120 ARPEGGIOS For FINGERSTYLE GUITAR: Easy and progressive acoustic guitar method with tablature, musical notation and YouTube video by Nicola Mandorino

120 ARPEGGIOS For FINGERSTYLE GUITAR: Easy and progressive acoustic guitar method with tablature, musical notation and YouTube video Reviews

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  Rosalind

  I like the online videos which I can watch and play along. Would be great if add in chords for each bar and different plucking patterns for different time signatures.
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  Bernabe Gallego

  Tolles Buch, die Schüler lieben, nicht so teuer und schnelle Lieferung!
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  MLI

  Very simple concept of gradually introducing harder arpeggios as you progress through the book.As a bonus the exercises have a touch of musicality rather than straight scales, they sound nice.For anyone starting to learn fingerstyle acoustic I can highly recommend this book as a graded learning tool.At a minimum they make a great warm up resource. I think Ill be referring back to this book for a very long time as the skills developed will not age or become redundant.
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  Raymond

  This book consists of 120 exercises designed to move guitarists towards technical proficiency. The idea behind the book is that the various tuneful arpeggios gradually develop increasing dexterity in both hands. The exercises are in both tablature and standard notation, so one could learn note reading from them, but that is not their chief purpose. The one limitation of the book is the Nicola Mandorino does not adequately explain the entire purpose of the exercises in either the Introduction of the very brief and infrequent comments about the exercises. Nevertheless, this book definitely offers a way for even beginning guitarists to develop technical proficiency. I am using it in conjunction with Mandorinos other book, Alternating Bass Guitar Method. If I could have only one book, I would choose that one, but both are excellent. In fact, I believe any guitarist wanting to move beyond mere rhythmic strumming should get both.
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  O. D. Williams

  I hope the author doesnt mind me including photos of one of the first and last pages of the book to show difficulty. Im somewhere between beginner and intermediate and found this excellent as a daily workout. I like the way the author develops the exercises, for example the first 10 pages feels like you are playing the same piece but with added complexity or different finger patterns. It therefore feels like you are bringing what youve learnt to the next exercise!Ive been trying to learn some nick drake pieces and whilst all the pieces here are far easier, the fact that Im struggling to play these cleanly with a metronome set to 75 suggests Ive been trying to run before i can walk. This book by Nicola Mandorino, aka guitar nick is an enjoyable way learn technique, finger independence, timing. I suspect itll take me a month or two so great value for money!
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  Pat the Dog

  Im a fan of Nicks online tabs and thought Id give this book a try. You might consider it an updated version of Giulianis studies, but with much interesting and modern sounding progressions. My only complaint is that the chords are not marked, but its a good exercise to try and work those out for yourself and write them it. I also bought some post it tape to cover up the tab to encourage my notation reading practise.In short, theres a lot you can get out of this book whether youre beginning fingerstyle, or are experienced and looking to improve your technique.