COURSES IN CLASSICAL, ACOUSTIC AND FLAMENCO GUITAR - Viterbo:

The Guitar Art Academy offers instrumental courses for all ages, at levels both amateur and professional, taught by Andrea Mercati.

Guitar course for beginners : basic techniques, rhythms applied to passages from various musical genres, solo guitar and accompaniment for modern music. Lessons are offered for both individuals and groups.

Classical guitar course: basic techniques (scales, arpeggios), musical passages from various styles and genres of music. Courses can be personalized to prepare for conservatory exams. Lessons are individual only.

Flamenco guitar course: basic techniques (scales, apogees, rasgueados, alzapua), passages from various flamenco rhythms (solea, alegria, buleria, tango, seguiriyas, farruca) and a-rhymical styles (granaina, taaranta, fandango, rodena, malaguenas), as well as flamenco dance accompaniment. Lesson are individual only.

Acoustic guitar course: basic techniques, tunes in various melodic positions, rhythmic applications to modern musical passages and finger style. Lessons are offered for both individuals and groups.

COURSES IN JAZZ, BLUES AND ROCK GUITAR

The Guitar Art Academy offers instrumental courses in modern guitar styles, taught by Massimo Lattanzi.

This program offers study of the following:
Major, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales in all keys and relative relations and harmonization
Major, minor, augmented and diminished triads and related inversions
Modes, scales and triads in improvisation
Harmonization in three parts in major scales
Intervals and their appearance on the keyboard
Harmonization in four parts in the major scales and relative exercises
Inverted chords and their applications
The family of harmony in major tonality and relative exercises
II-V-I changes in major and minor scales
The tunes of standards and favorites
The family of harmony in minor tonality
Improvising on minor standards
Six tone, eight tone and diiminished scales
Complete harmonization of standards
Bebop and modern harmonization
Polychords
Harmonizing a standard
Pentatonic scale
Blues technique
Bending notes, legato
Analysis of harmonic progression in blues
Improvisation in rock, pop and funk
Sight reading

The Guitar Art Academy welcomes you to visit its site on the web and in the City of Viterbo.