Guitar Music of Spain and Latin America


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An collection of over 50 guitar solos by composers of the genre from the 19th and early 20th Century.




30 Easy Spanish Guitar Solos


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(Easy Guitar). Easy arrangements with tab of favorites by Albeniz, Granados, Sor, Tarrega, and others. Includes: Cielito Lindo * Lagrima * Leyenda * Malaguena * La Paloma * Salamanca * and more. Also includes a demonstration CD.




The Art of Classical Guitar


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A highly detailed teaching method that continues and extends the instrumental principles of Vol. 1 in this tutor series. It takes the student from approximately a 2nd to 5th grade standard.




The Guitar and its Music


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Following on from James Tyler's The Early Guitar: A History and Handbook(OUP 1980) tthis collaboration with Paul Sparks (their previous book for OUP, The Early Mandolin, appeared in 1989), presents new ideas and research on the history and development of the guitar and its music from the Renaissance to the dawn of the Classical era. Tyler's systematic study of the two main guitar types found between about 1550 and 1750 focuses principally on what the sources of the music (published and manuscript) and the writings of contemporary theorists reveal about the nature of the instruments and their roles in the music making of the period. The annotated lists of primary sources, previously published in The Early Guitar but now revised and expanded, constitute the most comprehensive bibliography of Baroque guitar music to date. His appendices of performance practice information should also prove indispensable to performers and scholars alike. Paul Sparks also breaks new ground, offering an extensive study of a period in the guitar's history—notably c.1759-c.1800—which the standard histories usually dismiss in a few short paragraphs. Far from being a dormant instrument at this time, the guitar is shown to have been central to music-making in France, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, and South America. Sparks provides a wealth of information about players, composers, instruments, and surviving compositions from this neglected but important period, and he examines how the five-course guitar gradually gave way to the six-string instrument, a process that occurred in very different ways (and at different times) in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Britain.




100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar


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(Guitar Solo). This massive collection will keep you fingerpicking for days! It features a fun and diverse collection of 100 great arrangements of classic songs like: Africa * Ain't No Sunshine * Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You * Blackbird * Brave * Careless Whisper * City of Stars * Crazy * Creep * Despacito * Dust in the Wind * Every Breath You Take * Fire and Rain * Free Fallin' * Fur Elise, WoO 59 * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Havana * Hey, Soul Siter * I'm Yours * Imagine * James Bond Theme * Lean on Me * Love Yourself * Mrs. Robinson * The Pink Panther * Shape of You * She's Got a Way * Smells like Teen Spirit * The Sound of Silence * Stairway to Heaven * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Thinking Out Loud * Time After Time * Unchained Melody * We Are the Champions * Wonderwall * Yesterday * Your Song * and more!




The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm


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An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.




Los Romeros


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Spanish émigré guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero Family—Celedonio, his wife Angelita, sons Celín, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Lito—have become preeminent in the world of Spanish flamenco and classical guitar in the United States. Walter Aaron Clark's in-depth research and unprecedented access to his subjects have produced the consummate biography of the Romero family. Clark examines the full story of their genius for making music, from their outsider's struggle to gain respect for the Spanish guitar to the ins and outs of making a living as musicians. As he shows, their concerts and recordings, behind-the-scenes musical careers, and teaching have reshaped their instrument's very history. At the same time, the Romeros have organized festivals and encouraged leading composers to write works for guitar as part of a tireless, lifelong effort to promote the guitar and expand its repertoire. Entertaining and intimate, Los Romeros opens up the personal world and unfettered artistry of one family and its tremendous influence on American musical culture.




Fingerpicking Latin Standards: 15 Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar in Standard Notation & Tab


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(Guitar Solo). 15 carefully arranged, intermediate-level solos with melody and harmony combined for rich and satisfying performance material. This volume includes: Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes) * Call Me * Desafinado (Off Key) * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * Little Boat * More (Ti Guardero Nel Cuore) * Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) * Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) * So Nice (Summer Samba) * Triste * Watch What Happens * and more.




The Classical Guitar


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Offering essays by the world's top experts in a full-color, coffee-table quality book, this is the first work to tell the complete story of the classical guitar and its repertoire, players and makers - from its 19th century European roots to modern international interpretations. This handsome softcover volume features lavish photography of classical guitars made by the best luthiers in the world. Additional essays cover use of the classical guitar in pop music, different playing and teaching techniques, the collectors' market, and the science of the guitar. It also features profiles of legendary artists such as Andres Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams, plus a full discography, a glossary, an index, a bibliography, and a guitar measurement chart.




Recording the Classical Guitar


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Recording the Classical Guitar charts the evolution of classical guitar recording practice from the early twentieth century to the present day, encompassing the careers of many of the instrument’s most influential practitioners from acoustic era to the advent of the CD. A key focus is on the ways in which guitarists’ recorded repertoire programmes have shaped the identity of the instrument, particularly where national allegiances and musical aesthetics are concerned. The book also considers the ways in which changing approaches to recording practice have conditioned guitarists’ conceptions of the instrument’s ideal representation in recorded form and situates these in relation to the development of classical music recording aesthetics more generally. An important addition to the growing body of literature in the field of phonomusicology, the book will be of interest to guitarists and producers as well as students of record production and historians of classical music recording.