Luse Method

Volume Four

Part 2 - 'Across Strings'

Concurrent: Part 1 - 'Along the String'

Setting the Stage

Pedagogical Fingering
Performance Fingering - the 'guitar orchestra'

Position and Extensions

Fingering - Open or Closed Strings?
I, II and Extensions - C Major Key Exercises
C Major Materials

Position Forms

Form Two - A Minor
A Minor Materials Studies
Form One (Two Versions)
G Major Materials
E Minor Materials
D Major Materials
B Minor Materials
Form Two - A Major
A Major Materials
Form Two - F# Minor
F# Minor Materials
 
Chart - Third Position (III)

 

Third Position

Materials in Third Position
Exercises and Studies (I - III Inclusive)
Bar Exercises for Three and Four Strings
 
Chart - Fourth Position (IV)

 

Fourth Position

Materials in Fourth Position
Principals of Transposition - a Summary
 
Chart - Fifth Position (IV)

 

Fifth Position

Materials in Fifth Position
Shifting by Position vs. Shifting by Interval
Shifting I - V Inclusive (9 Studies)
 
Chart - Seventh Position (IV)

 

Seventh Position

Materials in Seventh Position
Three Octave Scales-arpeggios
Open or Closed String Shift
Shifting I - VII Inclusive
 
Chart - Natural Harmonics

 

Harmonics

Exercises for Harmonics
 
Chart - Ninth Position (XII)

 

Ninth Position

Materials in Ninth Position
Shifting I - VII Inclusive

Right Hand Harmonics

Materials for Right Hand Harmonics

Artificial Harmonics

Thought Exercise
Materials for Artificial Harmonics

A Glossary of Musical Terms

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