A Collection of Pieces to Control the Left Hand and Make the Guitar Sing

Left-hand control is an essential requirement for graduating from the intermediate level in classical guitar.

In this category, the focus shifts toward understanding musical flow and learning how to make the guitar sing—not just produce correct notes.

Category II: Developing Phrasing and Musical Flow

At some point in studying classical guitar, most players encounter the same frustration:

“My fingers move, but it doesn’t sound like music.”

The notes are accurate.
The rhythm is correct.
And yet, the music sounds fragmented—somehow disconnected.

Category II is a collection of works designed specifically to overcome this barrier.

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What Is Category II?

The Stage Where Technique Becomes Music Through Connection

In Category I, you worked with deconstructed techniques:

• Finger independence
• Fundamental movements
• Understanding individual techniques

In Category II, the central question changes.

How do you use those techniques as a continuous musical flow?

From this point forward,
playing each note correctly is no longer enough.

What matters is:

• Where the phrase is going
• Where it breathes
• Where it resolves

Musical direction becomes the core of your playing.

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Core Themes of This Category

Flow Between Phrases, Scales, and Harmony

At the heart of Category II is a single sensation:

The feeling that the music never stops moving.

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From Dots to Lines: Phrasing as Continuity

This category guides you from playing isolated notes
to shaping melodies as meaningful, connected lines.

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When Scales Become Music

Scales are no longer finger exercises.

They become raw material for melody, experienced directly through sound and motion.

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Understanding Harmony Through Left-Hand Movement

Instead of abstract theory,
harmonic awareness is learned through physical position shifts.

This mirrors how harmony actually functions in real repertoire,
making the skills immediately transferable.

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What You Will Gain in Category II

What Becomes Possible as a Player

After completing this category, your playing will change clearly and audibly.

• You can sustain melodies without breaking the line
• You grasp the structure of an entire piece more easily
• You begin to glimpse the entrance to improvisation and arrangement

You move from “playing notes”
to “carrying the music forward.”

For intermediate players, this is a decisive transformation.

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Guitar Solo Works That Form Category II

The works below are designed to let you experience—through music—

• Phrase direction
• Scale motion
• Harmonic movement

as a unified musical flow.

Each piece is a function-focused work, built to develop specific aspects of left-hand control while remaining musically complete.

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(Each score links directly to its individual Gumroad page.)

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Why These Are “Works,” Not Just Etudes

The pieces in Category II are not isolated technical drills.

They are:

• Musically complete compositions
• Suitable for performance or recording
• Open to interpretation by the player

Technique only gains meaning when used inside music.

Every solo in this category is written with that principle at its core.

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The Role of Category II in the Learning Path

Category II serves as a clear transition point.

• I → II
  Turning isolated techniques into musical flow
• II → III
  Expanding flow into resonance and polyphony
• Relation to Category V
  Building the endurance and control needed for advanced repertoire

Skipping this stage often results in later works feeling difficult without purpose.

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Who This Category Is For

• Players whose fingers move, but the music feels disconnected
• Guitarists bored by scale practice and unsure of its meaning
• Intermediate players who want direction but don’t know the next step

If any of these apply,
Category II will give you clarity.

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Summary: What Changes After Category II

• Technique transforms into music
• Playing gains direction and intention
• The next stage becomes visible

Category II is the point where an intermediate guitarist
begins to think and play like a true musician.

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