Popular songs, movie hits, opera arias, folksongs, classical songs. A Man Without Love (Quando M'Innamoro) - A Time For Us (Love Theme) - Addio a Napoli - Anema E Core (With All My Heart) - Antico Canto Siciliano (Wedding Procession - Sicilian Love Song) - Antonià - Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome) - Autumn In Romela Notte (This Is The Night) - Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) - Cannetella - Canzone di Doretta - Cara, Mia - Carnival Of Venice - Caruso - Cicerenella - Cinema Paradiso - Ciribiribin - Come Back To Sorrento - Come Live Your Life With Me (The God Waltz) - Come Prima - Dimmi una volta sì - Finestra bassa - Finestra che lucevi ed or non luci - Funiculi, Funicula - Godfather II - Graziella - I Maccheroni - Ideale - Il cardellino - Il primo amore - Innamorata (Sweetheart) - Isle Of Capri - Italiional Anthem - Italian Street Song - L'ultima canzone - La Serenata - La Vera Sorrentina (The Fair Maid Of Sorrento) - La donna è mobile - La farfalletta - La festa di Piedigrotta - La fiera di Mastr'Andrea - La riposta a rita - Le Tue Parole - Libia
SKU: MB.30989
ISBN 9781513466705. 8.75x11.75 inches.
In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 â??small sonatasâ? or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leonhard von Call, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino, and Antonio Nava. While flexible, the early 19th-century sonatina form usually consists of 2 - 4 contrasting movements, here in guitar-friendly keys, making these pieces ideal for performance by intermediate-level students. In all but the most challenging passages, Grimes has intentionally kept fingering to a minimum to allow students to form their own concept of this critical skill. Then, as many bass notes in these pieces are played on open strings, the player must develop a sense of when to selectively damp dissonant tones or observe a restâ?? exposing and overcoming yet another shortcoming in the education of many guitarists.  Most classic guitar teachers are familiar with the easy didactic studies by Carcassi, Carulli and Giuliani; Favorite Sonatinas offers more highly developed, but not yet virtuoso pieces by the same Italian triumvirateâ?? plus three more composers in a similar veinâ?? promoting confident, enjoyable sight-reading by guitarists of all levels. .
SKU: HL.50498723
8.0x10.5x0.335 inches.