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Book reviews: Guitar (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides)

Paula Child reviews Guitar, the latest in the Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides series.

Guitar is the latest in the Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides series. Written by Jonathan Leathwood and Richard Wright, it examines vital questions that arise during the development of a classical guitar player.

This is not a prescriptive teaching method. Leathwood and Wright are international experts in guitar pedagogy and are widely published separately. This book represents their individual views, and they each choose topics where they feel they have something useful to add to the current debate.

The book’s style is scholarly yet accessible. The content covers history, technique, repertoire, interpretation, musicality and teaching ideas. There are fresh perspectives on common topics; other areas will be of particular interest to conservatoire-level students and their professors. The book provides much scope for CPD at any level, and many sections will be relevant to other instrumentalists.

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