"Not that I've found. Maybe there are. Do you have any recommendations? "

"I just composed some etudes based on C major arpeggios and scale work. They are very simple and I think effective. I'm talking about the specific things composed to be studies. Like basic scale work, chord shapes, etc. I don't think there…"

"Through the good work of people who've had the foresight to preserve this material, I highly doubt that "there just aren't any good etudes for it like there are with classical guitar or piano". I implore you to peruse not only…"

"Really, there aren't any?"

"I practice my scale work there just aren't any good etudes for it like there are with classical guitar or piano. Etudes need to be engaging on their own in order to draw attention. I know you're saying that scale practice should not be…"

"Yeah. I have musical experience but I'm a singer so not the best musician. Coordinating my hands moving is something different than just naturally singing. I don't know. "

"On the Fun Factor or its absence in practicing scales:  In my 20s I didn't like practicing scales. I thought of it as odious drudgery. And then I met raga musicians and singers from India. They would treat scales, including our garden…"

"Well, regarding reading, between this website, the Internet Archive, and what is been made available from the ABF,  there is more than a lifetime of reading.  The volume is pretty staggering.  The best sort of this work are the…"

"I don't really see the relevance of that kind of question. If someone has no prior musical experience and is a beginning instrumentalist, no, I wouldn't expect them to memorize and perform anything in a week. I don't think…"

"Excellent.  It's also may  be more useful than an exercise because the player (of my generation anyway) will be familiar with the melody and will automatically know when the execution is correct."

"Yes, but would you say it's easy enough for a beginner to play at full speed?"

"I like Bradbury's arrangement of Sidewalks so much that I added the rest from the original piano music. Sidewalks%20of%20New%20York%20Bradbury%20Hooks.pdf"

"Also, I think Clarke just has me moving along too quickly."

"My point is, It would be helpful to the beginner to have the exercises be composed by the person who is writing the book. Rather than arrangements of preconceived pieces."

"1) The way to use the book is to go to the next topic  *after* successfully completing the work of earlier pages. If you can't play page 35 you don't go to page 36 let alone page 59. 2)  If you want to write a book I suggest you…"

"I should have used more paragraphs I apologize."