|
The guitar school "Creative Guitar"
Preface
The CD is available now!!
"Creative Guitar" represents one of many possibilities to learn to play the e-guitar. The learning steps of this method construct themselves on each other so that this book can be used for continuous lessons. In this context it was renounced with extensive explanations for the benefit of more numerous practices and pieces, what is an essential reason for the idea to work through it if at all possible with a teacher. "Creative Guitar" offers from the beginning free space for own ideas without leaving out important "input". At the same time stylistic rock- and blues riffs play the essential role. Value is put as well for example especially on rhythm- and symmetry feelings, horizontal fingerboard orientation and repeating-parts with its representation because those underestimated "Basics" are required for playing together in a band. Explanations of theoretical contents as well as scales are not considered here, because they are not really relevant for a successful beginning; the practice of playing should stand in the foreground.
"Creative Guitar" is also suitable for single and group lessons (up to four students) in music schools, because it pursues a "red thread" which contains offers for playing together and for practicing alone. For the group lessons it is recommended, to play the practices (riffs and pieces) frequently unison (all together); this strengthens the groups feeling and the capacity of playing together. The book offers many possibilities of a flexible lesson formation also the to teacher: the relatively slight circumference of text should give free space for own explanations; parts can be left out and replaced by own currently known pieces. Also other textbooks or songbooks (see supplement) - so far it is already possible - can bring a useful service. Nothing should impede an individual and creative forming of learning.
The basic idea of "Creative Guitar" was to create lesson material for a learning situation which is similar to the situation in which the "pioneers" of the rock guitar were before around 20 - 30 years; direct trying without practicing a lot leaded to a result that became a sound ideal from a society critical and also with protests marked departure of a new generation.
As you know their learning was based mainly on autodidactic abilities. The different learning situations in that time like concert observation, spontaneous "showing themselves", hearing out and replaying of records and recordings offered them all other than a well organized and logically constructed way of learning. However the direct orientation at the practice was an inestimable advantage how today turns out. Most attempts to create a suitable learning concept, became later - except from some few exceptions - in a more and more theoretic oriented "academic", more impractical instruction form, whose didactic order principles seemed to be the most important thing. The real joy of playing slipped almost into the background for the benefit of a trained behavior directed on discipline. Many guitarists, whose education is based extensively upon such learning concepts let miss - to their own discontent - an individual style, i.e. a kind of playing, that distinguishes of other guitarists. One of the concrete reasons for this is certainly the fact for example that many of them spend most of their practicing time to copy pieces and solos from their idols, than devote themselves to their own ideas. Of course the replaying is indispensably, but is shouldn't predominate. Only a learning concept that enables joy, different ways and in addition independence, can lead to a high playing level.
I would like to thank here all my students, whose questions, thoughts and problems caused me to write this book. Also i would like to thank many musicians, especially the participants of my courses at the Akademie Remscheid, for the productive discussions which inspired me all the time.
May 1999, Jörn Michael Borner |
 |
|
|
