Guitar Lessons - Bolero Guitar Resources

Based on Frederick Noad's First Book for the Guitar, Complete.
This course is comprised of  three Modules which may be completed in three 15-week
sessions.  The course may also be completed at the student's own pace.

This same book has been published in three separate booklets.  
The complete edition is much cheaper to buy and it is recommended for this course.
C. Music Notation Concepts
1. Ties
2. Sharps and Flats
3. Chord Technique
4. Arpeggios and Triplets
    a) Technique of the Arpeggio
    b) The Upward Arpeggio
    c) The Downward Arpeggio

D. Combining Chords and Melody
1. La Volta
2. The Moorish Dance
3. Evening Breeze
4. Etude
5. Minuet Theme
6. Flamenco Study
7. Song at Nightfall
A. Introduction: These topics will be
discussed throughout the entire course

1. The Sitting Position
2. The The Role of the Right and Left
Hand
3. The Rest and Free Stroke
4. Tone Quality
    a) Shape of the Nails
    b) Finger Identification

B. Notes On First Four Frets
1. First String
    a) Counting quarter Notes
2. Second String
    a) Rests and Damping
    b) Pick-up Notes
3. Third String
    a) Counting Eighth Notes
    b) Thumb Technique
4. Fourth String
5. Fifth and Sixth String
Module I
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D. The Second Position
1. Notes At the 5th Fret
2. Changing Position
3. Use of the Guide Finger
4. Key of D Major
5. Scale of D Major

E. Time Signatures
1. Three-Eighth (3/8)
2. Six-Eighth (6/8)

F. Dynamic Markings
1. Forte and Piano
2. Mezzo
3. Crescendo, Descrecendo, and
Diminuendo

G. Addition Pieces For Study
1. Pavane, anonymous
2. Zapateo, Spanish Traditional
3. Minuet, M. Carcassi
4. El Vito, Spanish Traditional
5. Sonatina, T. Atwood
6. Study IN C, M. Giuliani
A. Introduction to Keys and Scales
1. Scale of C Major
2. Scale of G Major
    a) Theme, JS Bach
    b) Study In G Major, F. Carulli

B. Counting Sixteenth Notes
1. Mixed Eighths and Sixteenths
    a) Air On A Ground
    b) Peruvian Dance
    c) Etude In A Minor, M. Giulian

C. The Right Hand
1. Right Hand Fingering: General Principles
    a) Single-Line Passages
    b) Forming Good Habits
    c) Two-Note Chords
    d) Crossing From String to String
    e) Use of the Ring Finger (“a”)
2. The Dotted Quarter Note
3. Right Hand Technique
    a) Choice of the Rest or Free Stroke
    b) Single Note Passages
    c) Playing Chords
    d) Two-Note Chords
    e) The Rest Stroke
4. The Slur or Ligado
    a) Technique of the Upward Slur
    b) The Downward Slur
    c) The Downward Slur Between Two
    Frets
Module II
Study Tracks
D. Developing Technique
1. Movement in Thirds and Sixths

E. Minor Scales
1. Melody Minor Scales
2. Minor Chords

F. Advanced Technique Development
1. Dynamics
2. Tonal Variety
3. Tempo Markings
    a) Rallentando
    b) Changes in Tempo
    c) Italian Terms

G. Addition Pieces for Further Study
1. Rondo from Sonatina, Op. 71, M. Giuliani
2. Final Comprehensive Test
A. Practice Routine
1. Warm-up
    a) Speed
    b) Muscle Warm-up
    c) Accuracy
2. Daily Practice
    a) Chords
    b) Arpeggios
    c) Slurs
    d) Fingering
    e) Free and Rest Stroke

B. Advanced Counting
1. The Dotted Eighth Note
2. Grace Notes
3. Syncopation

C. Chords
1. The Half bar
2. Arpeggiated Chords
3. Short-hand System for Chords
4. Understanding Major Chords

E. New Keys and Major Scales
1. Keys with Flats
2. Keys with Sharps
    a) Scale of A Major
    b) Scale of E Major
Module III