Essential Studies for Guitat by Jeff Cogan

Essential Studies for Guitat by Jeff Cogan
Throughout musical history, studies (etudes) have been written for all instruments, purely as a musical form and to ensure that the instruments expressive potential is reached. The guitar is no exception to this practice and like all musical instruments it requires particular kinds of compositional approaches to satisfy this goal. In part, it is unique in that it possesses an astonishing range of sonic subtleties. It can produce the warm tones of the low frequencies, a variety of soaring colors from the higher end of the tonal spectrum, lilting melodies with tiny voice like vibratos and even percussive effects. Added to all this is its polyphonic capability. The utilization of this wealth of highly expressive and interpretive possibilities requires a well developed technical facility.