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.
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
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Guitar SKU: LM.27634 Composed by Patrice Jania. Michel Leclerc. Pop, jazz...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
LM.27634
Composed by
Patrice Jania. Michel
Leclerc. Pop, jazz. Score
and CD. Editions Henry
Lemoine #27634. Published
by Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.27634).
ISBN
9790230976343.
Nobo
dy knows the trouble I've
seen - Oh happy day - I
shall not be rnoved - Go
down Moses - How great t
ho u art - Down by the
riversside - Will the
circle be unbroken -
Battle hymn of the
republic - Wade in the
water - Amazing grace -
This litle light of mine
- When the saints go
marching in.
24 Preludios para guitarra Guitare [Partition + Accès audio] - Intermédiaire Music Distribution Services
Guitar - intermediate to advanced SKU: M7.GHE-702-96 Composed by Manuel P...(+)
Guitar - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
M7.GHE-702-96
Composed by Manuel Ponce.
Edited by Stefano
Grondona. This edition:
Saddle-wire stitching.
Sheet music with Online
material. Critical
Edition. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#GHE 702-96. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services)
(M7.GHE-702-96).
Guitar - advanced SKU: M7.GHE-913 Faksimiles of Llobet's annotated cop...(+)
Guitar - advanced
SKU:
M7.GHE-913
Faksimiles of Llobet's
annotated copies.
Composed by Fernando Sor.
Edited by Stefano
Grondona. Arranged by
Miguel Llobet. This
edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
Op. 6, 29, 31, 35. 124
pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#GHE 913. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.GHE-913).
ISBN 9783890449135.
English.
A unique
view of Llobet, as a
champion and arranger of
Sor. The Sor studies
reproduced in facsimile
are from Llobet's own
library. In an interview
in Barcelona in 1929,
which is reproduced in
full in this edition,
Llobet announced his
intention of preparing a
new edition of the Sor
studies. Judging by the
density of his marking
and copious added and
altered fingering in this
facsimile edition, he
seemed in fact to be
doing just this.
Unfortunately, a new
edition edited by him
never came to fruition!
We have prepared our
facsimile edition of
these later printings of
Simrock editions (a gift
from Erwin
Schwarz-Reiflingen in
1928), carefully
restoring the originals
to make these pages
clearer, so that not only
is everything more
legible, but most
importantly, all of
Llobet´s fingerings
and amendments are
clearly legible. In this
volume dedicated to Sor,
we have re-engraved for
inclusion here all 6 of
Llobet's very fine Sor
transcriptions from La
Guitarra in Argentina,
fingered and arranged by
Llobet.
Edited by Frederick Noad. For guitar. Format: guitar solo book. With standard no...(+)
Edited by Frederick Noad.
For guitar. Format:
guitar solo book. With
standard notation (no
tablature), fingerings,
performance notes and
introductory text.
Classical period. 170
pages. Music Salesinches.
Published by Amsco
Edited by Jerry Willard. For guitar. Format: guitar solo book (spiral bound). Wi...(+)
Edited by Jerry Willard.
For guitar. Format:
guitar solo book (spiral
bound). With standard
notation (no tablature)
and fingerings.
Renaissance, baroque,
classical period and
romantic period. 240
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Music Sales.
Book with Online Audio & Video Guitar SKU: HL.346730 The Best Step-by-...(+)
Book with Online Audio &
Video Guitar
SKU:
HL.346730
The Best
Step-by-Step Guide to
Start Playing. Do It
Yourself. Method.
Softcover Media Online.
136 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.346730).
ISBN 9781540094797.
UPC: 840126925111.
9.0x12.0x0.329
inches.
Do-It-Yours
elf Guitar is a fun way
to get started playing on
your own. Using over 90
well-known pop and rock
tunes, you will be given
step-by-step instructions
on what you need to know
to get started and
sounding like a pro in no
time. Includes over 150
audio tracks for
demonstration and
play-along, plus video
instruction that covers
all concepts within!
Covers: Guitar
fundamentals; reading
guitar tablature;
fret-hand and pick-hand
techniques; chords &
chord progressions;
scales; techniques for
acoustic and electric
guitar; lead guitar;
fingerstyle guitar;
playing styles of famous
guitarists; demonstraton
and play-along audio
tracks; video instruction
and demonstration; and
more! The price of this
book includes access to
audio and video online,
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Includes PLAYBACK+, a
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player that allows you to
slow down audio without
changing pitch, set loop
points, change keys, and
pan left or
right–available
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(Estudios Sencillos) Composed by Leo Brouwer (1939-). For classical guitar solo....(+)
(Estudios Sencillos)
Composed by Leo Brouwer
(1939-). For classical
guitar solo. Format:
guitar solo book. With
standard guitar notation
and fingerings. Cuban. 5
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Eschig.
Guitar - intermediate to advanced SKU: M7.GHE-905 Sin palabras. Ed...(+)
Guitar - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
M7.GHE-905
Sin
palabras. Edited by
Stefano Grondona.
Arranged by Miguel
Llobet. This edition:
Saddle-wire stitching.
Sheet music. 64 pages.
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) #GHE 905.
Published by MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
(M7.GHE-905).
ISBN
9783890449050.
English.
The piano
played an important part
in Llobet's life. He and
his wife Anita Aguilar
were accomplished
pianists. This volume
concentrates on the
piano's Central European
classical repertoire,
which Llobet knew well.
These arrangements are
absolute gems, and this
volume contains two
unpublished works.
(2018). Rockschool
Classics. Exam Material.
Book with Online Audio.
Composed 2018. Rockschool
#RSK200074. Published by
Rockschool
(BT.RSK200074).
ISBN
9781789360103.
English.
Learn
to play rock and pop with
Rockschool. These
specially written
arrangements develop the
skills and techniques you
need to help you achieve
your musical goals.
Rockschool Classics
Guitar Grade 6-8 contains
eight of thebiggest rock
tracks from the past five
decades arranged for you
to play in your exam for
Grades 6-8. You can
choose two pieces from
Rockschool Classics to
play in your Grade Exam
or three to play in your
PeformanceCertificate.
Featuring:
Iron Maiden - 2
Minutes To Midnight
Metallica - Holier
Than Thou
Foo
Fighters - Rope
AC/DC - You Shook Me
All Night Long
King's X - We Were
Born ToBeLoved
Queens of the Stone
Age - No One Knows
Plus:
Band and artist fact
files with recommended
listening
Acoustic Guitar - Grade 6;Grade 7;Grade 8 Fingerstyle and Plectrum Pieces for ...(+)
Acoustic Guitar - Grade
6;Grade 7;Grade 8
Fingerstyle and Plectrum
Pieces
for Trinity College
London
Exams 2020-2023.
Classical.
Textbook. Trinity College
London #TCL019950.
Published
by Trinity College London
Guitar - intermediate to advanced SKU: M7.GHE-906 Spain to Mitteleurop...(+)
Guitar - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
M7.GHE-906
Spain
to Mitteleuropa.
Edited by Stefano
Grondona. Arranged by
Miguel Llobet. This
edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
56 pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#GHE 906. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.GHE-906).
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-6 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Andrea...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-6
Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Arranged by Andrea
Schiavina and Mario
Martino. Saddle
stitching. Classical.
Score and Parts. Ut
Orpheus #CH 6. Published
by Ut Orpheus (UT.CH-6).
Ãœber 50 Klassiker &
aktuelle Hits für
Akustikgitarre.
Composed by Wieland
Harms. This edition:
Klebebindung. Sheet
music. 168 pages. Edition
Melodia #GRG 106102100.
Published by Edition
Melodia
(M7.GRG-106102100).
ISBN 9783872523532.
German.
Ãœber 50
Rock- & Popsongs fu?r
Akustikgitarre - vom
kultigen Klassiker bis
zum aktuellen Hit Das
breite Spektrum des
Repertoires vom
3-Akkorde-Stu?ck bis zum
anspruchsvollen
Chord-Melody-Arrangement
ist Motivation fu?r den
Anfänger und stellt
dem Fortgeschrittenen
Songmaterial zur
Verfu?gung, mit dem er
sich stilistisch und
spieltechnisch
weiterentwickeln kann.
Viele Fotos und
Informationen zu den
Bands, Teilweise mit
Noten & Texten, teilweise
nur mit Chord Charts.
130 Easy Concert Pieces from 6 Centuries for Guitar. Composed by Various. Ed...(+)
130 Easy Concert Pieces
from
6 Centuries for Guitar.
Composed by Various.
Edited
by Martin Hegel. Guitar.
Softcover. 124 pages.
Schott
Music #ED22626. Published
by
Schott Music
Guitar - intermediate SKU: M7.GHE-701 Pour la guitare. Composed by...(+)
Guitar - intermediate
SKU: M7.GHE-701
Pour la guitare.
Composed by Antoine de
Lhoyer. Edited by Erik
Stenstadvold. This
edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
Performing score,
Critical Edition. Op. 27.
20 pages. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#GHE 701. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.GHE-701).
ISBN 9783890447018.
English.
We proudly
present this new modern
critical edition of
Antoine de Lhoyer's Six
Exercices Op. 27,
originally published in
Paris around 1812. These
exercises, originally
written for 5-string
guitar, are remarkably
advanced for their time
and well worth playing;
the rapid arpeggio
patterns and daring
harmonic shifts in some
of them may bring even
Villa-Lobos to mind. The
Six Exercices Op. 27 were
arranged by Giuliani and
published some 7 years
later under his name as
Six Preludes Op. 83. The
exercises were originally
written for 5-string
guitar. We have added
alternative readings for
using the 6th string, an
often employed publishing
practice of the period.
The music is edited and
fingered by Erik
Stenstadvold, an
authority on the guitar
repertoire of the early
19th century. There is
also an informative
preface, with full
biographical details and
critical notes.
Valses Et Menuets Guitare [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Lemoine, Henry
Guitar - Level 3 SKU: LM.27830 Composed by Fernando Sor. Oscar Caceres. C...(+)
Guitar - Level 3
SKU:
LM.27830
Composed by
Fernando Sor. Oscar
Caceres. Classical.
Score. Editions Henry
Lemoine #27830. Published
by Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.27830).
ISBN
9790230978309.
Vals
es, Op.2 n. 2 et 4, Op.8
n. 6, Op.17 n. 2 a 5,
Op.18 n. 1, 3 et 4, Op.32
n. 2, Op.33 n. 2, Op.43
n. 6, Op.45 n. 4, Op.48
n. 4 et 5, Op.51 n. 2, 3,
4 et 6, Op.57 n. 3 et 5 -
Menuets, Op.3 n. 2, Op.5
n. 1 et 3, Op.11 n. 1 a 8
et 10, Op.24 n. 1, 5 et
6. Extraits des sonates,
Op.22, 25 et 34. Extrait
de Folies d'Espagne,
Op.15.
Guitar (classical) - Beginning SKU: MB.20133 Composed by Elias Barreiro. ...(+)
Guitar (classical) -
Beginning
SKU:
MB.20133
Composed by
Elias Barreiro. Style,
Classical and Lute,
Method, Perfect binding.
Classic. Book. 168 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#20133. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.20133).
ISBN
9780786666805. UPC:
796279087247. 8.75 x
11.75 inches. By Elias
Barreiro.
The
result of decades of
experience in teaching
the classical guitar,
this method introduces
the student to
the earliest stages of
learning how to
play the classical
guitar, from learning
how to read music to
becoming
an accomplished
player. This
gradually progressing
approach covers
scales, including
scales in thirds, sixths
and octaves in all
major and minor
keys, arpeggios,
chords, slurs,
harmonics, and more.
The technical aspects in
this book are
supplemented with a vast
number of exercises
and solos, from easy
to more advanced,
including
repertoire music to
make the process of
learning to play the
guitar a most
enjoyable experience.
Written in
standard notation
only.