Christopher Parkening: Parkening and the Guitar - Volume 2: Guitar Solo:

Throughout his career Christopher Parkening America's preeminent classical guitarist has had the opportunity to perform with many of the world's leading artists and orchestras. This folio Duets and Concertos contains many selections from those collaborations and features a wide range of musical pairings which show the guitar at its versatile best: voice and guitar guitar duets chamber music and concertos. All of the pieces included here have been edited and fingered for the guitar by Christopher Parkening and to quote Christopher himself ???No compromise has been made in requirement of technique. All of these pieces are suitable for performance by the virtuosoguitarist.??? This folio contains 35 transcriptions.

This premier method for the beginning classical guitarist by one of the world's pre-eminent virtuosos and the recognized heir to the legacy of Andrés Segovia is now available with a CD! Guitarists will learn basicclassical technique by playing over 50 beautiful classical pieces 26 exercises and 14 duets and through numerous photos and illustrations. The method covers: rudiments of classical technique note reading and music theory selection and care of guitars strategies for effective practicing and much more! The CD includes 99 demonstration tracks.

Transcriptions for Guitar of well-known works by J.S Bach as performed by celebrated American guitarist Christopher Parkening. Includes Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Sheep May Safely Graze and preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier.

The art and technique of the Classical Guitar. Learn the art of Classical Guitar playing from one of the world's preeminent virtuosos and the recognised heir to the legacy of Andres Segovia.32 previously unpublished Parkening edition pieces by composers including Bach Dowland Scarlatti Sor and Tarrega - plus three Guitar duets.Performance notes and stylistic interpretation.Techniques including tone production tremolo harmonics vibrato pizzicato slurs and more.Strategies for effective practicing.

A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Tremolo Technique. Par IOANNIS ANASTASSAKIS. Ici est encore un autre ouvrage qui devrait être dans la bibliothèque de chaque graves classique et flamenco du guitariste - cette fois, Ioannis Anastassakis (The Art of Rasguedo) élimine l'incertitude sur la façon de mettre en pratique et effectuer la technique de trémolo. Le livre aborde plus de 70 différentes approches et méthodes de pratiquer le trémolo avec des conseils sans précédent de certains des plus grands classiques et des guitaristes de flamenco notamment : Andrés Segovia, John Williams, Sharon Isbin, Christopher Parkening, Pepe Romero, Scott Tennant, David Russell, Narciso Yepes, Stanley Yates, Stepan Rak, Juan Serrano, Manolo Sanlúcar, Manolo Franco, José Antonio Rodriguez, Paco Serrano et beaucoup plus. Typiquement, Anastassakis présente une analyse exhaustive des profils différents trémolo : trémolo 4-note, billet de 5, 5-note mélodie prolongée, 6-note trémolo, 8-note trémolo et trémolo étendue continue. Une bibliographie exhaustive des classiques et des morceaux de guitare flamenco qui utilisent trémolo traditionnels ou prolongée t... / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classic - Technic / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Classique

This DVD features performances and career highlights from classical guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening (filmed in 1971 1973 1998 and 2003).Viewers can watch feature titles in their entirety or select individual songs. As a bonus there is archival footage of Andrés Segovia performing in studio circa 1950.The DVD also includes an informational booklet.

Though born in Cuba Celedonio Romero was a Spanish Guitarist composer and founder of the Romero Guitar Quartet nicknamed The Royal Family of Guitar -- with his sons. In addition to his role as Pepe Romero’s only Guitar teacher he was also Christopher Parkening’s first teacher. As a composer Romero wrote more than one hundred works for Guitar including this suite that recalls Andalusia. The virtuoso suite comprises five movements Soleares Alegrias Tango Zapateado and Fantasia.

Three wonderful transcriptions edited and fingered by Parkening: Catalonian Song £ Rumores de la Caleta £ Romance.