Solo Guitar Playing: Book 2

Solo Guitar Playing #2

by Frederick M. Noad

Take your classical guitar journey to the next level with Solo Guitar Playing Volume 2 by Frederick Noad, one of the most respected method books in the guitar world. Building on the foundation of Volume 1, this edition is designed for the intermediate guitarist who is ready to refine technique, expand musical vocabulary, and develop confident performance skills. * * This comprehensive method includes step-by-step instruction, graded exercises, practice studies, and thirty solo and ensemble works from the classical guitar repertoire. Each lesson carefully integrates technical development with sight reading, ensuring a balanced approach that strengthens both accuracy and expression. Clear notation, detailed fingering, and helpful performance notes make the material accessible for self-learners and students studying with a teacher. * * With 160 pages of carefully structured content, the book introduces advanced repertoire that builds stylistic understanding while continuing to support strong technical foundations. It is widely used in music schools and by private instructors, making it an excellent music teacher resource and a valuable gift for guitarists seeking to master their craft.

Genres: Music

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1994

Reviews

[Lance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Companion Volume to Solo Guitar Playing Vol. 1 Studies different Classical styles (Late Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Classical.) When finished the student should be able to play the two "concert masterpieces" included with the book, Recuerdos de la Alhambra (a piece I neither enjoy listening to or playing) and Estudio Brillante de Alard. One of the most valuable things for me was the inclusion of Giuliani's Exercises for the Right Hand, found in Lesson Four: Arpeggios. After working through those, no fingerstyle piece has presented problems, with the exception of Leyenda (I have problems with the triplet pattern switching from ascending to descending.)

[Anthony Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book picks up where the previous one left off and there are more advanced songs and exercises in this than the last going up in reading positions as well as sight reading difficulty, it still has many guiding tips to keep your playing advancing as well as songs to play/perform. Great idea, excellent execution.