Want to be a classical guitarist but never had a lesson? No problem ? this hands-on guide teaches you all the fundamental techniques you need to play scales melodies and full-length pieces in the classical style.  You get plenty of practice exercises to stretch your skills selections from the classical repertoire and a bonus audio CD that helps you play along with the music pieces from the book!   Get acquainted with your guitar ? familiarize yourself with the unique make-up and parts of a classical guitar Start making some music ? play melodies on individual strings move on to arpeggios and getyour fingers in shape with scales Ramp up your technique ? play barres slurs and trills; handle harmonics; master right-hand tremolo; and venture up the neck to play in the higher positions Build yourclassical repertoire ? from Renaissance and Baroque to Classical Romantic and Modern play pieces from the major eras in classical music Practice makes perfect ? improve your performance with expert guidancethrough each exercise and piece in the book Open the book and find: Tips and techniques for playing beautiful pieces How to read music notation andtablature Basic finger and thumb strokes Right- and left-hand techniques Musical examples charts and photos Music pieces from the guitar greats The best ways to care for yourguitar A step-by-step tutorial on changing your strings Bonus CD Includes More than 140 recorded performances of the exercises and pieces featured in thebook Pieces performed using a count-off allowing you to play along in time with the music Tuning notes to help you tune up your guitar

Guitar virtuoso Frederic Hand teaches exquisite classical guitar arrangements of four widely known and much-beloved American folk songs: The Water is Wide Wayfaring Stranger Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair and We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. He shows you how by using lush chords rich harmonies and inventive improvisational elements you can make each one a beautiful and compelling performance piece. Fred teaches full concert arrangements as well as easier alternate versions for novice players who are just getting into this style of music. Learning either (or both) of these will be deeply satisfying for anyone who loves the sound of classicalguitar. Fred Hand makes this a complete learning experience by carefully explaining chord extensions and substitutions harmonic voicings up and down the neck of the guitar and elements of music theory. He shows how to use improvisational techniques and ways to enhance these as well as other songs so that you can make them truly your own.

Media Type : Book Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Classic Series : Anthony Glise Urtext Number of pages : 282 This comprehensive, illustrated text offers an in-depth look at the mechanics and musical thought process of teaching the classical guitar the why rather than the how the classical guitarist does things a certain way. In the author's words, Classical Guitar Pedagogy is the study of how to teach guitarists to teach. This university-level text will be of enormous assistance to the teacher in explaining the musical, anatomical, technical, and psychological underpinning of guitar performance. It contains ideas and techniques to help organize your teaching more efficiently, plus tips on career development as a classical guitar teacher and performer. If you make your living as a classical guitar teacher/performer you owe it to yourself and your students to get this book.

Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain which are not found in the standard guitar repertoire. The pieces in this book start off fairly easy and progress to more challenging ones for intermediate guitarists. One guitar is great but two is twice as nice and working with other musicians is great fun. So get together with another guitarist and have a wonderful time discovering these guitar duet pieces! The accompanying CD features 24 tracks.

This book and accompanying audio are a great introduction to the world of classical Guitar. The user friendly method is ideal for self instruction or for use with a teacher. The book contains many great sounding pieces playable bythe beginning student. This method will get you playing fun music right from the start.

Classical Masterpieces Arranged for Solo Guitar in Standard Notation-The Classical Guitar Compendium brings the world of classical music to guitarists of all levels. This collection features classical Guitar technical studies from Sor Tarrega Guiliani Carcassi and Aguado as well as presenting fresh Guitar arrangements of well-known classical masterpieces. Repertoire compositions are included from the likes of Bach Beethoven Brahms Chopin Debussy Fauré Massenet Mozart Pachelbel Ravel Schumann Tchaikovsky Wagner and more. Access to online audio is also included with Guitar solo performances by Bridget Mermikides. This is the notation only edition.The tablature edition can be found here.

Budget Books, the sensational value for money series presents Classic Rock, arranged for PVG. 73 Songs, including Badge, Some Sail Away, Don't Fear the Reaper, Dream On, Faithfully, Paperbakc Writer, Takin' Care of Business, You Really Got Me. / Variétés / Partition /

Classical Music For Dummies is a friendly funny easy-to-understand guide to composers instruments orchestras concerts recordings and more. Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles ofhuman achievement and this informative guide will shows you just how beautiful and rewarding it can be. You'll learn how Bach is different from Beethoven how Mozart is different still and why not all 'classical' music isactually Classical if it's really Baroque or Romantic. You'll be introduced to the composers and their work and discover the groundbreaking pieces that shake the world every time they're played. Begin building your classicalmusic library with the essential recordings that define orchestral choral and operatic beauty as you get acquainted with the orchestras and musicians that bring the composers to life. Whether you want to play classicalmusic or just learn more about it Classical Music For Dummies will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of this increasingly popular genre. Distinguish Flute from Piccolo Violin from Viola and Trumpet from Trombone. Learn the difference between overtures requiems arias and masses. Explore the composers that shaped music as we know it. Discover the recordings your musiclibrary cannot be without. Classical music has begun sneaking into the mainstream — if your interest has been piqued there's never been a better time to develop an appreciation for this incredibly rich complex and varied body of work. Classical Music For Dummies lays the groundwork and demonstrates just how amazing classical music can be.

A spectacular collection of blockbusting themes from all your favourite silver-screen classics! From the show-stopping pieces of the compelling Shine, through the seedy Jazz of LA Confidential to the suave Ocean's Eleven and the dramatic Apocalypse Now, who can forget these marvellous music moments that have provided depth and character to such celluloid masterpieces - and this is but a handful of the melodies and themes on offer in this unique anthology. All twenty-five fabulous pieces have been carefully arranged as breathtaking Piano solos for you to enjoy again and again. / Classique / Partition /

Easy Instrumental Duets-23 classic rock songs: Bang a Gong (Get It On) · Can't Fight This Feeling · Carry on Wayward Son · Cold As Ice · Come on Eileen · Come Together · Crocodile Rock · Down on the Corner · Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic · Free Fallin' · Hurts So Good · The Joker · Livin' on a Prayer · Maggie May · Mr. Roboto · Money for Nothing · One More Night · Peace of Mind · Reeling in the Years · Smoke on the Water · Summer of '69 · Uptown Girl · You're the Inspiration. Please note: this book can be played with the other woodwind and brass titles in the series.

Featuring 20 of the Rolling Stones greatest hits each Guitar part is carefully arranged in full notation and TAB to be easily playable yet still accurately reflect all of Keith Richard's classic Guitar parts with correct fingerings and tunings.

Easy Instrumental Duets-23 classic rock songs: Bang a Gong (Get It On) · Can't Fight This Feeling · Carry on Wayward Son · Cold As Ice · Come on Eileen · Come Together · Crocodile Rock · Down on the Corner · Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic · Free Fallin' · Hurts So Good · The Joker · Livin' on a Prayer · Maggie May · Mr. Roboto · Money for Nothing · One More Night · Peace of Mind · Reeling in the Years · Smoke on the Water · Summer of '69 · Uptown Girl · You're the Inspiration. Please note: this book can be played with the other woodwind and brass titles in the series.

With this easy to understand yet comprehensive method you will learn to play classic Guitar in all of the basic keys. In addition you will play a very wide assortment of solos ranging from the Renaissance to 20th Centurycompositions. Also you will be taught to play many of the great student masterpieces by composers such as Sor Carcassi Carulli Diabelli Guiliani Bach Handel and Dowland. Finally studies are contained for playingin the 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th positions. You Can Teach Yourself Classic Guitar is definitely a 'hands on' method that gets you playing wonderful classic Guitar literature. The online video providesclose-up views of the Guitar to help you understand the lessons. Includes access to online audio and video.