Classical Guitar Pedagogy for College of Music in Thailand

Abstract

A study entitled “classical guitar pedagogy for college of music in Thailand” is an integrated research aiming at 1) studying the effective teaching style in the classical guitar of the college of music, and 2) investigating the piece of music used in the classical guitar test of the college of music. The findings were as follows: 1) The effective teaching styles taught in the classical guitar were varied depending on the style and musical experience of each student with the teaching style of guitar playing techniques and teaching technique leading to understanding the melody of the piece styles of music. 2) Repertoires used in the classical guitar were divided into two categories: etude, used for instruction to improve the skills, and techniques of the students to enable them to play in the pieces with higher difficult levels. The piece used to get students understand the variety of pieces and can convey the mood of the piece accurately according to the era of Western music.