Aaron Shearer was an American classical guitar

Classical guitar

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ist known primarily as a pedagogue

Pedagogy

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. He was born in Anatone, Asotin Co., WA to Nettie Pearl Moody and Floyd David Shearer. He had two older brothers, Buford Carl Shearer who died in 1988 and Gwen Dean Shearer who died in 1987. His former students include Manuel Barrueco

Manuel Barrueco

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,
Ricardo Cobo

Ricardo Cobo

Ricardo Cobo to Lebanese immigrants, Cobo is recognized as one of the world's leading virtuosi of the new classic guitar generation. He gave his professional debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age seventeen on a nationwide telecast for an audience of over nine million...

, David Tanenbaum

David Tanenbaum

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, and David Starobin

David Starobin

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. He has been director of the guitar programs at both Peabody Conservatory

Peabody Institute

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 and North Carolina School of the Arts

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. He holds an honorary doctorate from Duquesne University

Duquesne University

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. Shearer has many publications including his well known Classical Guitar Technique method books and his three volume Learning the Classic Guitar series.

Aaron Shearer: A Life With The Guitar

Selected publications

• "Aaron Shearer: A Life With The Guitar-DVD" (2004)
• Learning the Classic Guitar - Part 1 (1990)
• Learning the Classic Guitar - Part 2 (1990)
• Learning the Classic Guitar - Part 3 (1991)
• Classic Guitar Technique - Volume I (1963)
• Classic Guitar Technique - Volume II (1969)
• Guitar Note Speller (1985)

External Links

• Guitar International: Brad Conroy reviews "Aaron Shearer Classic Guitar Technique", Third Edition

http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2009/10/01/aaron-shearer-classic-guitar-technique-third-edition-book-review/