Author: David Grimes
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1513455923
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 “small sonatas” or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leonhard von Call, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino, and Antonio Nava. While flexible, the early 19th-century sonatina form usually consists of 2 - 4 contrasting movements, here in guitar-friendly keys, making these pieces ideal for performance by intermediate-level students. In all but the most challenging passages, Grimes has intentionally kept fingering to a minimum to allow students to form their own concept of this critical skill. Then, as many bass notes in these pieces are played on open strings, the player must develop a sense of when to selectively damp dissonant tones or observe a rest— exposing and overcoming yet another shortcoming in the education of many guitarists. Most classic guitar teachers are familiar with the easy didactic studies by Carcassi, Carulli and Giuliani; Favorite Sonatinas offers more highly developed, but not yet virtuoso pieces by the same Italian triumvirate— plus three more composers in a similar vein— promoting confident, enjoyable sight-reading by guitarists of all levels.
Author: T. Douglas Bush
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1513474405
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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This collection of 30 classical guitar transcriptions of works by Christoph Graupner highlights this forgotten master’s unique contributions to Baroque music. Originally composed for cembalo (harpsichord), these delightful French dances may remind you of Bach and Scarlatti, two of Graupner’s better-known contemporaries. This book contains a brief biography of the composer, performance notes, and the original title, key, source, and publication date of each piece. The arrangements are written in standard notation only with left-hand fingering suggestions. For ease of learning and to provide a stylistic guideline for sight reading, online audio recordings are included.
Author: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Publisher: Clear Note Publications
ISBN: 1625592183
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Under the tutelage of his famous father Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach studied harpsichord and clavichord during his early years and eventually adopted the piano as his primary instrument. A prolific composer, producing over 200 works, C.P.E. Bach wrote symphonies, sonatas and other instrumental works in the Rococo and early Classical style of the 18th century. This style of writing is marked by lyric phrases and light ornamentation that put aside the polyphony and thorough bass of the late baroque composers. The ideas for interpreting and ornamenting the sonatinas in this collection are taken from "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments" by C.P.E. Bach. They transpose quite well for solo guitar and are a refreshing alternative to compositions by guitarists of the classical era like Sor and Giuliani.
Author: Jonathan Godfrey
Publisher: Clear Note Publications
ISBN: 1625592256
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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Sonatina is the grand-prize winner of the 2010 Boston GuitarFest Composition Competition. While the designation “sonatina” typically suggests simplicity or reduced scale, the musical and technical demands that pervade this fifteen-minute work suggest a far more ironic meaning. Written in three-movements in a conventional sonata form, it was conceived as a recital or competition tour-de-force for Serbian-American virtuoso Nemanja Ostojic.
Author: Frederick M. Noad
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780028716800
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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This second volume of the popular classical guitar method features instruction, graded exercises, practice studies, and a survey of the guitar repertoire. Volume Two develops technique, sightreading, and includes an advanced repertoire of thirty works.
Author: David Grimes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781513466705
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 "small sonatas" or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leonhard von Call, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino, and Antonio Nava. While flexible, the early 19th-century sonatina form usually consists of 2 - 4 contrasting movements, here in guitar-friendly keys, making these pieces ideal for performance by intermediate-level students. In all but the most challenging passages, Grimes has intentionally kept fingering to a minimum to allow students to form their own concept of this critical skill. Then, as many bass notes in these pieces are played on open strings, the player must develop a sense of when to selectively damp dissonant tones or observe a rest-- exposing and overcoming yet another shortcoming in the education of many guitarists. Most classic guitar teachers are familiar with the easy didactic studies by Carcassi, Carulli and Giuliani; Favorite Sonatinas offers more highly developed, but not yet virtuoso pieces by the same Italian triumvirate-- plus three more composers in a similar vein-- promoting confident, enjoyable sight-reading by guitarists of all levels.
Author: Mel Bay
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1609749847
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Works by Schumann, DeVisee, Schubert, Carulli, Paganini, Diabelli, Saint Saens, and many more. for the intermediate level classic guitar student.
Author: George Frideric Handel
Publisher: Schott Music
ISBN: 3795724929
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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This anthology contains a selection of Handel's best-known works and melodies, originally written for a range of instruments, transcribed here for guitar by Martin Hegel.
Author: Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457494895
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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A lovely haunting exercise in tremolo.
Author: Graham Wade
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 160974280X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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A Concise History of the Classic Guitar by Graham Wade, one of the foremost international writers on the guitar, explores the history of the instrument from the 16th century to the present day. This compact assessment of five centuries of fretted instruments cover the vihuela in Spain, the history of four-course and five-course guitars, the evolution of tablature, and developments in the six-string guitar in the 19th century. the work also charts the contribution of leading composers, performers and luthiers of the 20th century, and evaluates the influence of Segovia, Llobet, Pujol, Presti, Bream, Williams, etc., among the world's famous guitarists. This book, intended for the general public and guitar students of all ages, is the first interpretative history of the classic guitar to be published in the 21st century, and will be eagerly welcomed by all lovers of the instrument.
