A range of fabulous educational and concert guitar music by the UK's top guitar composers educators and performers.Rush originally started out as a study for the right hand thumb. The piece opens in five with a darting weaving bass melody and harmonic language similar to the Cuban feel of Leo Brouwer's first study. As the piece progresses I played around with some poly-rhythms and syncopations in 3/4 time with a Venezuelan flavour similar to the music of Antonio Lauro.The title Metropolis was created like many of my pieces retrospectively. It was suggested to me by Mark Eden and resonated with much of what I felt the piece conveyed essentially the non-stop hustle and bustle of a musical 'city' where influences combine from many different ages and musical cultures. The initial ideas for the piece came from trying to formulate a study for the left hand where the 4th finger jumps from the first string to the lower bass strings. As is often the case on finishing the piece I now hear many things which although not used consciously have emerged in the music to remind me of music I have listened to or studied in the past.At various points a musical quote taken from the end of the first movement of La Catedral by the Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustin Barrios Mangore appears which I have syncopated and used as a musical junction with the music taking a different direction each time it appears.Towards the end of the piece the performer combines left hand hammered chords with right hand finger clicks and tamboura creating a visual juggling effect when performed. Something resembling the sound of a siren can then be discerned before the piece moves into the closing E major section. I did most of the work for the final version of this piece in the autumn of 2005 just after the birth of my second daughter!I think the music reflects something of the pace of my life around then!Birds Flew Over The Spire is a short lyrical piece which was also

The Physiology Of Guitar Playing: Functional Anatomy And Physiomechanics-This comprehensive guide to the physiology of Guitar playing is the culmination of three decades of deep exploration of the guitarist's playing mechanism and is the most detailed presentation of Ricardo Iznaola'sthinking about these matters to date. Structured in three chapters Chapter 1 surveys basic anatomy and physiology of the upper limb with additional sections discussing general pedagogical considerations. Chapter 2 devoted to the right hand presents detailed information regarding digital joint behavior in general and as applied in actual activity on the guitar as well as introducing an analytical system to study and describe positionalattitudes or `frames' adopted by the hand in the course of playing. Chapter 3 discusses at length left-hand physiomechanics taking the concepts of shifting and mobility as fundamental categories encompassing all aspects ofleft-hand technique. Twenty-six anatomical figures over fifty photos and more than sixty musical examples with access to online video amply illustrate the text. 'In the spirit of ground-breaking scientific pioneers celebrated performer and pedagogue Ricardo Iznaola offers the guitar world the first volume of Summa Kitharologica a comprehensive and highly insightful examination of guitar technique in a remarkable mixture of soaring eruditionand down-to-earth practical and applicable approaches to the instrument. Like a modern-day Charles Darwin of the guitar his insatiable passion for discovery keen eye of the `naturalist' and relentless analytical mind havecarefully and methodically recorded previously little-known or little-recognized observations relationships and nuances about the natural principles at work in artful guitar playing. For guitar instructors serious students andeven advanced performers who desire to go beyond the `what' of guitar technique and delve into its `whys' and `hows' this may well be the definitive text.' - Henry Adams former editor Guitar and Lute

The original blues guitar hero who according to musical folklore sold his soul at a desolate crossroads in return for musical virtuosity Robert Johnson unwittingly inspired a guitar revolution. In the hands of Eric Clapton John Mayall Peter Green and others the songs of the legendary bluesman became the very basis of British blues sound and the roots of modern rock as we know it.In this unique DVD Scott Ainslie presents a lesson devoted to Johnson's work teaching you seven of his greatest songs. Ainslie delivers a concise and accessible demonstration of the techniques Johnson used to create his remarkable guitar parts including tunings slide techniques and thedistinctive characteristic fingerpicking of the country blues. Get to grips with the achingly melancholy Drunken Hearted Man the upbeat shuffle of Walkin' Blues as well as the original arrangement of the now much-loved standard Sweet Home Chicago.The lesson is also accompanied with a selection of jam-along songs a section covering specific techniques and a host of tips for effective practice.

This is the first book ever of Yuletide music arranged for solo guitar in various 'open' or 'altered' tunings.  In this genre of guitar music the instrument is re-tuned to create a voicing ideally suited for eachparticular song.  This book contains ten Christmas tunes and covers five open tunings that give voice and life to the music of the Yuletide season.  The arrangements include old standards like Silent Night and Joy tothe World and a sprinkling of more obscure tunes such as Am Weinachts Baum die Lichte Brennen.  All are beautiful time-tested songs. Includes access to online audio.

Agustin Pio Barrios Ferreyra, a Paraguayan composer and guitarist, is nowadays known as the creator of the Mangorean or Indo-American school of the Guitar. ?The name, Mangoré, was adopted in honor of the great chieftain Mangoré, an important personage of the Paraguayan jungles?.Mangoré used for his works popular folkloristic themes of South America as well as sounds of nature (?the still waters of [?] the Amazon?, ?the song of the birds?). But Magnoré also was inspired by European music: He composed gavottes, minuets and waltzes: ?It was in J.S.Bach where Barrios discovered the source of his universality [?]?.Admired by many but despised by more was his way of stringing his guitar: ?[?] the way he attacked the strings with the fingers sideward, with very little use of the fingernails?. He also invented some kind of a muffler: He put ?small balls of rubber on the Pirastro steel string?. Jesus Benites R. who collected Magnoré?s works for this edition says about him: ?Magnore is the genius of South America?. He was a strong influence for many composers and musicians, such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Ponce and Andres Segovia. Vol. 1 of this 4 book collection contains 23 pieces, including Chôro da saudade, Danza Paraguaya, La Catedral and Madrigal (Gavota).
Contenu
- El sueno de la muneca
- Estudio No. 2 und 3
- Minueto en La
- Arabescos
- Medallón antiguo
- Vals Estudio No. 1
- Oración
- Escala y Preludio
- Confesión
- London carapé
- Tú y yo
- Madrigal
- Vals No. 3
- Canción de la Hilandera
- Choro da saudade
- Jha, che valle
- Preludio en Do menor
- Estudio de Concierto No. 2
- Caazapá
- Danza paraguaya No. 1 (1. u. 2. versión)
- La Catedral / Partitions classique / Guitare - luth / Guitare / ZEN-ON

This book is for all levels and styles of guitarists. Finger Gymnastics is a term used for warm-ups stretching and any type of practice exercise that develops technique and stamina while preventing technique related injuries. The exercises in this book are time-tested and will keep your technique at its optimum while helping to ensure injury-free performance. The online audio recording presents three versions of the exercises in chapters I and II each version more advanced than the preceding one. In chapter III bass and rhythm accompaniments are included for many of the examples. Matching the pitch and articulation with a rhythm background will not only assist in warming up stretching and building stamina but will make your practice a more pleasurable experience. Includes access to online audio.

Alexander Borodin/Anatoly Lyadov-This collection contains arrangements by one of the leading guitarists of the new generation Rovshan Mamedkuliev. Rovshan invites Guitar lovers to explore Russian music of the 19th century. Alexander Borodin(1833 - 1887) member of the famous Mighty Handful wrote his Petite Suite for the Piano. The four pieces presented in this collection barely utilize any of the Piano's idiomatic techniques. Though unfamiliar to the Guitar untilthe present day the selected miniatures are wonderfully suited to its technical and timbral capabilities especially Serenade. Thanks to the clearly defined genre of Nocturne the vivid imagery of Reverie and the folk colour andbell-like melodiousness of In the Cloister the four pieces rich in quality and substance will be a valuable contribution to the Guitar repertoire.Anatoly Lyadov (1855 - 1914) used to joke that he could not standmore than five continuous minutes of music. The genius of musical miniature created his compositions to be laconic and refined in form simple yet elegant. Lyadov's contemporaries called his pieces 'tiny pearls of finestfinishing' and compared the composer himself to a jeweler. His three preludes from op.36 op.39 and op.40 will become a fulfilling experience for the guitarist as the music explores the rich palette of the 'mysterious Russiansoul' ranging from stormy aspirations to dreamlike elegiac moods - expressed by the composer in but a few sounds.

The 1960's and 70's Bk/3 Cds-Electric Blues and Rock Guitar - The 1960s and 70s covers all the great post-war blues and early rock musicians with examples from B.B. King Albert King Freddie King T. Bone Walker Eric Clapton Van Halen Ted Nugent Jimmy Page Charlie Christian Wes Montgomery and George Benson. Taught by Fred Sokolow. This series of lessons presents the music from a wide variety of blues greats and is an excellent series to acquaint yourselfwith various blues styles and techniques. For intermediate to advanced students. As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book contain valuable lessons but as an added bonus the three accompanying CDs also contain three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. The 56-page booklet is written in both standard notation and tablature.

Sweet and Easy is filled with easy-to-play pieces for the beginner in which the composer has created a world full of beautiful guitar sounds. This pleasant introduction to your first performance pieces will provide endless enjoyment. So take your guitar and get started.

In 1997 during a series of performances at Papashon in Los Angeles jazz guitarist John Pisano persuaded the club to begin featuring a different guitarist each week. The event became known as Guitar Night and while the settinghas since moved to Spazio Pisano still presides over the popular weekly series now entering its tenth year. This two-CD recording with Pisano providing accompaniment on several tracks features sixteen performances by a dozentop players including Peter Bernstein Corey Christiansen Joe Diorio Herb Ellis Ted Greene Scott Henderson Pat Kelley Larry Koonse Frank Potenza George Van Eps Anthony Wilson and Barry Zweig.

Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar.With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris popular songs in a variety of styles and quality demonstration and backing tracks available as online audio Essential Elements For Guitar is an ideal resource of guitar teachers' instruction. This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education with features such as cross-curricular activities quizzes multicultural songs basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include:Getting startedBasicmusic theoryGuitar chordsNotes on each stringMusic historyEnsemble playingPerformance spotlights

John Kiefer's Beginning Baroque for Guitar is the first instalment in a new series of transcriptions. This instalment features simplified arrangements of Baroque music.The pieces are monodic forthe most part and can be performed with either a pick or fingers. The music in this book has been notated without fingering positions or tablature to promote musical literacy and to encourage all fingering possibilities.Inaddition to the tunes formatted with melody/chord symbols four canons and five duets are included. This book is an excellent supplement for basic Guitar methods Guitar classes and Guitar ensemble courses.

These twenty-one studies present a variety of melodic themes composed to provide enhancement of technique. I wanted to write short playable pieces designed to build fluency and coordination between the left and right hand. Ialso wanted these technical studies to contain melodic elements sufficient to allow them to be used as short pieces in concert or recital.As valuable as scale practice can be it can also be tedious. I wanted these studiesto be fun to play. I also utilized a variety of major and minor keys and composed the pieces specifically to explore the contrast between open and fingered strings. Finally these studies will help enable the guitarist to movefreely between various positions on the fingerboard. In Notation and Tablature.

Do you wonder why lots of practice on scales and arpeggios hasn't made you feel fluent and creative when soloing? If so, then this book is the missing link for you! Line Games is an organized series of practical studies for the development of single-note guitar technique and jazz vocabulary simultaneously. Many examples are transcribed from the recorded solos of great jazz guitarists (Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, etc.) and then the book gives you the tools to develop complete fluency in creating similar lines on your own! Randy Vincent's Line Games is a serious, well-conceived book on jazz guitar. It has a tremendous amount of useful information which can be truly helpful to guitarists seeking thorough knowledge and training in jazz music.? ? Kenny Burrell Topics Covered Include: Basic six-note scales commonly used by the jazz greats. How to use all of the chromatic notes to make playing inside the chord changes sound more interesting and melodic. Triad pairs for modern-sounding lines, as used by all the great players from Coltrane on. Exercises that will give you the tools to create many interesting chord extensions from a few simple arpeggios. How to build long lines across many chord changes. How to use thematic development for more cohesive solos. Fingerings often given to aid in getting these lines under your fingers. Plus much more! 156 pages. More Endorsements: This book is probably the most complete explanation of linear improvisation as applied to the guitar that I have come across. Randy Vincent goes into his subjects, which include a novel take on hexatonic applications, chromatic neighbor tones, and various scale forms and arpeggios, with unprecedented thoroughness. It is also refreshing to see the emphasis on thematic development, and I like how some of the great recorded guitar solos are often used as illustrative examples. I highly recommend it.? ? Ben Monder Randy has come up with another Winner. This is one of the most comprehensive studies I have ever encountered concerning single line improvisation!? ? Vic Juris With all the books on jazz improvisation available I didn't think it was possible to find one that offers a new perspective but Randy Vincent's Line Games does just that. It's a great book! There are many real- world examples of players using the archetypal bebop hexatonic sound and many examples of ways to practice and utilize the sound. In suggesting ways of practicing and using the scale Randy gets you started, but it's up to the reader to strike out on their own ? in my opinion the best way to really grasp a sound or concept. There is a whole lot of material here and I'm looking forward to working with it for a long time. Thanks, Randy!!? ? Bruce Saunders With the plethora jazz guitar books on the market today, one must sort through dozens to find one that yields the results of a tried and true method for learning to play jazz as applied to the guitar. I was pleasantly surprised to find a new book that I feel to have such qualities. This being the jazz guitar book written by Randy Vincent called Line Games for Sher Music Co. Inside, you'll find dozens of examples, explanations, techniques, and the application of the jazz language employed by all the great jazz guitarists we know and love. Great job, Randy!? ? Henry Johnson