Children's Guitar Basics (Upper and Lower)

Author: Zhu Wei
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The "Children's Guitar Enlightenment" presented to you is a highly commendable children's guitar teaching material. The "Early Childhood Guitar Enlightenment Tutorial," published in May 1999, won the "Five-One Project Award" of Taicang City, Jiangsu Province. This time, it has been revised and supplemented based on the original version, accompanied by adorable cartoon illustrations, catering to the lively and active nature of children. The publication of this teaching material is the result of Zhu Wei's decade-long dedication to children's guitar teaching. Although guitar art started late in China, it has been developing rapidly in the past two decades, with guitar competitions, the establishment of associations, the publication of sheet music and books, guitar manufacturing, lectures, exchanges, performances, and grading systems. Chinese guitar art has attracted attention from the guitar community worldwide. When the guitar master John Williams came to Shanghai for a concert, he heard about a large-scale guitar series "Guitar Friends" published by Shanghai Music Publishing House, whose first issue sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and the Friendship Association had 18,000 members. He was amazed and, upon returning to his country, shared this information online. The music industry giant He Luting has written several inscriptions for the "Guitar Friends" series in person, one of which states: "Guitar education must start with children." Currently, guitar learning in China has shifted from adolescents to younger children, with particular emphasis on regions such as Shandong, Henan, Guangdong, and Taicang, Jiangsu, which have excelled in this area. In children's guitar teaching, in addition to qualified instructors and guitar production, teaching materials are crucial. They must be tailored to children's psychological characteristics and combine interest with technique to ensure smooth progress in their learning. For several years, Mr. Zhu Wei has been meticulously cultivating this field and has achieved remarkable results. This teaching material is well-suited for children's learning in terms of both content and technical arrangement, while also incorporating elements from "Czerny's School of Guitar" and "Classical Guitar Examination Repertoire." It enables children to master common guitar techniques firmly while maintaining a high level of interest. Therefore, it is both engaging and systematic and scientifically sound. The level of guitar in a country or region is generally assessed based on classical guitar standards. To continuously improve China's guitar level and establish its presence in the global guitar community, teaching must start with children, and this teaching material is undoubtedly a blessing for children's guitar education.