6 Selected Pieces for Guitar

Selected pieces for Trinity College London Guitar exams for 2016-2019 expertly graded and edited by leading music educators.

A superb anthology containing a selection of Gaspar Sanz's finest pieces for Guitar. 

A selection of George Gershwin's most succesful and best-loved pieces specially arranged for Classical Guitar. Presented in standard notation, the volume includes an exclusive CD of demonstration recordings of all 17 pieces. / Guitare Classique

This book is part of a series that forms an expertly structured and comprehensive method of studying acoustic guitar; it has been compiled by the Registry Of Guitar Tutors ? the world?s leading authority on guitar education. The book is very user-friendly as it is written in easy-to-read TAB as well as traditional notation and it comes with a free 16-track CD so you can ?listen and learn?. This book covers all the material needed for the London College of Music Grade Eight examination in acoustic guitar playing enabling you to study for an internationally recognised qualification. However even if you do not intend to takean exam this book will help you achieve your full potential as a guitarist by developing all aspects of your playing in a structured way. This volume includes fingerstyle/flatpick pieces in a range of styles ? from traditional to contemporary plus a comprehensive selection of chords scales and arpeggios. There are also chapters on musical knowledge and accompaniment playing plus aural exercises to help improve your musical abilities ? making it ideal for those who wish to extend their musical range and knowledge and improve their playing to the highest level. The book is cleverly designed so that it can be used by both fingerstyle and plectrum players.

This book contains a selection of ten pieces for Trinity Classical Guitar Grade 4 exams, carefully chosen, graded and edited for the 2020?2023 syllabus by a panel of experts. Encompassing a wide range of styles and including duets up to Grade 5, our progressive series offers teachers and learners a wealth of engaging repertoire, whether working towards Trinity exams or studying with other guitar methods.

This book contains a selection of 13 pieces for Trinity Classical Guitar Grade 3 exams, carefully chosen, graded and edited for the 2020?2023 syllabus by a panel of experts. Encompassing a wide range of styles and including duets up to Grade 5, our progressive series offers teachers and learners a wealth of engaging repertoire, whether working towards Trinity exams or studying with other guitar methods.

Easy popular pieces for young guitarists selected and arranged selected and arranged by David Burden. This collection of popular tunes covers all styles of music which beginner guitarists will enjoy playing. Thefamiliarity of the material will stimulate people's enthusiasm and encourage their practice while introducing them to new techniques. The technical demands increase through the book but the general standard is approximately Grade2 classical guitar.

Required Studies for Classical Guitar. All the essential and required studies for classical guitar are collected here in one handsome volume for classical guitar students and instructors. The studies contained herein appear on nearly every syllabus from any respected university classical guitar program. Newly engraved from early editions, with centuries-old errors now corrected and with minimal editorial annotations, this clear, uncluttered, easy-to-read reference book will be used every day for a lifetime of study. A one-stop shopping repertoire book for every classical guitarist. Includes selected studies by Sor (Opp. 6, 29, 31, 35, 44, 60), Giuliani (Opp. 48, 51, 139), Aguado (from his Nuevo Método para Guitarra) and Carulli (Op. 333), as well as complete editions of Carulli's 24 Preludes, op. 114: Giuliani's 120 Studies for Right-Hand Development, op. 1a: Carcassi's 25 Melodic and Progressive Études, op. 60: and Coste's 25 Études de Genre, op. 38. Of special interest to the student is the inclusion of carefully chosen audition and recital pieces from Bach, Milán, Tárrega, and Albéniz.

Until the beginning of the 1980s, the figure of François de Fossa was mainly known by his relationship with Dionisio Aguado, a relationship that included de Fossa?s collaboration in producing the two Parisian editions of the Aguado Escuela, and the complete translation of one of them into French. The situation changed radically in 1981 with the publication by Editions Orphée of a monograph which not only revealed very interesting and decisive factors in regard to the guitar quintets of Luigi Boccherini, but also included an important biographical study and a checklist of the known compositions of François de Fossa. Several works by de Fossa were published in later years, among which were works for two guitars, trios, quartets, an anthology of selected works for guitar solo published in 1990. De Fossa?s Quatre Divertissemens pour la Guitare seule extraits des Oeuvres de J. Haydn, his Op. 13, was part of that anthology. The current edition of it was engraved anew, and completely edited and fingered. The works of Haydn from which this music is drawn are as follows: Divertimento I ? Symphony N° 63 ?La Roxolane?, and Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine? Divertimento II ? Largo Cantabile, Rondo Allegretto. In spite of rigorous search, we have not been successful in identifying the movements of this Divertimento among the known works of Haydn. Divertimento III ? Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine?and Symphony N° 86 Divertimento IV ? Symphony N° 53 ?L?Imperiale? and Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine?. The Andante of this symphony was also used, at about the same time, by Fernando Sor, as the theme of his Thema Varié pour la Guitare ou Lyre, (WoO-1) as well as in his Op. 20. Of considerable interest here is de Fossa?s seemingly paradoxical approach to transcribing music by Haydn. In the case of Haydn string quartets, he chose the two guitars medium, providing for a more facile representation of the harmony and counterpoint. In transcribing these four divertimenti, extracted from several Haydn symphonies, he chose the solo guitar as the target instrumentation, clearly a medium that is far less appropriate for handling a complex musical texture than the guitar duo. It is perfectly understandable that he was not entirely successful in retaining the selection?s original integrity, having eliminated some parts as noted above. Nevertheless, the resulting works, those that are directly attributable to Haydn and the one that cannot, are splendid concert pieces for the solo guitar.

30 Original Works & Transcriptions-Romantic Guitar Anthology Vol.2 is a graded repertoire book suitable for students of around grades 3-4 playing standard. Standard teaching pieces by the 19th Century’s leading composer-guitarists Coste and Sor are presented alongside more rarely available works by Jaime Bosch Franz Tucek and José Vinas. Original pieces by Berlioz and Paganini are included as are carefully selected transcriptions of works by Rossini Schumann and Johann Strauss. Composer biographies and extensive teaching notes on each piece are included together with a CD recording of all of the works in the anthology performed by Jens Franke.

A collection of 32 pieces for the solo classical Guitar that capture the stately spirit and elegance of the Renaissance. The music has been carefully selected from authentic sources and the book includes plenty of historical detail and performance notes.Pieces include many ancient melodies from Ireland and Scotland ideal for the repertoire of the intermediate guitarist with their simple rhythms and modal tonalities. A CD of demonstrations is included performed by Allan Alexander to help you achieve and accurate and authentic performance.