ISBN 9781513455006.

Intermediate-level guitarists will enjoy playing through this varied collection of pieces, all in one volume. A wide gamut of composers from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century is included, along with a few anonymous contributions. Continuing with the techniques and carefully thought-out fingerings and notation employed in Dr. Afshars previous publication (Beginning Pieces for Classical Guitar), selections like Carcassi Study #3 and Sor Studies Nos. 5 and 6 require the execution of rest stroke technique on their melodies in order to distinguish them clearly from the concurrent free-stroke accompaniment. In the same spirit, Study No. 5 by Fernando Sor has been written out in a way that clearly shows the melody as it appears on beats one and three. The nine-movement suites by Gaspar Sanz and Robert de Visee introduce the student guitarist to Baroque dances and ornamentation.

Item Number: S9.Q49597

Costes 25 Etudes de genre opus 38 and 6 studies from the Method de Guitare by Fernando Sor are standard repertoire for solo guitar.

Presenting the first volume of the Flat Key Series for guitar: Five Studies in F Major.

I - A short Fernando Sor inspired waltz with a simple melody and sequential interlude.
II - This study features two-voice counterpoint with a brief arpeggiated interlude.
III - This full-on arpeggio study in sextuplets incorporates hammer-ons and pull-offs and includes a brief exploration of the relative minor.
IV - This study fuses a flowing syncopated pattern with extended and altered chords and a smooth melody.
V - Inspired by Astor Piazzolla, this study opens with a chromatic sequence leading into a resolute melody supported by a rich harmony and decorated with quintuplet embellishments.

The Flat Key Series features not often seen keys for guitar to expand the guitarist's harmonic vocabulary and experience. Keep an eye out for additional volumes or contact KPMP for more information.

German - English.

NOW IN ONE VOLUME! Since their first publication in 1992 the Microstudies of Abel Carlevaro have become firmly established among the most important sets of didactic studies for the guitar from the 20th century. Composed at the suggestion of Chanterelle, these studies, twenty in all, cover practically every aspect of guitar technique. Although they constitute an essential complement to Carlevaro's theoretical works, the Escuela de Guitarraand the legendary Cuadernos, his four volume series of technical exercises, they can be used on their own. The music is of the consistent high quality and originality we have to come to expect from Carlevaro and, as with many of his works, the essence of Tango and Milonga can be felt throughout the entire collection. These short yet compact miniatures, many of which are barely a minute in duration, are arranged in a progressive order of difficulty following the same time-honoured structure as used by Fernando Sor, Leo Brouwer and others. Until now the Microstudies were available in four separate volumes published between 1992-2000. The present new revised edition in one single volume offers great value for money and will put them within easy reach of guitarists and students everywhere.

Francísco Tárrega (1852 ? 1909) è il fondatore della Scuola Chitarristica Spagnola, la solache può vantare più di 150 anni distoria e un unico filo conduttore.

Partitodall?opera di Fernando Sor (1778 ?1839) e di Dionisio Aguado (1784 ?1849), Tàrrega ampliò e affinò la tecnica, arricchendo la chitarra classica dinuovi mezzi espressivi e di repertorio. Tali innovazioni sono giunte fino ainostri giorni grazie ai suoi numerosi discepoli diretti, tra cui Miguel Llobet, Daniel Fortea e PascualRoch e indiretti: Andrés Segovia,Regino ed Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, AlirioDíaz, Pasqualino Garzia e molti altri.

Emilio Pujol (1886 ? 1980), che studiò con Tárrega durante gliultimi 7 anni di vita di quest?ultimo, raccolse l?eredità del Maestro in un monumentalemetodo, in 4 volumi, di inestimabile valore: la Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra,basada en los principios de la técnica de Tárrega, con una prefazione di Manuel De Falla, portando a termine ciò che perTárrega restò un sogno e che la morte prematura non gli permise neanche diiniziare.

Il CaprichoÁrabe, scritto nel1899, è forse la composizione più celebrata di Tárrega, dopo Recuerdosde la Alhambra.

In questarevisione ho tenuto presente la versione pubblicata in Spagna dall?editore UnionMusical Española e le biografie più importanti scritte su Tárrega:EmilioPujol: Tárrega (Edizioni: L?empreinte mélodique), Wolf Moser: Francisco Tárrega yla guitarra en España entre 1830 y 1960 (Edizioni: Piles) e AdriánRius Espinós: Francisco Tárrega, una biografíadocumental (Edizioni:Orphenica Lyra).

Alla luce di taliletture, ho ritenuto opportuno segnare le dinamiche e omettere alcuniabbellimenti e glissati. Lo stesso Tárrega, infatti, pare ebbe dei ripensamentia riguardo. Ho mantenuto, pertanto, quelli nelle ripetizioni, tagliando glialtri. Ho aggiunto e cambiato alcune diteggiature di entrambe le mani, considerandol?evoluzione della chitarra classica anche dal punto di vista della costruzione,nonché la tecnica flamenca. Infine, l?idea nell?Introduzione, di eseguire laseconda scala discendente, interamente con la sola mano sinistra, è, invece,totalmente mia.

Bojano, 29Settembre 2020.

Flavio Sala.

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ISBN 9781619110601. This is an anthology of beautiful easy-to-moderate level pieces by 19th century masters of the guitar: Dionisio Aguado, Antonio Cano, Federico Cano, Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor, and Francisco Terrega, adapted for a modern right-hand technique that includes the little finger. German Professor of Guitar Leonhard Beck has compiled this collection with the assistance of Charles Postlewate, pioneer of the use of the right hand little finger. It shows the advantage of using the little finger in the playing of scales, chords, arpeggios, tremolos and harmonics for speed, accuracy, strength and balance. These studies make good repertoire pieces for the beginning guitarist or for the advanced guitarist who wishes to add the little finger to an already-developed right-hand technique. They are graded in three levels of Easy (7 studies), Easy-Intermediate (9 studies) and Intermediate (11 studies) for the progressive development of the right hand. An ideal companion to MB98710 - Right Hand Studies for Five Fingers: Using Chords, Arpeggios, Tremolos and Harmonics by Charles Postlewate. Standard notation only.