Description

Joel Pena, a professional musician with many years of experience, has created the definitive method book for those interested in taking up the unique instrument known as the Cuban tres or three-course guitar. This bilingual book/audio method addresses everything from appropriate string gauges to creating authentic Latin tumbaos or groove patterns. Beginners and experienced players alike will appreciate the book’s logic as each section features diagrams and exercises in standard notation to help the student understand the concepts being presented at any given point. The book includes many musical examples from the tres repertoire, and the audio download available online,recorded by an authentic tresero, erases any doubts about performance style. Includes access to online audio.

Contents

1. Stringing and Tuning /Encordatura y afinacion
2. Tuning Used in this Book /Afinacion en este mectodo
3. Lesson 1 /Leccion
4. The First 3 Notes on All Strings /Las 3 primeras notas en todas las cuerdas
5. Learning All the Notes on the Fretboard /Estudio de todas las notas en el diapason
6. Simple Exercise in Son Style /Simple ejercicio al estilo Son
7. Major Chords in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Position /Acordes mayores 1ra, 2da y 3ra posicion
8. Lesson 2/Leccion 2
9. D Major Scale and Exercises /Escala de Re mayor natural y ejercicios (D)
10. Exercises with Altered Tones for the Left hand /Ejercicio con alteraciones para la mano izquierda
11. Triplets /Los tresillos
12. Triplet #4 Sequence in G Major /Tresillo #4 en secuencia de Sol mayor (G)
13. Study to Strengthen Half Barre /Estudio para el fortalecimiento de la media barra
14. Half Barre with Fingering /Media barra con digitacion
15. Lesson 3 /Leccion 3
16. F Major Scale Alternate Option /Escala de Fa mayor 2da opcion (F)
17. Study Utilizing the Barre /Estudio de la Barra
18. Major 7th chords /Acordes de 7ma Mayores
19. (C7) Tumbao with Barre /Do7 (C7) Tumbao con barra
20. Minor chords in 1st, 2nd and 3rd position /Acordes menores 1ra, 2da y 3ra posicion
21. Easy Tumbaos in Minor Keys /Tumbaos sencillos en tonos menores
22. ?Veinte Anos? by Maria Teresa Vera /?Veinte Anos? de Maria Teresa Vera
23. ?Dos Gardenias?by Isolina Carrillo /?Dos Gardenias? de Isolina Carrillo
24. Lesson 4 /Leccion 4
25. Study in Thirds /Estudio de Terceras
26. Chromatic Scale Study /Estudio de Escalas cromaticas
27. Practice exercise 1 /Ejercicio practico 1
28. Study Using Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs (Legato) /Estudio de Ligaduras (Legato)
29. Practice Exercise 2 /Ejercicio practico
30. Lesson 5 Different Tumbaos /Leccion 5 Diferentes Tumbaos
31. Tumbao 5 in A Minor (Am) /Tumbao 5 en La menor (Am)
32. Tumbao 10 in G Major /Tumbao 10 en Sol mayor (G)
33. Tumbao 13 in F Major /Tumbao 13 en Fa mayor (F)
34. Tumbao 18 in G Minor /Tumbao 18 en Sol menor (Gm)
35. Tumbao 20 /Tumbao 20
36. Tumbao 22 in A Major /Tumbao 22 en La mayor (A)
37. About the Author /Biografia