Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
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Guitar (Guitar)
SKU:
HL.14021531
Music
Sales America. Swing.
Book with CD. Editions
Musicales Francaises
#EMF100064. Published by
Editions Musicales
Francaises (HL.14021531).
9.0x12.0x0.154 inches.
French.
Les
caracteristiques de la
guitare sont telles qu'il
existe un nombre
quasi-illimite de
possibilites (positions,
doigtes, techniques de
liaison) pour jouer une
meme phrase melodique.
Cet ouvrage a donc pour
but de donner quelques
exemples de phrases et
d'arrangements des
Standards du Jazz issus
de repertoire Swing et
Be-Bop a l'aide d'un CD
d'accompagnement. Vous
trouverez dans cette
methode deux types de
themes et d'arrangements:
* Les themes Be-Bop: Ils
sont arranges pour deux
guitares, une basse et
une batterie. * Les
themes Swing: Ils sont
arranges pour guitare,
basse et batterie. La
guitare joue les accords
et la melodie
simultanement. The guitar
idioms give an endless
comnbination of
fingerings, neck
positions and legato
techniques to play one
single musical line. The
purpose of this book is
to provide examples of
phrasing and arranging of
swing and be-bop
standards. You will find
two types of tunes *
Be-Bop tunes: These tunes
are arranged for two
guitars, a bass and
drums. * Swing tunes:
These are arranged for
guitar, bass and drums.
The theme and chords are
played by one guitar
only.
(Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar (French Language Edition)). By Lou Manzi. This edi...(+)
(Beginning Fingerstyle
Guitar (French Language
Edition)). By Lou Manzi.
This edition: French.
Guitar Method or
Supplement. Complete
Method. Published by
Alfred Music
Kurzweiliger
Etudenkurs. Composed
by Torsten Ratzkowski.
Edited by Dieter
Kreidler. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Classical. 24 pages.
Schott Music #ED 7327.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49007146).
Composed by Miguel Llobet. Edited by Stefano Grondona. This edition: Saddle-wi...(+)
Composed by Miguel
Llobet.
Edited by Stefano
Grondona.
This edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
1048
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution
Services) #GHE 900.
Published
by MDS (Music
Distribution
Services)
Pulso de la vida Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] Doberman
Guitar - Advanced SKU: DY.DO-1551 Composed by Yorgos Nousis. Score. Les E...(+)
Guitar - Advanced
SKU:
DY.DO-1551
Composed
by Yorgos Nousis. Score.
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan #DO 1551.
Published by Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1551).
ISBN
9782897963316.
PULS
O DE LA VIDA was composed
as part of my dear friend
Kostas Tosidis' doctoral
thesis with the title
Bowing technique on the
guitar. The character
of the piece changes from
simple and meditative to
rhythmic and
tension-filled,
reflecting different
stages of our
lives. Using a C, G, D
tuning for the bass
strings, the guitar
utilizes resonance to
create sustained,
cello-sounding melodies
on the fourth string,
complemented by harmonies
on the fifth and sixth
strings. The bowing
technique is introduced
with a continuous tremolo
accompanied by an
extended form of the
first theme. The more
dancelike and rhythmical
part of the piece uses a
19/16 measure that allows
us to experience a sense
of disparity.
Finally, the
simplicity combined with
a sense of completeness,
but also of abandonment
of the beautiful gift of
life, leaves us in a
state of stillness for
any kind of
introspection.
Lakes Road Guitare Guitare classique [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Productions OZ
Guitar solo - Intermediate SKU: DZ.DZ-4313 Composed by Michel Dalle Ave. ...(+)
Guitar solo -
Intermediate
SKU:
DZ.DZ-4313
Composed
by Michel Dalle Ave.
Score. Les Productions
d'OZ #DZ 4313. Published
by Les Productions d'OZ
(DZ.DZ-4313).
ISBN
9782898522307.
Lake
s Road is a piece for
solo guitar. Composed
in a style very popular
with many guitarists of
the 70s: Finger-picking.
This is distinguished by
an often joyful melody
built on alternating
bass, thus creating a
sustained and dynamic
rhythm. This
composition is in line
with this
style, reminiscent of
Ragtime, a musical genre
originating from
Louisiana originally
written for
piano.
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Guitar
SKU:
HL.14044609
Composed
by Bruno Tauzin. CARISCH
- MUSIC SALES. Tuition.
General Merchandise. Play
Music France #MF2173.
Published by Play Music
France (HL.14044609).
In
September of 2018,
guitarist, Toby
McWilliams commissioned
Cruz to write a
three-movement guitar
solo after hearing his
Five Pieces in C on the
internationally
syndicated radio show,
Classical Guitar Alive.
McWilliams requested the
first movement to be in
sonata-allegro form
followed by two other
pieces that reflect the
tempo choices of a
typical three-movement
sonatina. As is the case
with most of Cruzâs
music, this Sonatina was
completed as music
written for musicâs
sake. However, in his
quest to find titles
other than tempo
markings, Cruz plucked
three words from the
correspondence between
himself and McWilliams
that together, add a
personal touch to the
collection while
suggesting a progression
of an imaginary
dayâs
events.
A point of
interest in the first
movement, A theme: Cruz
begins on the IV chord
and intentionally avoids
using a proper I chord
throughout. While the B
section does begin in the
dominant key, it moves
quickly towards a D major
tonal
center.
Festival
(3rd movement) uses a
bitonal opening theme: E
major in the top voice
while the bass line uses
E minor.
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Guitar
SKU:
DB.35-00969
Die
tierisch gute
Gitarrenschule mit
CD. Composed by
Robert Morandell. Plucked
string music. Book & CD.
Doblinger Music
Publishers #35-00969.
Published by Doblinger
Music Publishers
(DB.35-00969).
ISBN
9790012207238.
Gita
rrentiger 2 ist die
ideale Fortsetzung nach
Band 1, aber auch eine
geniale Option fur alle,
die die Tone der hohen
drei Saiten in der ersten
Lage bereits kennen.#-#
Spielerisch, aber
konsequent werden mit
Rhythmusspiel, Fifis
(Fingerfitnessubungen)
und Challenges
(Herausforderungen) die
technischen Grundlagen
weiterentwickelt, wahrend
der bunte Stilmix der
Stucke fur Spass beim
Musizieren sorgt. Kleine
Improvisationen bieten
nicht nur eine sinnvolle
Anwendung von Tonleitern,
sondern fordern die
Kreativitat und
Musikalitat der jungen
Gitarristinnen und
Gitarristen.#-# Eine
weitere Besonderheit von
Gitarrentiger 2 ist der
modulare Aufbau: Sobald
das Spiel mit leeren
Bassen gefestigt ist,
sind die restlichen
Inhalte je nach Interesse
der Schulerinnen und
Schuler frei wahlbar.
Nimm deine Gitarre und
leg los!
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Guitar
SKU:
BT.HIT61010
Des
Guitares et des
Basses. Composed by
David Perrero. Method.
Book Only. Composed 2023.
124 pages. Hit Diffusion
#HIT61010. Published by
Hit Diffusion
(BT.HIT61010).