A Modern Method for Guitar Vol 1 Pages 46 to 49

[corpse]

Funnily enough, it was quite easy to play pattern 1 in F major just by ear, after I had played it in C for a while.

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[znerken]

Thanks for the answers regarding the patterns..


One more question, do I understand the tempo changes correctly here? Directly translated, so not grammatically correct. But anyways, the way I understand it is POCO= little, and RIT slower, so that means "a little slower", then mod. slow is probably slower than that? Or is it back to "moderato"?

Then rit poco a poco, which has been explained in the book before, which is "little by little slower".

[Jazzstdnt]

I think it means the following:

slow down a little to moderately slow,
maintain that tempo until the second beat of the first measure of the last line (where the descending melody line starts),
starting on the note "B" get slower to the end


I try not to slow down until the last line just to challenge myself with the wide leaps between strings. I think Leavitt was giving the player a bit of a break there.