The history of the classical guitar department at the Moscow State Musical Music School named after I. AND ABOUT. Dunayevsky begins in 1955, when Lyudmila Vasilievna Akishina, a graduate of the Music College named after A.I. October Revolution (class of teacher Agafoshin Petr Spiridonovich). Among her most famous students are Nikolai Kuzmin, Galina Laricheva, Lev Shumeev and Andrey Garin.

Since 1973, after graduating from the music school at the Moscow Conservatory, Andrei Fabianovich Garin, a student of L.V. Akishina. Subsequently, A.F. Garin is a participant of international festivals: in Istanbul, Auborne, Tours (France) and New York; he made more than 70 stock recordings on the All-Union Radio of various ensembles with the participation of the guitar.

From 1980 to 1985, Evgeny Kabdullaevich Selzhanov, a guitarist-performer, teacher and composer, worked here. In one of the domestic repertoire collections of the 1970s. included his arrangement of the Kazakh dance

From 1981 to 2007, Galina Andreevna Laricheva worked at the school, also a student of L.V. Akishina. In the personal archive of Galina Andreevna there is a kind of certificate of honor from the participants of the "Home Musical Collection" headed by Alexander Larin, a guitar historian and teacher. In this diploma, she is congratulated as "the first certified guitarist of the Soviet Union with a higher guitar education" in connection with the end of the Kyiv Conservatory. Galina Andreevna, being a real teacher, studied a lot herself - she also had the philological faculty of Moscow State University, the faculty of aesthetics of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism, the Institute of Complex Hardening under the Ministry of Health behind her. From 1961 to 1986 G.A. Laricheva regularly performed solo concerts in various cultural centers of the capital. For many years she successfully led a guitar ensemble, which sometimes numbered up to 25 members and sounded at the most famous concert venues in Moscow, including the State Concert Hall of the Rossiya Hotel. The publishing house "Soviet composer" published a number of her arrangements for solo guitar and guitar ensemble. Galina Andreevna is also the author of guitar training programs for children's music schools in the Russian Federation and combined her work at our school with teaching at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.

From 1992 to 2012, Evgeny Dmitrievich Larichev, a recognized performer and composer, the first graduate of the music school at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of A. Ivanov-Kramskoy, taught at the department. Before entering the school, he played the seven-string guitar, including a duet with Sergei Orekhov. Since 1959 he has been a soloist of the Mosconcert. On account of Evgeny Dmitrievich - more than 5000 concerts in Russia and Europe, the company "Melody" released several records with his recordings. He is also the author of several hundred arrangements for the guitar, many of which were published by the publishing house "Soviet Composer" and original compositions for the guitar. E.D. Larichev combined concert activities and the work of an arranger and compiler of repertoire collections with teaching activities at our school and at the Moscow School of Culture.

At various times in the school Dunayevsky was taught by: M.P. Travnikov, O.G. Clients, Ya.N. Smirnov, M.F. Larionov; almost all of them are graduates of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts in the class of Galina Andreevna Laricheva.

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Graduated from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (G.A. Laricheva class). Head of the classical guitar section.

Graduated from the Academic School at the Moscow State Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky (class of teacher N. A. Ivanova-Kramskaya) and MGUKI (class of teacher G. A. Laricheva). Concert performer, composer. Laureate of All-Russian and International competitions, including the First International Competition of performers on the Russian seven-string guitar. Sergei Orekhov (Zhukovsky 2008); XIV International Competition "Guitar Virtuosi" (St. Petersburg 2017) in the nomination composition. Collaborates with such musicians as Yuri Stupak (balalaika), Vladimir Markushevich (guitar), Oleg Timofeev (guitar), Elena Ermakova (mezzo-soprano), Evgeny Chetverikov (drums). Among the graduates are a concert virtuoso guitarist, laureate of All-Russian and International competitions Kirill Morozov; professional sound engineer Andrey Ilyin, working in the field of cinema.

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Below is a program for learning to play the guitar in the class of Igor Lamzin.

Level 1 (2-4 months)

• Mastering the basic technique of playing the guitar
• Positioning of the hands, exercises for the development of strength, independence, fluency, stretching the fingers of the left hand
• Exercises for the development of rhythmic coordination
• Reading music and tablature
• Chords: mastering the main chords in an open position (with open strings), barre chords, understanding the principles of building chords on the guitar, allowing you to independently find any desired chord on the fretboard
• The study of the most characteristic chord sequences for different styles of music, the ability to play them in different keys (transposition)
• Mastering the techniques of guitar accompaniment in all major areas of rock music, both "light" and "heavy"
• Listening to both chords and melodies
• Basic Ensemble Playing Skills
• Acoustic guitar - finger picking, various types of accompaniment, simple solo compositions
• Legacy techniques (hammer-on, pull-off, slide, tap-on)
• Etudes and compositions aimed at mastering and consolidating all the studied techniques of the game.

Level 2 (6-12 months)

• - Improving technical skills - rhythm, speed, dynamics, strokes, etc.
  - Improvement in the performance of tap-on, string skipping, sweep, various types of flags
• Basics of rock improvisation on the guitar:
  • Pentatonic scales, scales of natural modes (Dorian, Phrygian, etc.)
  • Receptions and methods of their application
  • Mastering and analyzing the best examples of rock improvisation by great guitarists - Hendrix, Clapton, Blackmore, Page and many, many others. Studying these compositions, you not only improve the technique, but also understand all the elements and principles laid down in them by the authors.
• Acquaintance with the work of the great guitarists and rock bands that had the greatest influence on the development of rock music: Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Santana, Van Halen, Metallica, etc.
• Improving ensemble playing skills, performing at Rock Academy concerts.
• Studying accompaniment techniques in Blues, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Thrash, Funk and other styles on the example of the best teachers in these areas
• Improving the technique of reading notes. The study of guitar transcriptions of works by J. S. Bach, Paganini (caprices), Rimsky-Korsakov ("Flight of the Bumblebee"), guitar classics.
• Acoustic guitar: Fingerstyle technique, blues, country rock, flamenco, latino, arrangements of famous compositions, classical.
• Concert practice

Level 3 (12-24 months)

• Advanced technology. Studying the compositions of guitar virtuosos: Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker, John Petrucci and others.
• Improvisation: harmonic and melodic minor scales, diminished scales and arpeggios, symmetrical scales, exotic scales. Performance of sequences based on these scales, ways and methods of their application. Expansion of the pentatonic scale, phrasing, features of the rhythmic construction of phrases, linking them to a specific harmony.
• Fundamentals of Jazz Harmony and Improvisation. Using the principles of jazz improvisation in rock music.
• Acquaintance with the work and study of the compositions of outstanding guitarists representing the styles of jazz, jazz-rock, fusion (Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, John Scofield and others) ** Submit a photo **
• Composing compositions and improvisations, playing in guitar duets, ensembles, concert practice.

Creative department

• Features of studio and session work of a guitarist
• Working with guitar equipment: concert and studio instruments, guitar "gadgets", ways to achieve the desired sound, sound recording
• Work on your own compositions. Arrangement for various instruments and groups
• Creation of creative teams (producing, music marketing)
• Constant expansion and deepening of their knowledge not only in music, but also in other arts
• Regular concert and studio practice.