(Guitar Part). For Guitar. Guitar (Suzuki); Method/Instruction. Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

by Bret Willmott. For all guitars. Complete. All styles. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Theory and harmony. Size 8.75x11.75. 248 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

(A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist). By Tobias Hurwitz. For Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. The Serious Guitarist. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Guitar

SKU: FG.55011-071-7

Hommage to Paul Klee. Composed by Kai Nieminen. Fennica Gehrman #55011-071-7. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-071-7).

ISBN 9790550110717.

Comp leted in Karstula, Finland during late July 2010, this carefully structured, but also free-ranging work is drawn from ideas for a much earlier work in four movements, Fantasy dating from the 1980s.
Kai Nieminen has been for a long time an admirer of the work of artist Paul Klee (1879-1940), and the solo presented in its final form here is influenced by the painting Dances caused by Fear or as it is often refered to Dancing from Fear painted towards the end of Klee's life in Bern, 1938.
Having left Germany for Switzerland in December 1933, Klee's later works were often full of signs and lines, very often represented in black, depicting human figures or various objects against a variety of coloured backgrounds, in the case of this painting of a brownish hue. This development in his painting style and technique is felt by some to be an effect perhaps of his long-term illness, systemic sclerosis, but in the case of Dances caused by Fear there is suggested an atmosphere of panic and terror, an attempt to escape from horrors to come (World War II), represented in the violent movement of the arms and legs of the figures, and the dark, indeed brooding nature of the colours.
In Kai Nieminen's guitar work Images of Fear, there is only a very brief passage of calm at the very beginning, after which come three main connected sections in which a wide range of musically unsettling ideas emerge one by one, making use of the tritone, minor seconds, glissandos, tamboura, campanella, etc. The third and final section incorporates the grouping of 5 sixteenth-notes, to give an uneasy feeling to the music, with a short haunting and pleading five-note phrase (Cantando) heard immediately following this passage, before the work ends with further glissandos, and distant and diminishing harmonics.
As with Kai Nieminen's other guitar works, the use of 'orchestral colour' is vital to the performance, and passages suggestive of for example brass, strings, woodwind, etc., should be taken into account and played with suitably considered contrast of tone.

John Mills.

By William Bay. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Bill's Music Shelf. Baroque. Intermediate. Book. 80 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Guitar

SKU: UT.CH-387

Composed by Ferdinando Carulli. Edited by Romolo Calandruccio. Classical. Score. Ut Orpheus #CH 387. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.CH-387).

ISBN 9790215328235. 9 x 12 inches.

Opus 114 is certainly one of Carulliâ??s most important didactic works, so much so that the author himself made a point of writing in the second edition of his famous Method op. 27 (1819): The student, when moving on to the second part, must continue to practise on the easy pieces which are to be found in opus nos. 50, 15, 35, 36, 93, 7 and above all in opus 114. He maintained this indication also in later editions of the Method itself, unlike what he did with other collections of studies which were no longer recommended.
The purpose of op. 114, in particular of the preludes, is clearly explained by the author himself in the preface of op. 265: I have already offered preludes in my opus nos. 71 and 114 to people, but they serve to study and learn to play all sorts of difficult passages, to practise modulating, and learn to improvise on the guitar. Carulli seems to want to provide his students with a large handbook of formulas typical of his musical writing and he does so by making use of the keys which, in his opinion, are most congenial to the guitar. In his Method he points out: Each instrument has its favourite keys: the guitar can be played in all keys, but the best ones are: A major and minor, D major and minor, E major and minor, C, G, F. The others are difficult; [â?¦]. However, some of the difficult ones are included but only in the fourth part. Of course, the easiness of a key essentially depends on the possibility of extensive use of the open strings, especially in the low notes, ensuring the accompaniment on the main degrees.
This edition has some unique features. First of all, it is the first complete modern edition of Carulliâ??s op. 114; it presents an important critical apparatus in which the Carullian technique is presented and analysed; finally, Carulli's original fingering is indicated in the score (including that of the thumb of the left hand) and the missing one was obtained from the comparison of his other fingerings present in other works. All this allows an easy and complete reading both for those who perform the pieces following the nineteenth-century performance practice with a historical instrument, and for those who play a modern instrument.

(Everything You Need to Know About Guitars, Amps, and Effects). By Tobias Hurwitz, Ethan Fiks, and Vivian Clement. For Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Jody Fisher. For Guitar. Guitar Method or Supplement. Jazz. Book and DVD. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Starter Series DVD. Star Licks Starter Series (Foundation-building instructional video). DVD (Digital Video Disc). Size 5.3x7.5 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

By William Bay; performed by Ben Bolt. For Guitar (Classic). method. You Can Teach Yourself. Classic. Level: Beginning. Book DVD. Size 8.75x11.75. 112 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

(Beginning Jazz Guitar). By Jody Fisher. For Guitar. This edition: Standard Notation Only. Book; CD; Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction; Technique Musicianship. Complete Method. Jazz. Beginner. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music

By Jody Fisher. For Guitar. Guitar Method or Supplement. Jazz. Book. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.