Approche de la guitare, volume 1 par Arnaud Sans Approche de la guitare a été conçu afin de permettre aux jeunes guitaristes d'acquérir une méthode de travail performante et ce des leurs premières cases... En aucun cas, ce manuel de guitare n'a la prétention d'évincer les méthodes existantes, ni l'audace de croire ou ne serait-ce que de prétendre à l'annonce d'une nouvelle vérité. Au contraire, prenant délibéremment appui sur tous les principes fondamentaux d'Emilio Pujol et donc de Francisco Tarrega, Approche de la guitare aimerait devenir un livre complémentaire à l'initiation des pemières bases. En proposant des chapitres distincts, traitant des différents aspects initiatiques de la technique guitaristique, chaque professeur peut très aisément adapter approche de la guitare à sa propre pédagogie. Arnaud Sans n'est pas un laborantin de la pédagogie mais un authentique professeur qui sait de quoi il parle et, surtout , comment en parler. Cette méthode de guitare, outre son évidente efficacité pédagogique, ira, j'en suis sûr, au coeur des professeurs et de leurs élèves Roland Dyens Critique la Guitare Classique Les méthodes de guitare sont légion et la parution d'un nouvel ouvrage n'est pas forcément remarquable. Cependant, cette Approche de la guitare d'Arnaud Sans est un écrit à part qui pourra venir en complément des méthodes existantes pour fournir à l'élève débutant une méthode de travail et certains conseils pratiques de bon sens, souvent absents ailleurs. On apprécie surtout la précision des explications qui, aidées par l'image, permettront à l'élève de vraiment comprendre des points tels que l'accordage, le changement de cordes, la position des deux mains et la pos­ ture générale (un chapitre étant consacré à ce sujet).Sont également abordés des points essentiels comme la manière de travailler les gammes, les arpèges, les barrés, les coulés, etc., le tout accompagné des exercices nécessaires et d'explications dont la clarté est un modèle du genre. En fin d'ouvrage, une cinquantaine de morceaux progressifs permettra à l'élève de se constituer un premier répertoire. Une approche systématique et raisonnée, hommage à l'école de Târrega et d'Emilio Pujol, également empreinte de la sensibilité sans laquelle aucun apprentissage musical n'aurait de sens. F. N

Nestor Ausqui hails from the picturesque Argentinian city of Santa Fe: a robust and vibrant city catering to the arts and culture, most notably music. Definitive de Falla is Ausqui's second book from Mel Bay Publications, following the release of the Nestor Ausqui Collection (MB99894EB). This book and accompanying audio represent an important collection in the classical guitar genre. Guitarists from around the world will enjoy Ausqui's faithful attention to detail in the transcriptions, making this book an excellent addition to any guitarist's library. Includes access to online audio.

Thea Musgrave's Postcards From Spain is a fascinating travelogue of Spain without being overly Spanish from the tranquility of sunlight reflecting off still pools to the dramatic song of the Cantaor and his Flamenco guitarist. This little collection of five serenades for solo guitar has been editred by Michael Lorimer is a real treat for guitarists and listeners.

Guitar Play-Along-Performed by Christian Reichert guitar Accompaniment: Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov Manuel Ponce's legendary Concierto del Sur remains one of the undisputed masterworks for guitar and orchestra and is arguably the greatest guitar concerto to emerge from Latin America. It is a vital part of the modern guitarist's repertoire. The concerto's unconventional melodic style and distinctly Latin American feel predominate integrating a near-perfect balance between guitar and orchestra. The writing for the guitar is brilliant forthright and leaves a strong impression on both player and audience. This Music Minus One edition presents a bravura performance of this20th-century classic from virtuoso guitarist Christian Reichert. Study his technique then you stand center-stage with the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Nayden Todorov for your own Latin spectacular! Includes an authoritative newly engraved solo part printed on high-quality acid-free ivory paper containing the solo guitar part; a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with orchestra and soloist and a second performance minus you the soloist; and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version as well as a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. The concerto is voluminously indexed for your practice and performance convenience.

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee?s (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: ?In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.? Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton?s city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman?s reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means ?conversation with the gods? in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao?s (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950?s following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo?s ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece?s characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles? Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don?t Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach?s Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht?s The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli?s Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein?s West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish?s A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony?s co-production of George Gershwin?s Opera Porgy and Bess.

Guillermo Diego's Album Pieces for Solo Guitar Volume I embody a collection of original works conceived by this recognized Mexican composer for classical guitar. These pieces have being written with different musical languagesthat goes from the inspiration in Mexican styles to free pieces that use contemporary and different resources that belongs to the guitar concerto style. This works are plenty of musical colors and offers different challenges tothe guitarist. The writing is completely idiomatic very natural for the guitar; it is music in which one the professional finds an artistic meaning but also the students will find the elements to improve his technical and willnear them to original works that have being composed recently and inspired in Mexican and Latin American music. The publication of this book is a premiere and will give to the guitarist part of the knowledge of what it is happencurrently in Mexican classical guitar. Guillermo Diego is a well-known composer into the sphere of classical guitar who has being recognized for his contributions to the art of the guitar.

Cette série présente pour la première fois la Revue-Opern complete, une collection de 38 fantasmes pour guitare solo qui comprennent certains des thèmes d'opéra plus aimés du monde. Habilement arrangé par le guitariste virtuose et compositeur j. k. Mertz, Opern-Revue représente une des collections plus large du genre du XIXe siècle. La présente édition fournit des reproductions fac-similé de l'original Haslinger premières éditions, ce qui permet du guitariste accès direct aux partitions publiées dans le temps du Mertz. Opern-Revue fournit le guitariste modern avec un vaste répertoire de oeuvres de concert basé sur la musique de Bellini, Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Weber, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Rossini et beaucoup d'autres. Wagner et Offenbach, deux compositeurs moins fréquent dans la musique de guitare du XIXe siècle, sont représentées dans les arrangements par plusieurs des successeurs de Mertz. La série de la DGA éditions Opern-Revue commémore l'anniversaire bicentenaire de j. k. Mertz avec ces volumes. / Guitare Classique

Cette série présente pour la première fois la Revue-Opern complete, une collection de 38 fantasmes pour guitare solo qui comprennent certains des thèmes d'opéra plus aimés du monde. Habilement arrangé par le guitariste virtuose et compositeur j. k. Mertz, Opern-Revue représente une des collections plus large du genre du XIXe siècle. La présente édition fournit des reproductions fac-similé de l'original Haslinger premières éditions, ce qui permet du guitariste accès direct aux partitions publiées dans le temps du Mertz. Opern-Revue fournit le guitariste modern avec un vaste répertoire de oeuvres de concert basé sur la musique de Bellini, Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Weber, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Rossini et beaucoup d'autres. Wagner et Offenbach, deux compositeurs moins fréquent dans la musique de guitare du XIXe siècle, sont représentées dans les arrangements par plusieurs des successeurs de Mertz. La série de la DGA éditions Opern-Revue commémore l'anniversaire bicentenaire de j. k. Mertz avec ces volumes. / Guitare Classique

An Hour with the Guitar presents a careful selection of the most beautiful pieces of guitar literature. All the names familiar to every professional and amateur guitarist - Aguado Carulli Carcassi Coste Giuliani Sor and many more - are represented in this collection and ensure much stimulating variety. These pieces with grades of difficulty progressing from very easy to moderately difficult will give not only the beginner but also the advanced guitarist some valuable material for this teaching entertainment and performance. Except for a few very beautiful studies dry exercises habe been avoided in this book in the hope that every guitarist will use it for his hour ofrelaxation.

Ed. F. Zigante - Pour Guitare - For Guitar - Para Guitarra - Per Chitarra-Written in 1962 by a brilliantly imaginative Leo Brouwer at the age of only twenty-three the Tres piezas latinoamericanas are published here together for the first time under the Eschig imprint in an edition based on the composer???s autographmanuscripts.The Tres piezas belong to a musical genre between actual composition and arrangement; they represent in fact one of the rare instances in which Leo Brouwer drew his inspiration from pre-existing themes taken from Andean and Argentinian folktunes or from the work of other composers such as Carlos Guastavino and Astor Piazzolla. French English Spanish and Italian texts.

16 middle-grade solos for classical guitar-These 16 solos for classical Guitar have been inspired by the rich and vivid rhythmic influences of Spanish Latin music. They are compact and melodic in structure and are composed in a variety of time signatures and Guitar tunings all adding to the diversity and descriptive nature of the collection.Whether a Sarabande or a Bossa Nova each solo is edited with convenient and helpful left and right hand fingerings. Momentos Españoles will be a varied and expressive addition to the Guitarist's repertoire. Written for the intermediate level Guitarist in accessible keys with left and right-hand fingering suggestionsincluded. Ideal for performances to be enjoyed by the player and audience alike.