Practicing with structure and goals can greatly improve progress and also gives us a feeling of accomplishment. These 5 Technical Routines are designed to give a comprehensive technical workout at a beginner/intermediate level.

Each routine included in this book is graded for Level 2 and lines up with the other Level 2 components of Classical Guitar Corner. All of the techniques are taught in the Level 2 Technique & Musicianship course and several exercises are specifically geared towards the repertoire in the Level 2 Repertoire Book. This grading of material means that you will not be stumped by anything that is too difficult, but you might be pushed sometimes and that is a good thing.

I recommend learning all five routines so that you can play them straight through without stopping, then you can use them as part of your daily practice session five times a week. Over the course of those five days you will have covered a comprehensive practice schedule.

This edition includes:

• Open string arpeggios to warm up and focus on tone
• Slurs with rhythmic variations
• Fingerboard knowledge
• Shifting exercises
• Selections from Giuliani’s 120 Right Hand Studies
• Scales in tenths
• Right hand passage work
• Finger independence exercises
• Comprehensive scale work with rhythmic, dynamic, and articulation based variations

I am a guitarist just like you and I am excited to share my knowledge and experience. I was awarded a doctorate from Yale University, performed in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, taught in international universities and masterclasses and I maintain an active performance career. I say this only to convey that I have passion for both performance and education and through this site I have been privileged to help hundreds of guitarists like you to improve their playing.

Simon Powis is the rare combination of a virtuoso guitarist and a thoughtful, forward thinking pedagogue. – Ben Verdery, Yale University.