This is the original 130 Daily Studies for the Classic Guitar by Vladimir Bobri.
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I am delighted to be able to offer to my students (and anyone else that’s interested) this book of excellent studies which has been out of print for almost 40 years. I have acquired the distribution rights to it.
These exercises are, quite simply, priceless for the student of the guitar. They address a multitude of technical problems in a way that is accessible, highly effective, musically interesting and just plain fun. If you make these a part of your daily routine your efforts will be rewarded.
(Click the cover image on the right and print out a sample page, if you wish.)
If you look at the sample page you will see that these are some exercises from an Am group and one from the start of a Gmaj group. If you analyze just the first drill in this group (#6) you’ll see that, as simple as it appears, it covers a lot of stuff: i and m alternation; string crossings; articulation; rhythmic accenting; string damping, etc. Did you try it? Fun, huh?
The exercises are arranged in groups of 5 drills each in all keys natural to the guitar (the major keys followed by their relative minors). They will strengthen your knowledge of the keyboard, theory and the basic chord progressions in all keys.
They intuitively guide your left hand into the correct playing position and take your right hand through every arpeggio formula and fingering pattern imaginable.
These exercises will -
- help set and reinforce the proper left hand position,
- solidify the right hand through exercises involving every arpeggio formula and alternation pattern imaginable,
- increase your knowledge of theory and the fret board through studies involving chord progressions in all the major and minor keys natural to the guitar,
- work you on finger independence, the barre, “cluster chords”, shifting, fluency and finesse.
- encourage focused daily practice,
- improve intonation, articulation and interpretation,
- make you a better and more confident player,
- bring you many hours of fun and reward.
I am giving these wonderful exercises away to anyone who wants them and subscribes to my mailing list. (At this point there’s not much benefit to being a “Subscriber” except, of course, receiving these great studies. I am working on some accompanying videos to go along with these that I will make available to subscribers only as well as, I hope, other stuff of value from time to time.)
The only thing I ask is that you don’t sell or give these away. If you want to share with your friends or students, send them here.
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Download 130 Daily Studies
Contact me with any comments or questions and I will be glad to help.
I also have some exercises that I wrote and some other stuuff that you can download on my Music and Exercises page.
Thanks, and happy playing.