First Pieces for Classical Guitar: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Album

This book contains 32 classical guitar duet arrangements for either recreational or instructional use. The sequence of pieces is based on the difficulty of the first guitar part. In addition the level of difficulty is indicated at the beginning of each piece for both parts. Includes a specially recorded 45-minutes of audio accompaniments which allow players to practice and play each piece as a duet in their own time.

The studies of Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) stand alongside those of Fernando Sor Matteo Carcassi Dionisio Aguado and Ferinando Carulli as the staples of the didactic pieces by the 'first generation' of classical guitarists. Giuliani was one of the most celebrated guitarists of his age a brilliant performer and prolific composer. He left a legacy of compositions and many of his works are heard regularly in recitals and concerts today. His studentpieces are considered indispensable by generations of guitarists. The studies and exercises contained in the six opus numbers here provide some of the most effective material in the entire guitar literature for building andrefining a superior technical command of the guitar. In this edition David Grimes has modernized some of the notation and corrected a number of misprints from Giuliani's original publications.

Arranged For Classical Guitar-This anthology contains nineteen of the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan classics arranged in easily sight-readable versions for beginning to intermediate classical guitarists. All the favorites are here ranging fromsentimental ballads such as Little Buttercup Willow Tit-Willow and There Grew a Little Flower to more up-tempo 'patter' type pieces such as Oh! A Private Buffoon Kind Sir You Cannot Have theHeart and A Policeman's Lot. The aim has been to provide both a useful teaching resource and a light-hearted alternative to the more 'serious' music of the Classical Guitar repertoire. All the pieces lendthemselves extremely well to the common idiomatic textures of the Classical Guitar. A variety of melody and accompaniment styles are employed including block chords arpeggio patterns and passages of double-stopped thirdsand sixths. A number of the pieces are in easy first position format while others explore the common higher positions. The standard Guitar keys are utilized (C G D A E) but there are occasional more challengingtemporary modulations to 'difficult' keys such as E flat major. There are also instances of drop-D tuning which is often required in Classical Guitar playing.

This edition features new electric guitar transcriptions compiled from the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The collection includes 11 pieces including 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525 I ' 'Rondo alla Turka K331 III ' 'Sonata K545I ' and 'Symphony #40 K550 I.' As with other editions in this series these transcriptions are intended to be performed with a pick — employing string-skipping alternate hybrid and sweep-skipping techniques. The selections havebeen performed in a variety of settings from accompanied solos to a sextet. Companion audio downloads are available that features all eleven pieces as well as bonus tracks to the multi guitar selections with the first guitarabsent to allow practice/performance with the audio. The book is divided into two sections the first of which includes music for solos duets and parts for larger ensemble transcriptions. The second section features full scores canon solutions and the piano accompaniment score to the Turkish Rondo. Written in notation and tablature. Free audio downloads are available for use with this title.

Whether for lessons or the first little concerts - 'Easy Concert Pieces' for guitar contains easy and well-known solo pieces, carefully selected according to technical and musical demands: Vol. 1 easy, Vol. 2 intermediate. Apart from original guitar pieces by Aguado, Mertz, Diabelli, Carulli, Sor, or Carcassi, this edition also contains easily playable arrangements of classical masterpieces such as Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons', Handel's 'Fireworks Music', Mozart's 'Magic Flute' or Verdi's 'Chorus of Hebrew Slaves'. The arrangements want to provide access to the masterpieces of concert literature and encourage the joy of classical music. All pieces are recorded on the accompanying CD. / Guitare

Charles Postlewate: Homage to Villa-Lobos And Other Compositions is the first compilation of Guitar music for a right hand technique that includes the little finger.The 12 complete compositions includeoriginal pieces by Charles Postlewate (Homage to Villa-Lobos Variations on a Theme of Prokofiev and Improvisation on Green Dolphin Street) transcriptions of piano pieces by Claude Debussy (La puerta del vino and Dr. Gradus adParnassum) arrangements of Peruvian popular songs (José Mar a and Virgins of the Sun) and new editions of standard repertoire pieces - two studies by Fernando Sor and the beautiful tremolo study by Agust n Barrios An Alm for theLove of God. Postlewate also includes excerpts of two other standard repertoire pieces by Federico Moreno Torroba (Sonatina) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (Prelude #2) - which are published elsewhere under copyright restrictions -to show the advantage of using the little finger. These pieces demonstrate new right hand techniques for the classical Guitar that use the little finger in the playing of scales chords arpeggios tremolos and harmonics. Theyalso show the advantage of using the little finger for speed accuracy strength and balance.Spanish Description[Esta es la primera recopilación de música para la guitarra usando una técnica de lamano derecha de cinco dedos que incluye el dedo meñique. Las 12 composiciones completas incluyen piezas originales por Charles Postlewate (Homenaje a Villa-Lobos Varicaciones sobre un tema de Prokofiev e Improvisación sobre Lacalle del delf n verde) transcripciones de piezas para piano por Claude Debussy (La puerta del vino y Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum) arreglos de canciones populares peruanas (José Mar a y V rgenes del sol) y nuevas ediciones de piezasdel repertorio tradicional-dos estudios por Fernando Sor y el bello estudio de trémolo por Agust n Barrios Una limosna por el amor de Dios. Además Postlewate incluye extractos de otras dos piezas del repertorio

An outstanding source for the technique and repertoire of the classical guitar this book continues where Vol. 1 leaves off. It teaches: all notes in the upper position; tone production; advanced techniques such as tremolo harmonics vibrato pizzicato and slurs; practice tips; stylistic interpretation; and more. The first half of the book deals primarily with technique while the second half applies techniques to repertoire pieces. As a specialbonus this book includes 32 previously unpublished Parkening edition pieces by composers including Dowland Bach Scarlatti Sor Tarregá and others plus three guitar duets. The CD includes 60 demonstration tracks.