SKU: FJ.FJH2293
ISBN 9781619282193. UPC: 241444385432. English.
Choosing which solo to start with will be difficult because this book is loaded with 15 selections that are fun, exciting, and suitable for performance. Book 4 includes the blues (Mr. Cool by Kevin Olson), a sonatina, a toccatina (Presto in 5/8 by Edwin McLean), a hymn, a prelude, a bourrée, and a majestic piece (The White Mountain by Timothy Brown)¦plus many more! Look no further for motivating pieces that appeal to students of all ages.
SKU: HL.50148750
UPC: 073999779769. 9.25x12.25x0.123 inches.
Contents: Allegro Moderato • Aria (Willst Du Dein Herz Mir Schenken) • Bourrée • Chorale • Double • Entree (Overture in F) • Gavotte • Gavotte • Gigue • Giguetta (Partita in C) • Kleiner Kanon • March in D Major • Menuett • Moderato • Polonaise in A Minor • Prelude in A Minor • Prelude in C • Prelude in C Minor • Sarabande • Scherzo.
SKU: IS.G6760EM
ISBN 9790365067602.
This sonata (WeissSW No. 50, Dresden) is one of a new series of eight sonatas by Silvius Leopold Weiss arranged for the first time for guitar and published by Metropolis Music. Sonata XXVII comes from a set of tablature manuscript volumes in the Sächsisches Landesbibliothek in Dresden (Ms. Mus. 2841-?V-?1). There are five volumes with a total of 34 sonatas of Weiss for solo lute. The sonatas are ordered by key and further sorted by size or complexity. Sonata XXVII is a large and mature piece, composed in Weiss??s late period, around 1730. The Sonata has six movements: Introduzzione (an opening movement in Italian style with elements of an Allemande and Prelude), Courante, Bourrée, Sarabande, Menuet, and it ends with a Presto. The use of tempo indications for French dance movements is characteristic for the later work of Weiss. Originally, the Sonata is written in B flat major, a key often used by Weiss as it is appropriate for playing the lute, but rather awkward with the guitar. For ease and effectiveness of playing, I have transposed the Sonata a minor third lower to G major. To create more concordance with the baroque tuning of the lute, the G string is lowered by a semitone to F sharp. I suggest using a capodastro to achieve the original pitch. Based on the present standard of A at 440 Hertz, the capo should be placed at the 3rd fret. However, during Weiss??s lifetime, it was more common in many parts of Germany to use a standard of A at 415 Hertz -? a semitone lower. So, to hear the pitch heard by Weiss and his contemporaries, the capo should then be positioned at the 2nd fret.
