The Christmas time is here and every guitar teacher know, that a lot of children every year wants to play their favorite Christmas Songs with the guitar.
To make this activity as successful as possible, I want to tell you some possibilities and reasons to play these songs with the kids.
First of all: even if you [...]
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Christmas Songs in the Guitar Class
Siegfried Behrend: Peternas de la Mancha
This weekend one of my students has birthday and I decide to make him a small present. He is playing Peternas de la Mancha from Siegfried Behrend and so, I ve recorded his music for him and made an exercise and analysis.
Peternas de la Mancha is an easy piece played mostly in the first Barree [...]
The Jazzsamba
To show you a typical Jazz Samba I choosed the Chega de Saudade from Antonio Carlos Jobim. I recorded that piece two times. First I played the chords and the next time I played the melodie. To make sure, that I am always using the same speed, I ve recorded with metronom. That you can hear in the [...]
The Samba from Jorge Cardoso
There are a lot of Latinamerican pieces composed for the accustic guitar. I want to introduce the Samba composed by Jorge Cardoso and compare it with the Samba for Jazz guitar.
First you can listen to the music: Jorge Cardoso:Samba.mp3
The Samba is a group of dances in Brasilian, but took its rise from Afrika and was originally [...]
