Classical Music for Guitar Duet: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Collection

Since it first appeared in the 1930s the concise clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom and the home.Now for the first time C Paul Herfurth'soriginal books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical gentle pace and keen attention todetail but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of a DVD and an audio CD - with actual performances and backing tracks - will make practice even more fun and exciting and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will helpthe student to achieve the perfect technique and tone.This book contains:Advice on equipmentInstructions for an effective technique and a comfortable postureEasy-to-follow section on readingmusicDemonstration DVD introducing basic techniques and notationAudio CD with a virtuoso performance backing tracks and audio examplesGreat music including duetsTests to check progress and comprehensionUsefulpull-out chart giving note positions and common chords

Experience the magic of Spanish Guitar music with new compositions from author Kacha Metreveli. The material is written for two Guitars and encompasses styles such as Malaguena Festiva Habanera Capricho andmore. Eleven duets of intermediate to advanced difficulty are presented including the following compositions: Dos Guitarras Espanolas (Festiva)RecuerdosAlma Espanola (Capricho)Jota AragonesaHomenaje a los Romeros(Malaguena)Homenaje a Tarrega (Habanera)FandangoPaterna de Rivera (Petenera)Souvenir de Espana (Zapateado)Homenaje a Segovia (Tonadilla)Adios Amigos! (Postlude). The bonus piece 'Fandango No. 2' requires two players on one Guitarat the same time.

This book and the accompanying recordings are designed to provide the guitarist with the following: A collection of contemporary music which is fun to play and equally enjoyable to listen to. Material which is challenging and exposes the guitarist to new styles and techniques. The opportunity to improvise within a variety of musical settings and styles including Latin, modal jazz, funk and New Age. Preceding each piece are performance suggestions and explanations of techniques required for that particular piece. / 2 Guitares

Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain which are not found in the standard guitar repertoire. The pieces in this book start off fairly easy and progress to more challenging ones for intermediate guitarists. One guitar is great but two is twice as nice and working with other musicians is great fun. So get together with another guitarist and have a wonderful time discovering these guitar duet pieces! The accompanying CD features 24 tracks.

Duets For Two Acoustic Guitars-The Christmas season has always been special to me. It is a season that has crystallized the hopes aspirations and faith of millions of people through the centuries. The amount of music written for Christmas is monumental.This book contains 14 scores from my Christmas Guitar Portraits recording. I selected various genres dear to me.First there are selections from the early American sacred song tradition. The Babe of Bethlehem Cherry Tree Carol A Star in the East The Shepherd's Star A Virgin Unspotted and I Wonder As I Wander all are from this rich heritage.I also picked a number of carols from theOld English genre. Away In The Manger Green Grow'th the Holly and What Child is This are included.Then there are the Christmas favourites. In the Bleak Mid-winter and a medley ofBaloo Lammy; The First Noel and Silent Night make any Christmas complete. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is one of my favourite Advent hymns. Gaudete Christus est natus is arousing carol dating back many centuries.Finally I included two originals. Lullay My Liking is an ancient carol text. Many composers over the centuries have written melodies to these lyrics most notably GustavHolst. I could not resist the temptation so the melody here is original. Finally Christmas Prayer is a new composition. I have always wanted to compose and arrange music designed to bring the Plectrum or Flatpick Guitarto the concert stage. These arrangements were written with that in mind.

For the first time this edition presents work for Guitar solo and for Guitar duet by Graciano Tarragó grouped into different collections. Despite the fact that the composer published the set of works separately (with the exception of the collections of studies and the Catalan Christmas songs) it is not difficult to see that a natural classification surges from its formal structure from its source of inspiration and from its intent upon observing the works as a whole.The main objective of this revision was to update its presentation to meet the demands of the Guitar world today and to offer scores that ease the introduction to the study of this copious collectionof works. The works hold an indisputable musical beauty and demand technical virtuosic knowledge of the highest level.

The duets in Ten Concert Pieces for Classic Guitar Duo are written in different musical styles and varying degrees of difficulty. In addition to several pieces emulating the Baroque and Classical periods the collectionincludes compositions inspired by the bossa nova jazz blues and even the musical cross-pollination of the stride piano style. Ideal for recital concert or festival settings audiences as well as intermediate to moderatelyadvanced guitarists will enjoy the timeless international flavor of these engaging original compositions. Written in standard notation only.