文档介绍：RALPH
TOWNER
Improvisation and
Performance Techniques
for Classical and
Acoustic Guitar
By RALPH TOWNER
NOT FOR RESALE
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CONTENTS
lntroduction 3
Ralph Towner 4
Expectation In Music 6
Table of Symbols 7
Damping Technique 9
Polymetrical Rhythmic Groupings 12
Simultaneous binations 20
Chordal Plucking 23
Solo Guitar Playing 34
lnnocenti 40
Vessel 42
Serenade 48
Distant Hills 50
Left-Hand Exercises 52
Right-Hand Exercises 58
Arpeggio Study 62
Harmony, Scales, and Voicing 68
Beneath An Evening Sky 74
Along The Way 78
Conclusion 82
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INTRODUCTION
Musical Techniques For
Improvisation and Performance
For Classical and Acoustic Guitar
The intention of this book is to provide you with musical instruction and material to assist
you in learning improvisation, along with fundamental tone production and performance
techniques. It is my hope that the content is accessible to a wide range of player skills,
including those with minimal experience on the classical or acoustic guitar. To invite and
include the near beginner, I've begun with the standard symbols for the fingers on both
hands but refrained from a first position scale chart and rhythm value chart, so some basic
music reading skills will be necessary.
The music exercises and studies will proceed in stages, each one essively revealing
different aspects to be achieved in your playing awareness. The chord forms will be
presented at the outset with very little harmonic analysis. Many of the techniques here
stress a minimum of left-hand movement with a maximum of right-hand plucking
variations. However, as you progress through the book, you will be using and
accumulating chord voicings that 1 find appealing and versatile in both their vertical and
melodic utility.
Since improvisers take on the added responsibility of positional content of