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Courses
Choose a focused course to support your studies, from sight-reading to musical interpretation.
Progressive Sight-Reading
Progressive sight-reading lessons from the book Progressive Sight-Reading for Classical Guitar.
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Warmup Routines
A collection of warm-up routines for playing and stretching. Start your practice session the right way by taking care of your most important instrument, your body!
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Practice Routines
20 Practice Routines that are progressive in difficulty. These are the same practice routines that you will find at the end of each unit in the Cornerstone Method for Classical Guitar and they span Grades 1 through 8. Each practice routine contains a well rounded routine that incorporates a warm-up and various techniques. You can work on one routine at a time or stack them up to create variety throughout the week.
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Scales & Arpeggios
This comprehensive course on Scales and Arpeggios spans Grade 1 through 8. These lessons are the same lessons you will find throughout the units of the Cornerstone Method for Classical Guitar. More than simply playing though scales and arpeggios you will learn about technique and fingering principles.
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Cadences
Learn how to identify musical cadences and use them to understand the music you are playing. This course is by Nicoletta Todesco
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Exploring Music of the Renaissance
Explore music of the Renaissance in this course co-taught by Nicoletta Todesco and Dave Belcher.
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Bach Ornamentation
Dave Belcher walks you through ornamentation in J.S. Bach’s music, focusing on common ornaments like trills, grace notes, and mordents, and lesser-used ornaments like turns, slides, arpeggios, and vibrato along with a focus on historical context and baroque performance practice.
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