fingerboard HarmonyTriads on the Top Three StringsTriad CyclesScales in TriadsTriads on the Lower StringsTriad ProgressionsCadences by Franz Bathioli2. Scale Exercises and StudiesFingering ConsiderationsCarulli's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesCarcassi's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesGiuliani's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesSor's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesAguado's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesCoste's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesMertz's Right-Hand Fingering PracticesTripletsScale Exercises and Etudes in Lower PositionsThree Lower Position Scale Exercises with Thumb AccompanimentThree Scale Exercises from the Carulli methodAttaingnant: Two HaulberroysGiuliani: Op. 1, Part 3, No. 3T?rrega: scale exercise in DBesard: Branle GayMertel: Prelude 8Dlugorai: Finale (Thesaurus Harmonicus, 1603)LeRoy: Passemeze and plus diminu?e (1568)Scale Exercises and Etudes in Upper PositionsThree Upper Position Scale Exercises with Thumb AccompanimentAguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Study No. 16Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 1Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 14T?rrega: diminished chord exercisesT?rrega: Prelude 9T?rrega: scale exercisesT?rrega: Estudio en Forma de Minuettoanon: Chi Passa (Marsh Lute Book, c. 1595)Johnson: The Queen's TrebleDalza: Piva for Two LutesAdvanced Right-Hand Scale FingeringApplicationOther Applications3. Repeated NotesOverviewRepeated Note Exercises and StudiesHoretsky: Op. 15, No. 7Aguado: Nuevo M?todo de Guitarra, Op. 6, Exercise 10Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 2Sor: Op. 6, No. 4Sor: Op. 35, No. 19Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section Three, Study No. 23Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 7Giuliani: Op. 83, No. 3 (Antoine de l'Hoyer: Op. 27, No. 4)Sor: Op. 31, No. 194. SlursOverviewSlur Exercises and EtudesCarulli: Pr?lude from Method, Op. 27Carcassi: Exercise from Method, Op. 59Carulli: Andante from Method, Op. 27Carcassi: Andante from Method, Op. 59Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 8Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 4Slur Exercises from Horetsky's Op. 33Horetsky: Op. 15, No. 24Giuliani, Op. 48, No. 4Sor: Op. 6, No. 3Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 9Giuliani: Op. 100, No. 19Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 9Advanced Slur ExercisesVirtuoso Slur Exercises5. HarmonyOverviewStudiesAguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section Two, Chapter One, Exercise 12Carcassi: Study in Damping from Method, Op. 59Sor: Op. 35, No. 11Sor: Op. 31, No. 22T?rrega: Prelude 8Sor: Op. 31, No. 20T?rrega: Prelude 12Sor: Op. 35, No. 16Sor: Op. 29, No. 13Sor: Op. 29, No. 23T?rrega: Prelude 4Advanced Left-Hand ExercisesWhat Guitar Methods SayMusical ImplicationsApplications6. ArpeggiosOverviewArpeggio StudiesCarulli: Moderato from Method, Op. 27Aguado: Nuevo M?todo de Guitarra, Op. 6, Part Two, Exercise 6Sor: Op. 31, No. 6Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 2Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 5Aguado: Colecci?n de Estudios, Study 3Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 16Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 17Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 2, Exercise 20Aguado: Colecci?n de Estudios, Study 5Sor: Op. 35, No. 9Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 2Aguado: Nuevo M?todo de Guitarra, Section Two, Exercise 10Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 5Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 6Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Section 3, Study 8Giuliani: Op. 48, No. 3Sor: Op. 35, No. 23Sor: Op. 31, No. 127. Melody and AccompanimentOverviewChordal TexturesSor: Op. 31, No. 23Melody Above an Alberti BassHoretsky: Op. 15, No. 2Giuliani's Fingering ExamplesSor: Op. 35, No. 13Melody in an Arpeggiated TextureSor: Op. 35, No. 22Sor: Op. 6, No. 11Simple MelodyT?rrega: Endecha8. CounterpointOverviewContrapuntal Pieces and StudiesValderrabano: Duo Pleni SuntGiuliani: Op. 139, No. 4Zani de Ferranti: Caprice, Op. 11, No. 1Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Lesson 38Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Lesson 39Aguado: Nuevo M?todo para Guitarra, Lesson 40Sor: Op. 31, No. 4Carcassi: Op. 60, No. 6Sor: Op. 6, No. 8Giovanni Maria da Crema: Recercar TredecimoFour Fantasias by Francesco da MilanoFrancesco da Milano: Fantasia 28Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 40Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 38Francesco da Milano: Fantasia 349. Florid/Virtuoso EtudesOverviewVirtuosity Is Not Everyday LifeCarcassi: Op. 60, No. 20T?rrega: La MariposaT?rrega: Study in AT?rrega: Estudio de Velocidad10. What Next?Bibliography