Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 I have a question about classical guitar pieces. How come whenever I look for books or CDs with classical guitar pieces, how come it seems like 99% are Bach? There isn't anything wrong with Bach, he is a genius and his music lends itself rather well to guitar, but with other names in classical music that are just as recongnizeable as Bach's, how come I don't see near as many classical guitar pieces based upon other composer's compositions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billygoat17 Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 If you find the good stuff, it's gonna be full of Sor and Carulli, etc. etc. The royal conservatory of music over here has different grades of books with different pieces, and looking at some of them i don't see an overabundance of bach. billygoat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BROLEX Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 because youre after "classical pieces". try latin american composers like mangore, barrios, villa-lobos et al. this is the stuff i prefer over the mechanical sounding european pieces anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 I have a question about classical guitar pieces. How come whenever I look for books or CDs with classical guitar pieces, how come it seems like 99% are Bach? Probably because you're looking in the wrong places. Most of the material that classical guitarists study are often by Sor, Tarrega, Giuliani, Aguado, Carcassi, et al. Bach wasn't a classical guitarist. Some of his works were merely transcribed for CG. If you're an absolute beginner, you could always check-out Jerry Willard's easy collections of works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maximum Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 because youre after "classical pieces".try latin american composers like mangore, barrios, villa-lobos et al. this is the stuff i prefer over the mechanical sounding european pieces anyway Also, look for more specific sub-genres -- Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, etc. There was a great series of 4 or so books a number of years ago for classical guitar, each focusing on one of those specialties. They treated "Classical" in one book, and by their interpretation limited "Classical", as opposed to Baroque, etc., to a few decades in the 18th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChiyoDad Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 BTW, here's another compendium that I like. It's by Stephan Schmidt. He groups the pieces by period/genre. This book also has a CD and, like Willard's books, are written in both standard notation and tablature. Any of those books would give you a great introduction to the breadth of classical guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted March 25, 2008 Members Share Posted March 25, 2008 I have a question about classical guitar pieces. How come whenever I look for books or CDs with classical guitar pieces, how come it seems like 99% are Bach? There isn't anything wrong with Bach, he is a genius and his music lends itself rather well to guitar, but with other names in classical music that are just as recongnizeable as Bach's, how come I don't see near as many classical guitar pieces based upon other composer's compositions? Check out Christopher Parkenings Method Book, volume 2. Lots of good repertoire in there, from many different eras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DarkHorseJ27 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 26, 2008 Out of composers whose peices weren't originally composed for guitar I see more Bach than others. I just wonder why I don't see as much Beethoven or Mozart or Vivaldi as I do Bach. Sorry I didn't word my original question very well. But some good information I didn't know though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted March 26, 2008 Members Share Posted March 26, 2008 Try this book edited by Harvey Vinson Solos For Classic Guitar: (WFS 43) - Book Classical Guitar Series SheetMusic.com 86 titles including Prelude by J.S. Bach, Andante by Mozart, Bagatelle by Schumann, Pavana by Tarrega, Prelude by Coste, Nocturne De Salon by Carulli, and Dance Rondo by Giuliani. Lots of etudes, also. Sor, Carcassi, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted March 26, 2008 Members Share Posted March 26, 2008 Out of composers whose peices weren't originally composed for guitar I see more Bach than others. I just wonder why I don't see as much Beethoven or Mozart or Vivaldi as I do Bach.Sorry I didn't word my original question very well.But some good information I didn't know though! Maybe a lot of room for transcription work, there. Bach did a lot of composition that are string friendly, cello, lute, violin suites. Some composers works may not lend themselves as easily to transcription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted March 26, 2008 Members Share Posted March 26, 2008 Maybe a lot of room for transcription work, there.Bach did a lot of composition that are string friendly, cello, lute, violin suites.Some composers works may not lend themselves as easily to transcription. Agreed.......couldn't have said it better myself! Also, Bach did compose four Lute Suites. Beethoven, Mozart, etc did not write for lute. But they did write a lot for piano which often doesn't transcribe well to the guitar. Exceptions to that statement, of course, are several piano pieces by Albeniz which arguably sound better on guitar than on piano. Here is virtuoso guitarist William Kanengiser playing his transcription of a famous Mozart piano piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPP0_va2krc . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wooki97 Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 hi i just want to add some classical guitarist to the list gaspar sanz fernando carulli napoleon coste dionisio aguado mauro giuliani john download(lute) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogueGnome Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 hii just want to add some classical guitarist to the listgaspar sanzfernando carullinapoleon costedionisio aguadomauro giulianijohn download(lute) Really?John Download?What a great name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogueGnome Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 Here's a cache of free tabs from yes, Bach (only 8 are his) and a whole bunch of others, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattSkibaIsGOD Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 All hilarity aside, Dowland's pieces are gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Galabar Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Graded-Classical-Guitar-Studies-Fred-Noad/dp/0711906122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 john download(lute) Jeeze, that guy was certainly ahead of his time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wooki97 Posted September 9, 2009 Members Share Posted September 9, 2009 Really?John Download?What a great name! haha. john dowland. i meant haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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