45 New Classical Guitar Arrangements in Open D Tuning

Theclassical guitar book in open D guitar tuning presents a new, and I think, additionalway of approaching classical guitar repertoire. Tuning to an open chord, in this case, DADF#AD can have itsbenefits. The most obvious is that amajor chord can be played with a single finger, or in the key of D, with openstrings.

Everyattempt has been made to keep true to the original manuscripts, butoccasionally the tune is transposed from the original, or the odd note has beenaltered to make the pieces playable. Ihave kept the arrangements primarily in the keys of D, G or A to take fulladvantage of the open strings in D tuning. In short, this book may not be for the classical guitar purist butdoes expand the repertoire that is lacking with open tunings.

There is agood selection of graded pieces from prominent classical guitar composers like Aguado,Sor, Giuliani, Carcassi and Carulli, plus other well-known works by Bach, Dowland,Satie, Beethoven, de Visee, Diabelli, Grieg, Haydn, O?Carolan, Pachelbel,Paganini, Petzold, Sanz, Schumann and Vivaldi.

I also adapted24 of the Giuliani right-hand exercises, major and minor scales and arpeggios, plusfretboard charts to further develop your knowledge and technique in Open D. Each piece has notation, tablature in Open Dtuning, right- and left-hand fingerings, and performance markings. Audio tracks online.

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Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos and Etudes provides an introduction to classical and flamenco guitar techniques through 22 pieces. These short, melodic studies will increase your understanding of chord/harmonic shapes, and encompass a variety of styles: vals, classical etudes, malaguena, solea, rumba, farruca, and bulerias. The five main techniques in classical and flamenco guitar are: pulgar (thumb rest stroke), arpeggio, picado (index and middle alternating strokes), rasgueo (strumming), and tremolo (flamenco) a which are applied throughout this book. Includes access to online audio and video.

ISBN 9781513459899. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Easy to Play Flamenco and Classical Guitar Solos is an essential song book for beginner to intermediate players learning to play flamenco and classical guitar. Featuring 23 songs, this book introduces students to flamenco palos/styles such as zambra, sevillanas, rumba and verdiales; and classical guitar songs such as milonga, waltzes (vals) and etudes that utilize fundamental right-hand techniques/arpeggio patterns commonly found in classical songs. And be sure to check out my other book, Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos and Etudes, co-written with Elysa Hochman. Includes access to online audio and video.

Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoleon Coste was a virtuoso guitarist (27 June 1805 ? 17 February 1883) and Fernando Sor's student. He wrote many works for Classical guitar.
Melancholy is an early intermediate work in E minor, E major and C# minor keys, for Classical Guitar solo (or fingerstyle with nylon strings guitar).
With standard notation and Tablature, with downloadable simple mp3 for audio help.
Two pages, Early Intermediate, 3:10' min.

A classical guitar piece composed by Ukrainian guitarist and guitar teacher Eugen Sedko for classical guitar.

Five selected tunes for Classical Guitar Solo by Tomas Damas (1825-1890).
With Standard guitar notation and Tablature. Eay to Early Intermediate.
With fingering suggestions.
With downloadable mp3 just for audio help.
Pages: Five (5) pages.

Fifty selected National Airs of different Nations for Classical Guitar solo.

Around early intermediate to Intermediate level, while there are a few on easy and advanced intermediate level.
With downloadable mp3 just for audio help. With standard notation and tablature (TAB).
Pages: Fifty (50) pages, 40' min.
1. March by Rossini, 2. Russian Air, 3. Andante by Beethoven, 4. The Last Rose of Summer, 5. French Air, 6. Un Noel ? an old French Air, 7. Le Petit Tambour, 8. Russian Air, 9. Polish National Air, 10. Scotch Air, 11. German Air, 12. Russian Hymn, 13. John Anderson, 14. Tyrolian Air, 15. Danish Air, 16. Cherubini?s Air from Faniska, 17. Polish Hymn, 18. Kelvin Grove, 19. Podolian Air, 20. Fra Tante Angoscie, 21. Au Clair, 22. Dutch Air, 23. Portuguese Hymn, 24. Air by Gelinek, 25. Pyrenese Melody, 26. Polish Air, 27. Scotch Air, 28. Pleyel?s Hymn, 29. Donald ? a Scotch Air, 30. Sicilian Mariner?s Hymn, 31. Auld Lang Syne, 32. German Air, 33. Scots Wha Hae Wi? Wallace Bled, 34. Vive Henri Quatre, 35. Air from the Ballet of Nina, 36. Danish Air, 37. Post Horn Waltz, 38. Old German Air, 39. Air from the Ballet of Alfred the Great, 40. Polish Air Krakoviak, 41. Scotch Air, 42. Swedish Air, 43. Danish Air, 44. Il Pleut, Il Pleut, Bergere, 45. Rule Britannia, 46. C?est L?Amour ? a French Air, 47. Scotch Air, 48. An Alexis, 49. Je suis Lindor, 50. Chanson des Marseillois.

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms.

All the pieces are presented in simplified version for the beginner.

Includes:

1812 Overture, Op. 49
An der sch�nen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Bourr�e, BWV 996
Dance of the Flowers, Op. 71a
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
F�r Elise, WoO 59
Greensleeves
Guten Abend, gut? Nacht
I Dovregubbens hall
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147
Kanon in D-Dur
La Donna � Mobile
la Primavera, RV. 269
Menuett, BWV Anh 114
Ode an die Freude, Op. 125
Pomp and Circumstance March N�1, Op. 39
Treulich gef�hrt
Water Music, HWV 349

This is an arrangement of Amazing Grace which I play on the classical guitar. It would be a good study piece for developing smooth and quick position changes while maintaining proper duration of notes and steadiness of tempo.

Solo Classical Guitar Arrangement of Waltz In A Minor (Chopin).