The Bible of Classical Guitar Technique: A detailed compendium of the fundamentals and playing techniques of 21st century classical guitar including ... progressively structured exercises throughout

Hubert Käppel, a classical concert guitarist, is an instrumentalist and a guitar teacher. This is how a 246-page course book which may deliver material for guitarists for many years to come. Of the book's three large sections, the second, practical part makes up the bulk, containing many technique exercises (arpeggios, scale exercises, hammer-ons and pull-offs with the left hand, tremolo, flamenco techniques, speed training, vibrato techniques and dynamic exercises). This technical part is framed by theoretical topics- in the Prerequisites and Basics, Hubert Käppel gives detailed tips for practice and how to move when playing. In the third part, the 'important topics' of fingering techniques and memory training for playing by heart are tackled and comprehensive plans for daily practice cycles are presented. Through the system used when putting this book together, it has been possible to do without an index because of how detailed the contents page is.