30 Easy Spanish Guitar Solos

The guitar?s entrance into American culture began in the early 1800s introduced primarily by visiting and immigrant Spanish guitarists. Many of these newly arrived Spaniards exerted great influence on the guitar?s development in19th century America. The works in this book contain the compositions and arrangements of eight noted 19th century Hispanic American guitarist/composers with an emphasis on their works that reflect Latin themes or rhythms.Rounding out this anthology are dance forms such as the Habanera Jota Cachucha Sevillaño Spanish Mazurka and other Spanish dance related works along with extended concert pieces such as Theme and Variations Serenades Polonaises and a delightful arrangement of The Celebrated Spanish Retreat a programmatic work with an unusual ?C? tuning and novel harmonic effects crafted to imitate the bugles horns and drums as heard on the battlefield. Thebook features twenty-one solos and two duets which range in difficulty from easy to advanced. An extensive and well researched text along with photos and a companion recording by acclaimed guitarist/scholar Douglas Back help tomake this a landmark book.

These books each bring together for the first time nine pieces from ABRSM?s Guitar syllabus from 2019. The pieces have been carefully selected to provide an attractive and varied range of music to perform in exams concerts or anywhere else! Covering a broad range of styles these books are an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The books also contain helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. They each features two solos and one duet drawn from each of Lists A B and C giving candidates a choice of repertoire for their exam in one easy-to-use book. Book Only.

with Juan Martin. Designed as a comprehensive multimedia teaching set, this book with online audio/video present 42 solos, progressively graded in 6 levels from absolute beginners to more advanced, to suit players of all levels. It contains examples of eighteen different palos (rhythmic forms) of flamenco, with a wealth of melodic falsetas and rhythms. The music for all these is accurately written in notation and flamenco tab (cifra) in the book, and is also recorded on the online audio. The online video contains over 57 minutes of solo music, and also includes introduction by Juan Martín and brief scenes of Andalucia today, which help to place this profoundly exciting and deeply felt music in the landscape of its origins. Juan Martín has succeeded here in showing how even music which is simple and very easy to start with can express the essential sound and emotion of flamenco, to build step by step the skills necessary for the performance of concert solos. Written in English and Spanish. Includes access to online audio and video. Diseñado como un conjunto completo de enseñanza multimedia, este libro con audio / video en línea presenta 42 solos, graduados progresivamente en 6 niveles, desde principiantes absolutos hasta más avanzados, para adaptarse a jugadores de todos los niveles. Contiene ejemplos de dieciocho palos (formas rítmicas) diferentes del flamenco, con una gran riqueza de falsetas melódicas y ritmos. La música de todos estos está escrita con precisión en notación y tablatura flamenca (cifra) en el libro, y también se graba en el audio en línea. El vídeo online contiene más de 57 minutos de música en solitario, y también incluye la introducción de Juan Martín y breves escenas de la Andalucía actual, que ayudan a situar esta música profundamente emocionante y sentida en el paisaje de sus orígenes. Juan Martín ha conseguido demostrar aquí cómo incluso la música sencilla y muy fácil de empezar puede expresar el sonido y la emoción esenciales del flamenco, para construir paso a paso las habilidades necesarias para la interpretación de solos de concierto. Escrito en inglés y español. Incluye acceso a audio y video en línea.

A book of 20 progressive pieces suitable for guitarists in the early grades. It presents original pieces and well-loved tunes in a wide range of styles, from Spanish to Caribbean and Elizabethan to the blues. With short performing and background notes on each piece and attractive illustrations, this collection is an essential repertoire book for all elementary guitarists. Difficulty : Very easy 32 pages 25 June 1998 Debbie Cracknell studied guitar and piano at Trinity College of Music in London. After graduating with licentiate diplomas in both instruments, she has been teaching as a peripatetic guitar teacher for Buckinghamshire County Council for many years. Her very successful series, Enjoy Playing Guitar, has been followed by many solo and ensemble works aimed mainly at beginners and those in the early grades.

The guitar in Western Swing holds a particularly important place. Many guitarists have made major contributions in the field but the cornerstone remains Eldon Shamblin whom Rolling Stone magazine once called the World's Best Rhythm Guitaritst. His sophisticated swinging and moving chords forever impacted the music. Coupled with him were early lead players like Muriel Zeke Campbell who performed dazzling single-string solos on records up to two years before Charlie Christian joined the Benny Goodman Sextet. As a genre of muisc Western Swing is a unique blend of jazz blues cowboy western gospel and Spanish sounds. The repertory of any Western Swing bandincludes tunes associated with each of these schools of music but a consistent style flows through every performance. The roots of Western Swing are not easy to trace. Most pinpoint the Light Crust Doughboys (formed circa 1931) of Fort Worth Texas as the first example. Legends of Western Swing Guitar presents the playing of Eldon Shamblin Billy Dozier Bob Kiser Muriel Zeke Campbell Benny Garcia Cameron Hill Jimmy Wyble and Junior Barnard in tare black & white archival films from the 1940s to recent performances recorded in color from the last decade. As well Tommy Morrell guitarist of a younger generation is also included. His playing highlights not just the passing of a flame but new places the torch can be carried.