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# The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method - Volume 1 (Book/Online Audio)

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Review: ここ数カ月の間にクラシックギターを始めたものです。よくわからないままに何冊かの入門書を買って、その中では１番わかりやすく、段階的に、体系立てて書かれている本でした。他の本だといきなり難易度が上がって弾けなくなったり、説明が不足したまま譜面だけ載せられていたりと、どちらかというと独学よりも誰かと一緒に進めていくものなのかなという内容だったのですが、この本は丁寧に書かれているし、図面も多いので進めやすいです。問題としては英文だということです。そこまで難しい文章ではないので大学受験をしている人なら問題はないでしょうが、苦手なら手間はかかりますがgoogle翻訳などで翻訳しましょう。他の教則本よりも優先してこの本をやる価値はあると思います。
Review: Great book for beginners who wants to learn classical finger style guitar

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 142343417X |
| Best Sellers Rank | #214,776 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #18 in Guitars & Fretted Instruments #24 in Classical Music #166 in Music Instruction & Study |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (817) |
| Dimensions  | 21.59 x 0.67 x 27.94 cm |
| Edition  | Pap/Com |
| ISBN-10  | 193125317X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1423434177 |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 112 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 April 2009 |
| Publisher  | Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***T on 2 August 2017*

ここ数カ月の間にクラシックギターを始めたものです。よくわからないままに何冊かの入門書を買って、その中では１番わかりやすく、段階的に、体系立てて書かれている本でした。他の本だといきなり難易度が上がって弾けなくなったり、説明が不足したまま譜面だけ載せられていたりと、どちらかというと独学よりも誰かと一緒に進めていくものなのかなという内容だったのですが、この本は丁寧に書かれているし、図面も多いので進めやすいです。問題としては英文だということです。そこまで難しい文章ではないので大学受験をしている人なら問題はないでしょうが、苦手なら手間はかかりますがgoogle翻訳などで翻訳しましょう。他の教則本よりも優先してこの本をやる価値はあると思います。

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by B***E on 25 February 2025*

Great book for beginners who wants to learn classical finger style guitar

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by J***S on 26 May 2010*

My guitar teacher uses "The Christopher Parkening Guitar Method - Volume 1: Guitar Technique" as the text for his beginning guitar students. While my teacher doesn't always agree with Mr. Parkening on nuances of technique (he told me, "Ignore these pages on hand positioning; do it the way I showed you.") the book is very useful for teaching/learning sight reading. As a person of (ahem) a certain age, I honestly doubted that I could learn to sight read. However, after only a few weeks of working with my teacher using Mr. Parkening's incremental method, I can now easily read and find on the fretboard a number of notes -- each week we add three to six more. I believe that as we keep chipping away at it I'll achieve my dream of being able to sight read and play increasingly difficult classical pieces on the guitar. I find the duets very inspiring -- when I play my easy part along with my teacher (he gets the harder part) it gives me some perspective on where I'm headed and a delicious taste of what's possible. Having these duets is a lovely inducement to work hard enough to play the next one, and the next -- a carrot dangling before me to tempt me through the occasional sticky (repetitive, difficult) practice session. One important caveat: I think this book would be difficult to use without a teacher. There is so much material that I'm getting from my teacher directly -- seating position, how to hold the guitar, important nuances of hand and finger positioning which he gently corrects throughout the lesson, learning how to mark up and learn pieces, how to read ahead and place my fingers ahead for the next note(s), etc. He helps me shape my nails properly, which is vitally important for a good tone! Personally, I would not rely on this book or any other book in the absence of a good and patient teacher. When we begin guitar (or any other instrument), that is the time when we establish our foundation. It's very difficult to unlearn bad habits once they're formed. UPDATE: I found the version with the CD and it is very helpful. Four years after beginning my guitar studies with this book, my sight-reading and playing have grown by leaps and bounds. I can't begin to express how thrilled I was when I was able to read and play the final work in this book, a beginner-intermediate arrangement of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by J.S. Bach. Thank you, Mr. Parkening for a VERY helpful method book -- and thanks to my teacher for skillfully guiding me through the early stages of classical guitar studies using Mr. Parkening's method.

## Frequently Bought Together

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