Guy – Jean Maggio : Les Petits Virtuoses : DOz

Guy – Jean Maggio

Les Productions D’Oz : 12 pages

This book of 19 small pieces is aimed , as the Preface states, at the young beginner, aged approximately 6 years old, wishing to take their first steps on the classical guitar. This first repertoire is designed to be playful and progressive, and have been carefully written, observing the evolution of their skills and limited to solo melodies only. They follow a progression in the number of notes learned and are restricted to a range of one octave, covering the first three strings in first position.

Therefore the pieces are in large print, and begin with only 8 bars of music, the first piece involving only 3 notes, before gradually getting slightly longer, and using a few more notes in every piece.

As a little set of pieces for young beginners , this book would probably work really well although it would not suit the older beginners at all. Otherwise it is a fine book.

Chris Dumigan