A comprehensive, cross-stylistic compendium for advanced guitarists – combining European, Indian, and Turkish musical traditions to offer a deep understanding of music that reaches far beyond conventional curricula.

 

This work is intended for dedicated guitarists who seek to expand and deepen both their knowledge and musical abilities. It leads through a wide range of topics – from European harmony and improvisation to North Indian classical music and Turkish Maqam – illuminating core aspects of these traditions from a guitarist’s perspective.

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The book comprises 750 pages, structured into 9 chapters, and forms – together with over 230 accompanying video lessons – a hybrid method modeled after the format of private instruction.

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This is not a conventional, pedagogically linear guitar method. The PDF materials only unfold their full potential in combination with the videos. For advanced musicians, this book offers a curriculum whose depth and scope go well beyond what most academic programs provide.

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The contents and exercises are clearly and precisely structured: each topic is addressed individually – often more thoroughly and systematically than in traditional instruction.

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Each PDF distills the essence of its topic – compact and clearly laid out like a handout. The corresponding videos build upon it: they explain, deepen, demonstrate, and bring the content to life in practical application.

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Without the videos, the PDFs remain incomplete – and without the PDFs, the videos cannot be fully grasped either. They directly refer to and expand on the written material without merely repeating it.