Washington Depot, Connecticut - (November 17, 2009) – Janet Marlow, master teacher of the six and ten-string guitar for technique and contemporary composition, announces today the release of her book Guitar Practice Tips and Techniques: What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing. In her book, Marlow offers a holistic approach to understanding yourself as a student of the guitar. By providing shortcut training methods, Janet cuts to the core of your practice problems and creates an enjoyable solution to master your guitar skills.

Classically trained as a violinist and pianist, Janet Marlow studied classical guitar with Maestro Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream, Abel Carlevaro, Leo Brouwer and Maestro Narciso Yepes, innovator of the modern ten-string classical guitar. Her performances and recordings set her apart as one of the few artists in the world to master playing, composing, and arranging on the ten-string guitar. She has traveled around the world for performances at the Lincoln Center, the Texaco Jazz Festival, Festival Estival de Paris, Quick Center for the Arts, The Apollo, Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, and even performed on screen in Woody Allen’s Celebrity. With this book, Janet Marlow passes on her years of experience, dedication, and knowledge to guitar players everywhere.

The subtitle, What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing is a theme played throughout the book. Great players master their mechanical, technical, and musical goals with special methods…and now you can too. Marlow provides a concise resource for guitar players working through practice difficulties.

Topics Include:
• Evaluating Your Practice
• The First Principle of Great Practice
• The Three Stages of Practicing
• Resolving Problem Passages
• Tips and Techniques for Fun Practice Sessions
• Memorizing Music
• Shifts and Stretches, Squeaks and Scratches
• And Much More…Full Table of Contents

Available on Amazon.com or by visiting www.JanetMarlowMusic.com.

About Author
Born in London, Janet Marlow is the fifth generation of noted Russian musicians. Classically trained as a violinist and pianist, she studied classical guitar in classes with Maestro Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream, Abel Carlevaro, Leo Brouwer and Maestro Narciso Yepes. Janet is one of the few artists in the world whose performances and recordings are acclaimed as one of the leading players, composers and arrangers on the ten-string guitar. Janet Marlow is the Founder and Director of The International Ten-String Guitar Society and Festival. At home in classical and jazz, her performances have taken her around the world, which include venues such as the Lincoln Center, the Texaco Jazz Festival, Festival Estival de Paris, Quick Center for the Arts, The Apollo, Carnegie Hall and the Blue Note. Her virtuosity in classical with jazz has been heard as a soloist with orchestras and with her contemporary jazz quintet. She has composed for television documentaries, stage premieres in Asia and Europe and is featured on the soundtrack of the Sundance award-winning film "Swimmers" with Cherry Jones. As an educator, Janet has been artist-in-residence at New York University and the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Marlow has lectured at Yale University on the Aesthetics in Music and teaches workshops on composition and practicing techniques. Her book entitled Guitar Practice Tips and Techniques is a culmination of her lifelong teaching career in helping students get passed common problems with unique solutions.