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.
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6763EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6763EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6763EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
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Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6765EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6765EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6765EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6765EM).
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6761EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6761EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6761EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6761EM).
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#WBM58M. Published by Mel
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ISBN
9781736363058. 8.75x11.75
inches.
A
comprehensive collection
of 172 guitar solos for
the flatpick or plectrum
guitarist. All solos are
written in standard
notation with
accompanying online
recordings by the author.
The solos include
beautiful American,
British and Celtic airs
and ballads, Celtic dance
tunes, lute and early
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repertoire and
contemporary etudes.
Includes access to online
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Composed by Miguel
Llobet.
Edited by Stefano
Grondona.
This edition: Saddle-wire
stitching. Sheet music.
1048
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Services) #GHE 900.
Published
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Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6766EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6766EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6766EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6766EM).
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6764EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6764EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6764EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6764EM).
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6760EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6760EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6760EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6760EM).
by Mel Bay. For all guitars. Modern Guitar Method. All styles, solos & duets. Le...(+)
by Mel Bay. For all
guitars. Modern Guitar
Method. All styles, solos
& duets. Level: Multiple
Levels. Book. Method.
Size 8.75x11.75. 320
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Pub., Inc.
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6767EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6767EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6767EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6767EM).
ISBN
9790365067671.
This
sonata (WeissSW No. 15,
London) is one of a new
series of eight sonatas
by Silvius Leopold Weiss
arranged for the first
time for guitar and
published by Metropolis
Music. Sonata X comes
from Weissâ??s middle
â??productiveâ??
period, thought to have
taken place between 1719
and 1725. The original
tablature manuscript is
in the British Library
(London Ms. Add. 30387).
The Sonata has six
movements: Allemande,
Courante, Paisane,
Sarabande, Menuet, and it
ends with a Gigue. There
is a another copy of this
Sonata in the Warszawa
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka
Poland (in its entirety),
and a copy in the
Sächsisches
Landesbibliothek in
Dresden (Suite XXVI),
which contains three
concordant movements:
Allemande, Courante, and
the Gigue. The Dresden
manuscript displays some
differences from the
London manuscript. This
Edition has taken those
differences into account
in certain details.
Originally, the Sonata is
written in B flat major,
a key often used by Weiss
as it is appropriate for
playing the lute, but
rather awkward with the
guitar. For ease and
effectiveness of playing,
I have transposed the
Sonata a minor third
lower to G major. To
create more concordance
with the baroque tuning
of the lute, the G string
is lowered by a semitone
to F sharp. I suggest
using a capodastro to
achieve the original
pitch. Based on the
present standard of A at
440 Hertz, the capo
should be placed at the
3rd fret. However, during
Weissâ??s lifetime, it
was more common in many
parts of Germany to use a
standard of A at 415
Hertz -â? a semitone
lower. So, to hear the
pitch heard by Weiss and
his contemporaries, the
capo should then be
positioned at the 2nd
fret.
(32 Transcriptions for Guitar). Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-17...(+)
(32 Transcriptions for
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Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791).
Arranged by Martin Hegel.
For
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Softcover. Schott Music
#ED21856. Published by
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Edited by Frederick Noad. For guitar. Format: guitar solo book. With standard gu...(+)
Edited by Frederick Noad.
For guitar. Format:
guitar solo book. With
standard guitar notation
(no tablature),
fingerings, performance
notes and introductory
text. Renaissance,
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ISBN 9781470635077.
UPC: 038081521558.
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Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arranged by Leon Block. Guitar sol...(+)
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827),
arranged by Leon Block.
Guitar solo book (no
tablature) for guitar.
With standard guitar
notation. 16 pages.
Published by Marks.
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
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pages. 9x12 inches.
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