Description

Book/Online audio set. The first Charango method to use conventional musical notation, and the only bilingual (Spanish and English) text of its kind. The method is comprised of two parts: A first section teaching strumming techniques and a second section on melodic plucking techniques. The first section provides a clear and precise method for learning the “rasgueo” “repique” and “tremolo” skills central to the Charango repertoire. The second section, meanwhile, provides an indispensible guide to expressive techniques for embellishing melodic lines including hammer-ons and pull-offs, trills, simultaneous melodies and arpeggios. Exercises are clear and progressive. An appendix clarifies the basics of musical notation. 201 written exercises and 23 South American folk music classics. Beginners. 208 pp.