Original Duets, for Two Guitars

SKU: MB.WBM03

ISBN 9780985922702. 8.5 X 11 inches.

Acoustic Guitar Portraits is a collection of scores from my recording of the same name. The music reflects a rich variety of musical styles and is original. The rhythms are contemporary and the harmonies are lush. The duos feature an intricate dialog between the two acoustic guitars. It has been my goal to present performance or concert material for the plectrum flatpick guitar. These compositions were written with that in mind.

SKU: HL.50606652

ISBN 9781705199893. UPC: 196288154228.

Béla Bartók composed the series of forty-four violin duos in 1931, prompted by the German violin teacher Erich Doflein. With the exception of numbers 35 and 36, all the pieces are based on original folk melodies, and the majority were collected by the composer himself during his numerous field trips in the Carpathian Basin. The melody for No. 42 was collected by Bartók in Algeria. Universal Edition (Vienna) published the violin duos in 1933 in four volumes, arranged in order of difficulty. The present transcription faithfully follows the original. Fingerings are by the editor.

SKU: MB.11143CD

UPC: 796279112673. 5.5X5 inches.

Acoustic Guitar Portraits is a collection of 15 original compositions for two acoustic guitars written and recorded by William Bay. The recording features an eclectic array of musical genres and was recorded on 4 different hand made acoustic steel string guitars. Three of the guitars are 7 string acoustic models and one is a 6 string. The recording features a complex interplay between the two guitars and frequent lush harmonic chordal structures.

SKU: BT.SY-2406

German-English.

Solo guitar arrangements of classical works are often so complex that they exceed the capabilities of most guitarists. Fabian Payr’s Duets for Classical Guitar avoids this pitfall by sharing the original work between two guitars. In so doing, famous compositions—from stylistically varied periods and for a range of original instrumentations—are in some cases accessible to guitarists for the first time. The collection also includes well-known pieces from the demanding solo guitar repertoire that can be worked on by less advanced players thanks to this sharing approach.

Bearbeitungen klassischer Werke für Gitarre solo übersteigen oft die Fähigkeiten der meisten Gitarristen. Fabian Payrs Duos für klassische Gitarre umgehen dieses Problem, indem der originale Notentext auf zwei Gitarren übertragen wird. Dadurch werden berühmte Kompositionen aus diversen Stilepochen und für verschiedenste Originalbesetzungen Gitarristen teils erstmals zugänglich gemacht. Somit ist die Sammlung in zwei Bänden genau das Richtige für alle, die einmal über den Tellerrand des gewohnten Gitarrenrepertoires schauen möchten. Enthalten sind aber auch bekannte Stücke des anspruchsvollen Solorepertoires für Gitarre, die dank der Aufteilung auf zwei Spieler schon von weniger fortgeschrittenen Gitarristen erarbeitet werden können.