Classic Masterpieces Made Easy for Acoustic Guitar


Book Description

During the course of my teaching piano and guitar, I have not come across another book that took these classic masterpieces and arranged them for the beginner guitar student. There is an amazing amount of literature like this for the piano, but not for the guitar. My goal with this book is to fill this void in the guitar literature. I chose compositions that the young guitar student would most likely have heard before and thus used familiar melodies. I then made easy arrangements of them, mostly using the top four strings, simple chords and fingerings. the right hand fingering is not indicated, because I used the general rule of thumb: a = 1st string, m = 2nd string, i = 3rd string, p = 4th, 5th and 6th strings." All 12 solos are scored in notation and tablature.




Classical Masterpieces in Tablature


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A sequel to Dennis Franco's popular initial offering Classical Guitar in Tablature, this book presents some of the most popular classic guitar solos scored in notation and tablature. the composers include Fernando Sor, Vincenzo Galilei, Gaspar Sanz, Robert de Visee, Johann Sebastian Bach, and John Dowland.




Gorgeous Melodies for Fingerpicking Guitar


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The name of this book is no exaggeration. It includes some of the most gorgeous music that the authors El McMeen and Sandy Shalk know. To make things even more interesting, none of the music was originally written for guitar! In addition to Celtic favorites, El includes his arrangements of two of the most beautiful arias in all of opera: "Che Gelida Manina" from Puccini's "La Boheme" and "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" (“Mon Coeur S'ouvre à ta Voix”) from "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saëns. Sandy's contributions range from Celtic to French love songs to Stephen Foster, manifesting Sandy's gift for chordal subtleties and innovation. Each piece is in either standard tuning (EADGBE) or Drop D tuning (DADGBE). Written in standard notation and tablature with computer generated audio files of each arrangement.




Guitar Classics in Tab


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Today's rock musicians are stretching the boundaries of their music by learning from the masters of various styles and disciplines. Acquainted with the demands of both rock and classic guitar performance, the author presents the essentials of classic guitar technique and phrasing in an easy-to-understand manner, providing a wealth of beautiful and fun-to-play arrangements. All of the solos in this fine collection are shown in both standard notation and tablature complete with biographical and performance notes.




First Pieces for Classical Guitar


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Master 20 Beautiful Classical Guitar Pieces for Beginners. No Need to Read Music - Learn 20 great classical guitar pieces written by legends of the instrument - Presented in easy-to-read tablature and notation. No need to read music - Includes helpful analysis and breakdown of each piece, along with its historical background - FREE audio download - hear how each piece sounds to speed up your learning - Carefully selected pieces start easy and gradually become more complex - improve naturally as the book progresses First Pieces for Classical Guitar - Do you want to learn classical guitar, but don't know how to read music? - Do you want to build an impressive repertoire of complete pieces, but don't know where to start? - Do you want to develop style and authenticity on the classical guitar? First Pieces for Classical Guitar features 20 carefully selected pieces - each written by a past master of the instrument - aimed at beginners who want to learn to play entire, beautiful pieces. The natural progression of the studies from beginner to intermediate will help you develop your classical guitar language quickly and easily. Notation is included, but each piece is also presented in easy-to-read tablature, so an ability to read music is not necessary. Here's What You Get: - 20 beautiful, incremental classical guitar studies - Playing advice and a breakdown of each classical guitar piece - Perfectly notated music and guitar tablature with studio-quality audio to download for free. Go Beyond Traditional Guitar Lick Books This collection of classical pieces develops a satisfying performance repertoire for the advancing beginner, while progressively developing musical technique as the pieces progress. The music is drawn from some of the most famous and influential composers for the guitar, including... Carulli Giuliani Carcassi Fernando Sor TArrega J.S. Bach Marschner ...along with two traditional folk song arrangements. These 20 classical guitar masterpieces are presented in clear notation and tablature, along with a complete technical breakdown. This book is for students who have a passion to learn classical guitar, but do not necessarily read music. Hear it! Learning classical guitar pieces from paper is one thing, but once you hear them, they become much easier to learn. First Pieces for Classical Guitar contains supporting audio for each track, to help you get inside the music and quickly improve your ability. Buy it now to bring the authentic language of the classical guitar into your playing.




Graded Repertoire for Guitar, Book One


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This new series of graded repertoire for guitar has been put together with the aim of providing students with the most attractive, stylistically comprehensive, and inspiring music available, while at the same time realistically meeting the pedagogical needs of teachers. Students and teachers will therefore find in these volumes some of the most representative and attractive music of the major repertoire areas of the instrument, both historical and contemporary, carefully selected, graded and edited for pedagogical use. While some of this music is very well known, much of it is not to be found in similar collections. This volume includes easy music by Aguado, Carcassi, Carolan, Carulli, Domeniconi, Giuliani, Hudson, Koshkin, Manjon, Martz, Morlaye, Nava, Rameau, Rak, Ribayez, Shand, Sor, Tesar, Winner, Yates, York, and Zenamon. Includes access to online audio.




The Classical Guitar Compendium


Book Description

(Guitar Solo). Bring the world of classical music to guitarists of all levels! This collection features classical guitar technical studies from Sor, Tarrega, Guiliani, Carcassi, and Aguado, as well as presenting fresh guitar arrangements of well-known classical masterpieces. Repertoire compositions are included from the likes of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Faure, Massenet, Mozart, Pachelbel, Ravel, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and more. Many audio examples are also included with guitar solo performances by the author.







Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method (Tab Edition)


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(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play classical guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by renowned classical guitarist and teacher Paul Henry uses the music of the master composers to teach you the basics of the classical style and technique. The book includes pieces by Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Purcell and many more and includes lessons on: tuning * proper playing technique * notes in open position * PIMA technique * time signatures * key signatures * scales * chords * and more. Includes access to audio demo tracks online for download or streaming.




Classical guitar


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A beginner's guide to playing the guitar.