Fingerpicking Delights DVD

For The Fingerstyle Guitar Book/3-Cd Set-This book is a collection of six pieces written with the fingerpicking guitarist in mind. Each piece is arranged in both standard notation and tablature. An extensive 3-CD set of instructional and performance-based recordingsaccompanies the manuscript

Four original instrumentals all in standard tuning and in different keys are taught in this lesson. These are multipart compositions that should challenge the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists. Stefan has brought together blues country and jazz ideas and themes to these solos.Bermuda Triangle Exit has three parts. It begins with a counterpoint section that then leads in to an alternating bass theme and resolves with an RandB fashioned third part. Beyond The Pleasure Dome (also known as Matesa) comes next. This is played in the key of C and brings together several country blues styles to a lyrical instrumental. The Way She Walks isvery much influenced by Stefan's many years living in England. He learnt the first section from Martin Carthy and then added two additional parts to round off the composition. Why A Duck is played in the key of F and was originally recorded as a duet with John Renbourn. Stefan's part stands well as a Guitar solo and opens up the fingerboard to a variety of interesting chord fingerings.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen.

In this Mel Bay publication guitarist/composer Rico Stover offers his original composition Romance Variations in a 25 page score of the work with accompanying audio.The RomanceAnonimo ('Anonymous Romance') is one of the most popular pieces in the classical guitar repertoire. Also known as Spanish Romance Romance de Amor Jeux interdits and Estudio de Rubira this 19th centurywork has continually delighted lovers of the instrument around the world and has become a standard part of guitar pedagogy.Different 'flavors' of guitar styles are heard in these variations which are inspired byguitarists/composers whom Rico admires: Mateo Carcassi Joe Pass Heitor Villalobos Luiz Bonfa Chet Atkins and Atahualpa Yupanqui.After a short introduction the Romance theme is heard after which the variations commence. Each variation follows the minor/major pattern:Variation 1: Arpegiado - classical arpeggios. Variation 2: Bordoneo - bass line textures. Variation 3: Villalobosiana - in the style of themaster. Variation 4: Bossanova - Brazilian syncopations. Variation 5: Chet's Pick - country style fingerpicking. Variation 6: Aire de Danza - Latin American dance rhythms.The essay 'Romance Anonimo: Who Composed It''explores the different theories regarding the question of authorship including an analysis of seven different editions of the Romance that date from 1900 to 1958.