This book co-written by guitarist Seth F. Josel and composer Ming Tsao provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary performance techniques on the classical Guitar. It was inspired by a new generation of solo guitarists whose extraordinary technical and virtuosic skills have paved the way for a new understanding of instrumental performance practice. Detailed explanations are given for the instrument???s technical potential within the historical context of traditional Guitar technique. Composers will be interested in the in-depth analyses of contemporary Guitar literature featuring many examples of chamber and ensemble music.Four main chaptersdescribe:Techniques of the right and left hands.Special harmonies and percussive techniques.The main instruments of the Guitar family and their potential.Possible ways of notating contemporary Guitar literature.The examples discussed in the book are complemented by an enclosed CD and detailed charts on multiphonics bitones and percussion techniques.Seth F. Josel is among the leading figures of his generation in modern Guitar performance and has taken part in the premieres of more than 100 works as a soloist and ensemble member. A regular guest at Europe???s major contemporary music festivals he has worked with composers of the stature of Mauricio Kagel Helmut Lachenmann Tristan Murail and James Tenney and has played with such leading orchestras and ensembles as the New York Philharmonic the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Staatskapelle. From 1991 to 2000 he was a permanent member of the Ensemble musikFabrik. Today he lives in Berlin.Ming Tsao (b. Berkeley CA 1966) is professor of composition at Gothenburg University. His compositions have been performed amongst others by the Arditti Quartet ensemble recherche and the Stuttgart Opera (premiere of ???Die Geisterinsel??? in 2011). He is regularly involved in the Donaueschingen Festival the Witten Days of New Chamber Music the Darmstadt Contemporary Music Holiday Courses and Wien Modern. His works are published by C.F. Peters (Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig). He too lives in Berlin.

10 Pieces for Guitar. Par . Playing with Rhythm: 10 Pieces for Guitar Rhythm is a challenge for many guitar students and is only treated marginally in current pedagogical guitar literature. Precisely this subject is now addressed in the album ?Playing with Rhythm? which was created in cooperation with the Prague Guitar Forum festival. The small compositions written by renowned guitar teachers, composers and guitarists develop the rhythmic feeling of budding guitarists in an original way while conveying the joy of music making. Composers: Milan Zelenka, Franti?ek Luká?, Jule Malischke, Pavel Steidl, ?tepán Rak, Katja Wolf, Stefan Schmidt, Milo? Orson ?tedron, Tomá? Ille, Tatiana Stachak. - Music pieces by ten renowned composers from the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland - For advanced beginner guitar students - Includes a short Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) on the background of the edition - Recordings of the compositions available on the Bärenreiter website at: https://www.baerenreiter.com/extras/H8058 under Multimedia / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Etude / Guitare