The Compass Guitar Method

By: Dr. Ryan Anthony Picone

ISBN: 979-8-3507-3564-2
By: Picone, Ryan

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Compass Method is broken down into lessons zero to twenty-one, with each lesson being divided into lesson concept, lesson application, lesson terms of reference and lesson examples. Here is the list of the lessons in this method, Technique, One Pitch, Notes of the Guitar, Basic Rhythm, Rhythmic Groupings, Variations on Sixteenth Note Groupings, Variations on Sixteenth Note Rhythmic Patterns with Counter Melody, Chromatic Intervals, Diatonic Intervals in F Major, Horizontal Diatonic Intervals in F Major, Horizontal Chromatic Intervals, Common Chord Voicings, Major Triads, Minor Triads, Diminished Triads, Augmented Triads, Seventh and Sixth Chords, Harmonic Branching, Arpeggios Five and Six String Patterns, Typical Chord Progressions in Jazz, Scales, and Advanced Harmonic Possibilities.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ryan Picone

Dr. Ryan Anthony Picone was born in 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona and now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he performs regularly. Dr. Picone is a teacher, composer, performer, and writer with twenty years of professional experience. He has performed professionally at many venues, including Town Hall in New York, Dakota Jazz Club in Minnesota, and South by Southwest in Texas. In 2023, he released his debut album titled I - Awake with his group, the Ryan Picone Quartet, for which all the music was composed in the style of the guitarist Django Reinhardt. While preparing for the album in 2020, Ryan began studying composition with guitarist Stephane Wrembel to gain a greater understanding of the compositional characteristics found in Django’s improvisations. In 2024, he released his own guitar method titled The Compass Guitar Method, which he uses in his own guitar classes. Currently, he is a Professor of Music at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.