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Guitar Duets: A Skill-Building Approach

J. Jay

Guitar Duets goes far beyond being just another duet collection. With its carefully structured exercises, diverse repertoire, creative variations, audio support, and practical learning guidance, the book is a complete toolkit for skill-building. Whether you're learning for fun, performing for others, or honing your technique, this book offers everything you need to grow as a guitarist.

Build Skills with Step-by-Step Exercises

The Exercises section is designed to help you develop duet-playing skills progressively. It focuses on beginner-to-intermediate-level pairings, with each set honing a specific skill. Diagnostic pieces help you quickly identify what you're already good at and where you could use extra practice. This targeted, skill-building approach is something you won't find in most other duet books.

Explore a Unique, Wide-Ranging Repertoire

With 67 duet pieces from various styles, genres, and time periods, Guitar Duos offers significantly more variety than your typical duet collection book. By adapting piano pieces for guitar, it introduces fresh material while keeping the full, rich texture of the original music. This means you get pieces that feel new and exciting while being perfectly suited to guitarists at all skill levels.

Made for Beginners and Beyond

This book grows with you. The music is grouped into four levels, making it easy to start simple and work your way to more advanced material. The pieces in Groups 1 and 2 are written at similar beginner skill levels, so you and your duet partner can switch parts to keep things fresh. These pieces are also shorter, giving you quick success and and an opportunity to build confidence. As you advance to Groups 3 and 4, you'll find more complex excerpts from symphonies and other works. Many of these have one part at a simpler level, letting less experienced players join in while tackling longer and more challenging pieces.

Get Creative with Variations

17 of the repertoire pieces include the original score plus variations. These variations encourage you to experiment with different interpretations, sparking creativity and adding a fresh twist to your learning.

Audio Support for Every Piece

Audio recordings for all exercises and repertoire pieces are included for free. You can listen to how each part should sound, helping you lock in your timing and phrasing with your partner. In the absence of a duet partner you can play along with this audio. The audio will will be sent via email (upon request) after purchase.

A Flexible Approach to Learning New Pieces

Guitar Duets offers a simple, step-by-step approach that's easy to follow and adaptable to your unique style. Whether you're playing with a partner or solo, our methods are designed to make learning enjoyable and approachable while helping you build a solid foundation. You'll find duet-focused tips alongside general guidance that works equally well for solo practice or collaborative sessions.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: Dec 30th, 2024
  • Pages: 264
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 11.00in - 8.50in - 0.55in - 1.36lb
  • EAN: 9798336790917
  • Categories: Musical Instruments - GeneralPrinted Music - Guitar & Fretted Instruments