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sbenopedagoški zbornik ◆ letnik 16 ◆ številka 33 Summerfield, M. J. (2002). The classical guitar – Its evolution and its players
since 1800. Ashley Mark Publishing Company.
Vukašinović, N., in Krivec, O. B. l. Nova lahko shvatljiva škola za gitaru za
samouke s uputom za havajsku gitaru. Franjo Schnaider.
Summary
UDC 780.614.131:37
Slovenian textbooks and other didactic literature for guitar, published from the first dec-
ades of the 20th century to the present day, significantly contributed to the development
of instrument teaching and guitar pedagogical practice in our territory, and in connec-
tion with it to the development of reproductive practice with the instrument. After ana-
lysing the above material, it is possible to identify trends and methodological approaches
to teaching the instrument, which are constantly evolving and changing throughout the
course of history. The textbook material is created due to interests and needs dictated
in different periods by the guidelines for practising and teaching the instrument among
self-taught people, in organized societal or public music education. The first textbooks
entitled Kitarska šola (Guitar School) were intended primarily for self-study. In accord-
ance with the intentions and goals, the basic problems of the guitar playing were treat-
ed comprehensively and as such did not envisage continuation. In addition to the guitar
basics, we also find extensive content from music theory, which was necessary for self-
taught people, as this was the only way they could follow the practical instructions for
playing according to the musical notation. Domestic authors relied on foreign literature
with their content and methodological approach, but because the textbooks were cre-
ated also due to the need for domestic music literature, numerous adaptations of Slove-
nian folk songs as well as own short compositions were included to the texture. Accord-
ing to the methodological approach of the authors in the first Slovenian guitar schools,
it can be concluded that this material was intended primarily for the older population
of beginners, and from the descriptions of the instrument we find that until the mid-
1960s slightly smaller guitars with metal strings were predominantly played on in Slove-
nia. Guitar schools of Slovenian authors and other didactic material for guitar, in addi-
tion to the production and sale of the instrument from the 1930s onwards, contributed
to the successful promotion of the guitar in Slovenia, and indirectly influenced the pro-
cess of gradual inclusion of the instrument in public music education curricula. This, de-
spite a great shortage of suitable staff, began in the late 1950s and lasted until the mid-
1960s. With the reintroduction of the instrument in public music education, there was a
need for newer didactic material, which would follow the requirements of such a way of
education with content limited to individual levels and methods suitable for certain age
groups. The needs for such literature are connected with the publication of the first Slo-
venian textbook for beginners for the guitar Klasična kitara 1 / Klasična gitara 1 by Stanko
Prek, published in 1968 by Državna založba Slovenije publishing house, which indicated
new guidelines for the guitar textbook publications in Slovenian territory.
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since 1800. Ashley Mark Publishing Company.
Vukašinović, N., in Krivec, O. B. l. Nova lahko shvatljiva škola za gitaru za
samouke s uputom za havajsku gitaru. Franjo Schnaider.
Summary
UDC 780.614.131:37
Slovenian textbooks and other didactic literature for guitar, published from the first dec-
ades of the 20th century to the present day, significantly contributed to the development
of instrument teaching and guitar pedagogical practice in our territory, and in connec-
tion with it to the development of reproductive practice with the instrument. After ana-
lysing the above material, it is possible to identify trends and methodological approaches
to teaching the instrument, which are constantly evolving and changing throughout the
course of history. The textbook material is created due to interests and needs dictated
in different periods by the guidelines for practising and teaching the instrument among
self-taught people, in organized societal or public music education. The first textbooks
entitled Kitarska šola (Guitar School) were intended primarily for self-study. In accord-
ance with the intentions and goals, the basic problems of the guitar playing were treat-
ed comprehensively and as such did not envisage continuation. In addition to the guitar
basics, we also find extensive content from music theory, which was necessary for self-
taught people, as this was the only way they could follow the practical instructions for
playing according to the musical notation. Domestic authors relied on foreign literature
with their content and methodological approach, but because the textbooks were cre-
ated also due to the need for domestic music literature, numerous adaptations of Slove-
nian folk songs as well as own short compositions were included to the texture. Accord-
ing to the methodological approach of the authors in the first Slovenian guitar schools,
it can be concluded that this material was intended primarily for the older population
of beginners, and from the descriptions of the instrument we find that until the mid-
1960s slightly smaller guitars with metal strings were predominantly played on in Slove-
nia. Guitar schools of Slovenian authors and other didactic material for guitar, in addi-
tion to the production and sale of the instrument from the 1930s onwards, contributed
to the successful promotion of the guitar in Slovenia, and indirectly influenced the pro-
cess of gradual inclusion of the instrument in public music education curricula. This, de-
spite a great shortage of suitable staff, began in the late 1950s and lasted until the mid-
1960s. With the reintroduction of the instrument in public music education, there was a
need for newer didactic material, which would follow the requirements of such a way of
education with content limited to individual levels and methods suitable for certain age
groups. The needs for such literature are connected with the publication of the first Slo-
venian textbook for beginners for the guitar Klasična kitara 1 / Klasična gitara 1 by Stanko
Prek, published in 1968 by Državna založba Slovenije publishing house, which indicated
new guidelines for the guitar textbook publications in Slovenian territory.
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