Just 2 measures a day!
An evolved training collection that lets you feel your improvement every day!!
The surest way to improve...is to "continue high-quality practice without overexerting yourself." This book is a newly revised edition of the bestselling "Acoustic Guitar Basic Training 365 Days!" which systematizes this absolute principle.
The practice examples in this book are "just 2 measures a day." This small accumulation functions as the following "short-term, medium-term, and long-term growth strategies."
●Roadmap to Growth
・Short-term strategy (1 day): Feel your daily progress with easy-to-remember 2-measure examples.
・Medium-term strategy (1 week): Conquer one theme per week.
・Long-term strategy (1 year): Master all the techniques necessary for acoustic guitar in 52 weeks.
The author, who has worked on numerous hit instructional books, reveals a wealth of practice methods backed by theory! This system efficiently teaches a wide range of techniques, from pick playing and fingerstyle to arpeggios, cutting, and even jazz and blues—techniques that are often neglected in self-study. It's truly a masterpiece of daily training!
Furthermore, the example performances available online utilize a variable streaming function that allows you to change the playback speed from 0.5x to 2x. You can also download the audio, allowing you to listen anywhere. Let technology work to your advantage in your practice!
One year from now, you'll have days where the ideal sound naturally flows from your fingertips!!
【CONTENTS】
◎Week 1: Mechanical Lateral Movement Training
◎Week 2: Mastering the Metronome
◎Week 3: Mechanical Vertical Movement Training
◎Week 4: Smooth 3-Finger Picking
◎Week 5: Stable Alternate Picking
◎Week 6: Strengthening the Off-beat Rhythm!!
◎Week 7: Mastering the 8-Beat Stroke
◎Week 8: Mastering 4-Finger Picking with Bossa Nova
◎Week 9: Understanding the Notes on the Fretboard with the Major Scale
◎Week 10: Improving the Precision of 3-Finger Picking
◎Week 11: Wide Stretching to Maximize the Use of the Left Hand
◎Week 12: Eliminating Waste for Smooth Chord Changes
◎Week 13: Strengthening Right-Hand Sense with String-Skipping 3-Finger Picking!
◎Week 14: Improve your expressiveness with the thumb apoyando technique!
◎Week 15: Smooth arpeggios using all four fingers!
◎Week 16: Find the common notes in chord forms!
◎Week 17: Get a flexible left hand by strengthening your joints!
◎Week 18: Triplet strengthening week!
◎Week 19: 16-beat cutting!
◎Week 20: Hammering & pulling strengthening week!
◎Week 21: Play to your heart's content with the major pentatonic scale!
◎Week 22: Training to overcome your fear of shuffle rhythms
◎Week 23: Essential for singing and playing! Polyphonic backing
◎Week 24: Improve your technique with country phrases!
◎Week 25: Irregular rhythm training!
◎Week 26: Intensive 3-finger training on the high strings!
◎Week 27: Intensive 3-Finger Training on the Bass Strings!
◎Week 28: Improve Left-Hand Stability with Legato Technique!
◎Week 29: Economy Picking Intensive Week!
◎Week 30: Play Your Heart Out with the Minor Pentatonic Scale!
◎Week 31: Incorporate Hammering & Pulling into Chords
◎Week 32: The Road to Syncopation Mastery
◎Week 33: Folk-Style 3-Finger Picking Emphasizing the Bass
◎Week 34: A Practical Approach to Chords + Arpeggios
◎Week 35: Mastering 16-Beat Cutting
◎Week 36: Challenge Yourself with Dorian & Mixolydian Modes
◎Week 37: Carter Family Picking Special!
◎Week 38: Strengthen Your String-Skipping Arpeggios!
◎Week 39: Improve Right-Hand Precision with a Classical Approach
◎Week 40: Jazz-Style Four-on-the-Floor Backing
◎Week 41: Master the Blues Feeling!
◎Week 42: Funky Training with Single-Note Muting!
◎Week 43: Attack with Jazzy Chords!
◎Week 44: Strumming Combination Techniques Dojo!
◎Week 45: Strengthen Your Right Hand with Sweep Picking on Strings 1-3
◎Week 46: Further Strengthen Your Right Hand with Sweep Picking on Strings 1-4!
◎Week 47: Improve Your Rhythm with Irregular Time Signature Training!
◎Week 48: Extremely Difficult! Triple-Infused Cutting
◎Week 49: Clever Jazz-Style Backing
◎Week 50: Tapping Technique!
◎Week 51: Tricky Playing Using Harmonics!
◎Week 52: Rhythmic training incorporating body tapping
Day 365: Final advice