La guitarra : a comprehensive study of classical guitar technique and guide to performing /
Pepe Romero.
- 144 pages of music : illustrations ; 31 cm.
A revised and expanded version of Romero's 1982 book, Guitar Style and Technique. Includes introduction and foreword and photos of the Romero family.
The right hand -- Awareness exercises ; The nails ; The free stroke ; Chords and arpeggios ; The plant ; The thumb ; Right-hand studies / Mauro Giuliani ; Rest stroke ; Exchange ; Playing without nails ; Diatonic scales ; Descending scales ; Pizzicato -- The left hand -- Left-hand exchange ; Left-hand pressure ; Shifting positions ; Slurs (hammers and pull-offs) ; Vibrato ; The barre ; Harmonics (natural and artificial) ; Left-hand studies / Mauro Giuliani -- Gymnastic exercises -- Tremolo ; Improvisacion : ĦA Granada! (Recuerdos de la Alhambra) -- Flamenco ; The rasgueado ; Alegrias / Pepe Romero -- Estudios & compositions / by Celedonio Romero -- The concert artist ; Automatismo -- Developing vibratory sense -- The metaphysics of music -- A final word.