BASIC METHOD - THUMB
When downloading the recordings, we recommend that you right click the link and choose 'save target as' in order to download the entire file before listening. We have chosen to use *.wav files in order to preserve the original sound of the guitar as far as possible. Due to the size of these files, the download may take some time, depending on the speed of your internet connection.
Pieces marked (*) indicate a split track recording with the student part panned to the right and the teacher's part panned to the left. Using the balance control on your media player pan to the right to hear just the student's part. To play along with the teacher's part, pan to the left.
The downloads are intended to provide a standard of comparison to enable the thinking individual to answer questions such as the following:
"How do I know if I have practiced enough?"
"My present assignment is so boring! When can I play more interesting music?"
"How much of my practice should be devoted to accurate, steady playing, how much to expression?
"As a guitarist with more than ten years of study, I have gone through several methods and learned standard repertoire. Yet, I cannot play even a single piece straight through with confidence. What is wrong with me?"
"I was inspired to take up guitar by the recordings of Segovia. If I practice really hard, how long will it take for me to play like him?"
Purpose of the Downloads
OR
"When my teacher asks me to repeat an assignment, I panic. I think maybe I'm not progressing fast enough. Am I correct or not?"
OR
"I have been playing for six months, why don't I sound like Segovia?"
| Page No. | Title | Download | Download |
| 7 | Thumb stroke | Recording | Score |
| 8 | The second string | Recording | Score |
| 8 | Spot has an itch | Recording* | Score |
| 15 | 'Tock' Staccato notes | Recording | Score |
| 16 | Study for 'Ta' Legato Notes | Recording | Score |
| 16 | Exercise 5 - 'Tock' and 'Ta' | Recording | Score |
| 17 | Tock and Ta Tune | Recording* | Score |
| 25 | Hover position for A-finger | Recording | Score |
| 25 | Exercise 7 | Recording* | Score |
| 27 | Steps and leaps - exercise 9 | Recording | Score |
| 28 | Study for ringing leaps | Recording | Score |
| 28 | Winner take all | Recording* | Score |
| 30 | 3/4 Time Signature | Recording | Score |
| 31 | Sweeping Clean | Recording | Score |
| 33 | Surprise accents | Recording | Score |
| 40 | Thumb plays lower five strings | Recording | Score |
| 42 | Donkey Dance | Recording | Score |
| 46 | Short Phrase ended staccato | Recording | Score |
| 47 | Let's practice - study 1 | Recording | Score |
| 47 | Let's practice - study 3 | Recording | Score |
| 55 | Dynamics | Recording | Score |
| 56 | Study for f-mf-p | Recording | Score |
| 65 | Crescendo - Diminuendo | Recording | Score |
| 65 | Exercise 28 | Recording
(Note: Exercise has 5 parts, which begin at the following timings: Part A: 00.00 Part B: 00.04 Part C: 00.07 Part D: 00.14 Part E: 00.21 |
Score |
| 68 | Exercise 30 | Recording
(Note: Exercise has 4 parts, which begin at the following timings: Part A: 00.00 Part B: 00.07 Part C: 00.14 Part D: 00.29 |
Score |
| 68 | Syncopation | Recording
(Note: Exercise has been recorded twice, as follows: Both parts: 00.00 Bass part only: 00.11 |
Score |
| 69 | Syncopations - Alllegro | Recording | Score |
| 71 | Study for forte and piano | Recording | Score |
| 73 | Exercise 32 | Recording
(Note: Exercise has 2 parts, which begin at the following timings: Part A: 00.00 Part B: 00.09 | Score |
| 73 | Study | Recording | Score |
| 76 | Waltz | Recording | Score |
| 77 | Study with pianissimo | Recording | Score |
| 78 | The Drunken Sailor | Recording | Score |
| 81 | Willows | Recording | Score |
| 82 | Study (Con Moto) | Recording | Score |
| 85 | Down in the Valley (Theme and Variation) | Recording | Score |
| 87 | Silent Night | Recording | Score |
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