Description

Solo Now! Preparatory Grade 1 Guitar AB, selected by the Examination Board of the Royal Schools of Music in 2009, features a collection of specially commissioned guitar solos that are easy to play and accessible. These pieces require minimal left-hand demands, allowing students to focus on developing a stable and relaxed right-hand tirando technique. The primer also introduces various techniques such as apoyando, tremolo, simple chords, tambora, and rasgueado. Although this book was designed to precede the three-volume Solo Now! series, it can also serve as a standalone collection of easy solos. The content includes pieces like EADY, Carousel, The Cowboy Trail by WRIGHT, Pas-de-deux by WRIGHT, Bicycle Blues by WRIGHT, The Persistent Plea by DOWNS, A Little Russian Tale by DOWNS, Heidi by DOWNS, My Dog Has Fleas by KENYON, Galoshing About by KENYON, Rising Damp by HARRISON, Dragon Dance by WRIEDEN, Stanton Moor by WRIEDEN, Monday Morning Blues by WRIEDEN, The Blacksmith’s Boy by The Lost Abbey, Stepping Out by BATCHELAR, In a Japanese Garden by HALSTED, Regular Reggae by LINDSEY-CLARK, Skate on the Lake by Neil, The Forbidden City by GLYNN, Sad Song by TOMMIS, Learning to Tie Shoelaces by TOMMIS, Square Pegs by TOMMIS, Round Holes by TOMMIS, Beasties by HASTED, Love Song by BROWNING, Play it Cool by IVANOVIC, Little Sad Valse by CORR, High Life by CORR, Rumba Flamenca by GLYN, and Gimme Five.