This book presents 23 progressive piano pieces written by Bela Bartok,transcribed for two guitars. The material is great for classical guitar technique, sight-reading and overall musicianship. Pieces are written in standard notation and tablature.

Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1A is the first in a progressive series using a wide variety of musical repertoire and educational material to provide a solid technical foundation for classical guitar students, exposing the full range of the instrument’s potential and repertoire. Book 1A is most appropriate for students with no prior knowledge of the guitar or music theory, or for those who simply want a fresh start with the classic guitar. It is written in three broad sections: Progressive Studies and Pieces, Technical Exercises and Rhythmic Reading. Tips on how to integrate the three sections are provided throughout the book. Every chapter begins with exercises written specifically to improve a certain aspect of one’s playing, followed by various examples from the classical music repertoire and traditional songs from various cultures. While every aspect of classical guitar technique is clearly described and illustrated, students using this book would still benefit from the advice and constructive feedback of a competent teacher. Consequently, teachers will find opportunities to assert their individual teaching perspectives within this method, making it a perfect road map for the instructor and student’s musical journey. Written in standard notation only, Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1A comes with extensive online audio examples. Fingering is kept to a minimum to encourage effective sight reading, allowing teachers and students to annotate their own ideas about digitation and contribute to their own learning process. Includes access to online audio.

(Easy Instrumental Duets). 24 favorite melodies from top classical composers in easy duet arrangements for two instrumentalists are featured in this collection, including: Air on the G String * Blue Danube Waltz * Canon in D * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Hallelujah Chorus * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Minuet in G Major * Ode to Joy * Pictures at an Exhibition * Sheep May Safely Graze * Trumpet Voluntary * William Tell Overture * and more. Arrangements work for two violins or can be used with the other string titles from this series.

A collection of String Duets for Violin and Viola, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

(Music Pro Guides). Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scoring are offered by dozens of major colleges and universities. And increasingly, pop and contemporary classical composers are expanding their reach into cinema and other forms of screen entertainment. Yet a search on Amazon reveals at least 50 titles under the category of film music, and, remarkably, only a meager few actually allow readers to see the music itself, while none of them examine landmark scores like Vertigo , To Kill a Mockingbird , Patton , The Untouchables , or The Matrix in the detail provided by Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music . This is the first book since Roy M. Prendergast's 1977 benchmark, Film Music: A Neglected Art , to treat music for motion pictures as a compositional style worthy of serious study. Through extensive and unprecedented analyses of the original concert scores, it is the first to offer both aspiring composers and music educators with a view from the inside of the actual process of scoring-to-picture. The core thesis of Scoring the Screen is that music for motion pictures is indeed a language , developed by the masters of the craft out of a dramatic and commercial necessity to communicate ideas and emotions instantaneously to an audience. Like all languages, it exists primarily to convey meaning . To quote renowned orchestrator Conrad Pope (who has worked with John Williams, Howard Shore, and Alexandre Desplat, among others): "If you have any interest in what music 'means' in film, get this book. Andy Hill is among the handful of penetrating minds and ears engaged in film music today."

THE DROP VOICING BOOK FOR GUITAR is a comprehensive text covering the logic behind "drop" voicings and their application to harmonic progressions and voice-leading. This ground-breaking resource investigates/includes: How "drop" voicings are formed, and their application to the guitar Four types of drop voicings on nine string sets The art of spacing or voicing chords Six "core" 6th & 7th chord qualities How to derive voicings from elemental forms How to move beyond mere memorization and recitation of shapes and voice-lead harmonic textures spontaneously Nine comprehensive studies on the Autumn Leaves chord progression Reductive techniques to tailor density & register to ensemble/context Using chordal knowledge to improvise harmonically-specific melodies Harmonizing melodies: "chord-melody" playing Extended tertian harmony Substitution & superimposition theory and techniques Alteration techniques to create an enormous palette of additional chord qualities Free audio downloads TAB, standard notation, diagrams, and comprehensive charts for practice and reference QUOTES ON THE AUTHOR: "Dan Cosley is a real, gifted musician with genuine skills as a composer. He belongs to a restricted community of guitarists who place music even above the guitar." - Roland Dyens "Exceptional qualities as a performer, scholar, and human being... Cosley is also a very talented and accomplished composer and improviser." - Ricardo Iznaola AUTHOR BIO: DAN COSLEY is a guitarist, composer, and arranger based in Kyoto, Japan. An expert on classical guitar technique and repertoire, as well as jazz improvisation, Dan has successfully prepared students to attend top institutions such as the Berklee College of Music while maintaining a full teaching, composing, and performing schedule. Three intensive years as teaching assistant to renowned pedagogue Ricardo Iznaola strongly influenced Dan's teaching and learning approach. Afterward, he served as professor of music at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon, where he taught classical and jazz guitar, orchestration, guitar ensemble, notation, and composition. In 2017, following the closure of Marylhurst University, Dan took leave from academia and relocated to Kyoto, Japan, to intensify his composition and performance activities. Most recently he has created wayoftheguitar.com, a comprehensive online training system for fret-board harmony, aural skills, and improvisation.

A guide to music provides recommendations on one thousand recordings that represent the best in such genres as classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, and opera, with listening notes, commentary, and anecdotes about performers.

This collection of arrangements for solo guitar is an ideal introduction to Scarlatti's music. The ten varied pieces were carefully chosen for their musical character and technical suitability at intermediate and advanced levels. Core repertoire for Grades 68 of ABRSM's Guitar syllabus. Includes idiomatic adaptations, with original ornamentation.