Soft Pedal Music |
Paul offers guitar tuition on a private basis, and has developed many resources for students, including tuition books such as these: |
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 Reading For Plectrum Guitar
Books 1 to 10
Starts off in First Position. Builds up confidence for higher register and chord reading. Use of different time and key signatures. |
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 Chord Connections
Books 1 to 10
Topics Include Chord - Key relationships, Inversions, Voicings, Harmonised Major Scale, Harmonised Minor Scale, Harmonised Pentatonic Scales, Comping, Tritone Substitution, Secondary Dominant Substitution, Quartal Harmony, Chromatic Alteration
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 12 Blues Studies for Plectrum Guitar
Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, Contemporary Fingerstyle, Celtic, Classical, Rock
Begins with the basic 12 Bar Blues in A. New technical difficulties are added to each study, such as turnarounds, the hammer-on, pull-off, double-stopping, slide, 12/8 feel, 4/4 feel. The aim is to build up co-ordination and fluency without the help of backing tracks. They should be practised as solo guitar pieces. Once confident of them, improvisation should be introduced to bring the pieces alive. This can be achieved by mixing the ideas learnt in the studies. |
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 GUITAR IMPROVISATION
Books 1 - 10
Pentatonics: Modes: Arpeggio Extensions: Passing Tones: Surrounding
Tones: The Bebop Approach: The Modal Approach etc |
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PHRASING & TECHNIQUE
Book 1
How to make solos rhythmically interesting.
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TENSIONS FOR JAZZ GUITAR
Book 1
Shows you how to create Tensions over chords. |
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FINGERSTYLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BLUEGRASS & CELTIC GUITAR
Book 1
Fingerpicking good... |
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| Students |
| If you would like to discuss becoming a student of Paul's then please contact Soft Pedal Music in the first instance, and Paul will be happy to talk to you about his approach, fees, and your needs and abilities. |
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