￥Whatever style you play, having a set’s worth of solo guitar classical pieces in your repertoire is well worth the short amount of time that you’d invest in learning them. Performing these pieces for yourself or for family and friends is very gratifying and having them at your fingertips for gigs at weddings or parties is financially rewarding. But the biggest benefit of learning them, and their underlying techniques, is how dramatically your overall prowess on the guitar will be lifted.

 

Fareed Haque’s Classical Guitar Playbook is not a formal classical guitar training course — the objective here is getting you up and running quickly. You’ll play your way through the course without a lot of tedious exercises and intensive technique.

 

”This course is intended as a classical guitar primer for those of you who want to understand how to do it and for those of you who need to do it at weddings, bar mitzvahs, cafes and even the occasional funeral.

 

We’ll cover the basic techniques used in classical guitar playing as well as a few techniques that are used in flamenco guitar playing, including rest stroke scales, free stroke scales, arpeggios, flamenco strums (called rasgueados), pizzicato, and that elusive beast – tremolo!

 

I’ll also make sure that you have all the information you need to play 10 solid pieces that you can take to the gig, play for your grandma, or serenade your loved one under the balcony window.”

 

With Fareed as your guide, you’ll learn how to play 10 beautiful classical arrangements, each with a variation. A key technique lesson accompanies each piece to help you perform the piece authentically.