The Baroque Guitar

12 Guitar and Lute Pieces-Graded collection of Baroque repertoireFor students with 8-9 years playing experienceComplete with play-along CDThe fourth and final volume in the Baroque Guitar Anthology series contains 12 original pieces by composers of the 17th and 18th centuries transcribed for guitar by co-author Stuart Willis. Including pieces by Bach Weiss Kellner and Corbetta amongst others it presents a carefully selected range of works and as with the other volumes in the series is ideal for any players interested in gaining an insight into the richness and variety of the Baroque guitar and lute repertoire.The book contains composer biographies andteaching notes on all of the works and is accompanied by CD recording of all pieces performed by Jens Franke. Suitable for students of c.8-9 years of playing experience or those of grades 7-8 level.

2 Books with Online Audio. Gaspar Sanz was one of the most celebrated guitarists and composers of his time. In 1674 he published a method for the baroque guitar. This method has been lauded by guitar aficionados and serves as a significant historic work. Written in Old Spanish with the tablature system of its day, this method has only been available to the few who would meticulously research and decipher its hidden meanings. Available here is the complete manuscript of Sanz's legacy, which has been translated into English and the tablature arrangements now include standard music notation. Jerry Willard has also included arrangements for the modern guitar and performs selections from this body of work on both the baroque and modern guitar which can be found on the accompanying audio. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Pieces For Classical Guitar-Turlough O'Carolan Irish Harp Pieces For Classical Guitar contains 24 compositions by the legendary Irish harpist Turlough O’Carolan scored for classic Guitar solo. The solos areintermediate in difficulty and convey the beautiful lyrical quality of the original Harp compositions. As a bonus two of the solos are also scored for baroque Guitar. A companion recording is available as an internetdownload.

This edition features modern electric Guitar transcriptions from the Baroque era. The first section features 17 short repeatable passages from Baroque literature. Other sections include 16 unaccompanied solos 10 duets and 4multi-movement arrangements for electric Guitar and Piano including Pachelbel's Canon and the Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in its entirety. The final section includes Guitar parts for the Piano - Guitar arrangements. Thetranscriptions are meant to be performed with a pick in a variety of techniques such as: alternate picking economy and circle picking sweep picking hybrid picking right handed tapping string skipping rest strokes and palmmuting. Many of the selections are available on video at www.youtube.com/johnkieferguitar in the electric baroque playlist.

Century Spain-Scholarly editions which serve different purposes than performance editions are not often designed with the modern guitarist in mind. For instance Renaissance vihuela tablatures are usually transcribed with the open firststring as G not E. Most are presented in double-staff notation a medium that is superior for realizing counterpoint but unconventional as guitar notation. Furthermore these editions sometimes give idealized but not realistic solutions for voicing note duration and other matters that need to be considered within the limitations of our instrument. Guitarists who try to play from these editions essentially are faced with the task of transcribing thetranscription!This 188-page anthology is designed as a companion volume to The Baroque Guitar in Spain and the New World (MB21122). It includes representative selections edited for modern guitar from the seven books for vihuelathat were published in Spain between 1536 and 1576.As well as being fun and entertaining music for all to enjoy these collections are intended to help bridge the gap between scholarly editions and performance editions byproviding a hands-on introduction to tablature transcription and to issues concerning historically informed performance of early music on the guitar. A 188-page anthology edited for modern guitar from the seven books forvihuela that were published in Spain between 1536 and 1576 A companion volume to The Baroque Guitar in Spain and the New World (MB21122) Intended to help bridge the gap between scholarly editions and performance editions Anintroduction to tablature transcription and to issues concerning historically informed performance of early music on the modern guitar.