The new platform brings together guitar video lessons and master classes / Article

The project consists of three parts. The first part is master classes of various professional Latvian guitarists. Musicians Kaspars Zemītis, Matīss Čudars, Rihards Lībietis, Gints Smukais, Jānis Ruņģis, Jānis Bērziņš, Ivars Štubis, Reinis Jaunais, Lūcija Sičevska, Lauma Kazaka, Armands Alksnis, Andrejs Jevsjuk share their experience in the project’s master classes. All master classes can be viewed free of charge.

The second part of the project is Rein’s New Guitar Teaching Methodology Book “Guitar Lessons: The Most Important Things to Know and Understand When Learning to Play the Guitar”. In almost 200 pages, it tries to summarize the main things that guitarists need to know by learning various popular music styles.

The third part is video lessons created by Reinis Jaunā, which are a supplement to the book. They are arranged in a similar order to the content of the book, from the simplest to the most complex. The tasks included in the book, video lessons and master classes for Latvian guitarists are intended for long-term learning over several years. The content of the project will be regularly updated in the future.

The creators of the project Reinis Jaunais and Laima Jaunais had an idea for this project a long time ago. The first drafts of the textbook were also made several years ago, and it summarizes the experience of Reinis New pedagogical work. As the epidemiological situation may make it difficult to meet a guitar teacher in person at the moment, the project developers felt that this was the right time to complete it to help young guitarists learn to play guitar at a distance. The content of the project is also designed as a methodological material for the work of guitar teachers in person.

The project has been created with the support of the target program of the State Cultural Capital Fund “KultūrELPA”.

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