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Without doubt Faernando Sor is one of the most important composers for guitar in the opening years of the 19th century. He was born in 1778 in Barcelona, and in the famous Benedictine monastery at Montserrat in Catalonia he received a through groundig in singing, organ, guitar and composition. While only 17 he wrote his first opera, Telemaco en la Isla de Calipso, which was successfully performed in Barcelona. Fernando Sor left a legacy of 63 compositions for guitar, including Sonatas, Studies, sets of Variations and Fantasias. The influence of Haydn and Mozart can be clearly seen in his work, and indeed his entire output is dominated by the classical style. This aspect is perfectly demonstrated in his Fantasia in A major op. 4 no. 2, which bears witness to the elegance and mastery of Sor's composition.

Lista utworów:
Sonata op. 15 nr 2 (Sor Fernando)

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Publikacja jest doskonałą pozycją dla wszystkich gitarzystów. Obejmuje ćwiczenia oparte na nowoczesnej technice gry i ćwiczenia na skalach muzycznych. Autor książki - Aldo Minella - objaśnia m. in. sposoby uderzania w struny, grę legato, grę akordową z chwytem barre i wiele innych zagadnień.

"Dream of Black Isle" was written for the Edinburgh guitarist Michael Mc Geary and premiered by him in April 1989 at the Inverness Easter Festival; it identifies strongly with a landscape painting by Jake Jackson who lives in the Scottish Highlands near Black Isle. Its first movement was based on the extreme left of the painting where I felt a powerful sense of ancient war and death, and a ghostly processional.

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Dream of black isle (Kilvington's Chris)

The solos in this book have been found to be especially well suited for players who have not played guitar solos before. They are printed in approximate order of difficulty, the easier pieces first, the harder pieces later. Study Notes have been added after each piece, giving the kind of help that a teacher might give in a lesson. In some cases, two versions of a solo have been printed, showing different ways of playing it. Small exercises have been added to help with certain problems.

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The Hearth (Gavall John)
The Fair (Gavall John)
The Hussar (Gavall John)
Campfire Dance (Gavall John)
Funny Face (Gavall John)
Hunter's Reel (Gavall John)
The Flower (Gavall John)
Hurdy Gurdy (Gavall John)
Nocturne (Gavall John)
Schuhplattler (Gavall John)

One of the world's most popular beginning classical guitar methods by South American guitar virtuoso Julio Sagreras and translated by Bernard Moore. Features carefully sequenced studies covering technique and theory through music etudes and pieces.

Szkoła na gitarę klasyczną południowo-amerykańskiego wirtuoza gitary - Julio Sagreras'a. Szkoła składa się z cyklu sześciu części pierwotnie wydanych w języku hiszpańskim, prezentowana publikacja jest wydaniem dwujęzycznym: hiszpańsko-angielskim. Tłumaczenia dokonal amerykański gitarzysta Bernard Moore.

Felix Hortezky (born 1796) was a reamrkable Polish composer, Giuliani's student, guitar virtuoso and teacher. He composed a number of concert pieces, as well as instructive and amusement ones (like presented divertimentos). It was an answer to growing popularity that guitar was gaining in noble and middle classes in the first half of 19th century.

Lista utworów:
Twelve divertimentos op. 23 (Horecki Feliks)

Now Available With CDs! This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new, more con-temporary framework. For private, class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new format that incorporates chord frames and symbols, as well as a record to assist in tuning and to provide accompaniments for at-home practice. Book One also introduces beginning fingerboard technique and music theory. Book Two and Three build upon the techniques learned in Book One.

This specially priced package contains the revolutionary finger positioning guides Don't Fret Note Map and Don't Fret Chord Map, created by Nicholas Ravagni. These maps fit electric and acoustic guitars without using adhesives or fasteners, showing note names all over the fretboard or the ten most commonly used first-position chords using a unique color-coded method that makes music reading easy. Each pack also includes music instruction and three simple songs that even beginners will be able to play in no time! With this pack you get both guides for only $16.95!

This innovative new product created by 11-year-old Nicholas Ravagni and featured on ABC's World News Tonight makes it easier to learn to play electric or acoustic guitar! Whether you're a beginner just starting out or an experienced player who wants to learn to read music, it will give you the tools you need to learn to locate notes on your guitar. The Don't Fret Note Map(TM) is made of cling vinyl - no fasteners or glues required - and is easy to install. Simply peel the note map off the backing paper and guide one edge between the strings and fretboard, positioning the fret holes in the vinyl over the corresponding frets on the instrument and stretching the device tight across the fretboard as you position the notes under the proper strings. Press one side against the back of the neck, then fold the other side smoothly over the first, and you're ready to play! The note map does not affect tone or playability, and is removable after each use! Shows note names and locations across the fretboard - over all 12 frets • Unique color-coded method makes music reading easy • Accurately accelerates 'finger memory' • Includes music instruction and three simple songs to play • No previous musical experience needed!

Now Available With CDs! This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new, more con-temporary framework. For private, class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new format that incorporates chord frames and symbols, as well as a record to assist in tuning and to provide accompaniments for at-home practice. Book One also introduces beginning fingerboard technique and music theory. Book Two and Three build upon the techniques learned in Book One.

Lista utworów:
G Tuning: First Position
Using The Practice Tracks
The G/D Conversion
The G/A And D/E Conversion
Standard Tuning: Blues Boxes
Standard Tuning, Key Of E
Standard Tuning, Any Key
Revisualizing Roadmaps With The Capo
Introduction
G Tuning: Barred Chords
G Tuning: 12th Fret Soloing
D Tuning: First Position
D Tuning: Barred Chords
D Tuning: 12th Fret Soloing
Preliminaries

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Now Available With CDs! This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new, more con-temporary framework. For private, class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new format that incorporates chord frames and symbols, as well as a record to assist in tuning and to provide accompaniments for at-home practice. Book One also introduces beginning fingerboard technique and music theory. Book Two and Three build upon the techniques learned in Book One.

We are very proud to present the first guitar method ever targeted towards church musicians! If you're an aspiring acoustic or electric guitarist who wants to sing and play songs in praise of God, then this book/CD pack is a must-have. You'll learn: chords, strum patterns, 24 great songs, how to read music, how to tune your guitar, how to change strings, and much more! As an added bonus, it also features a special section on how to lead contemporary worship. The companion CD features 87 tracks, including tuning notes and 24 songs. No prior musical experience is required to use this book.

Every kid wants to play guitar, and this innovative new instructional method lets them do just that! It's designed for use in the general music classroom, and is developmentally structured to get all beginning guitar students playing and singing from the very first lesson, no matter what their level of experience. Whether you have a small group or a classroom full of students, the Book/CD pak and the video will help you, the music teacher provide a quality musical experience, even if you are a beginner yourself! It's easy to use and before you know it, you'll be helping even young children to play well and build general music skills, one success at a time! For ages 5-10.

Now Available With CDs! This multi-volume method was developed to allow students to study the art of classical guitar within a new, more con-temporary framework. For private, class or self-instruction. Book One features an all-new format that incorporates chord frames and symbols, as well as a record to assist in tuning and to provide accompaniments for at-home practice. Book One also introduces beginning fingerboard technique and music theory. Book Two and Three build upon the techniques learned in Book One.

This book allows you to find any chord quickly and easily. Each chord is displayed on every possible string from the lowest to the highest with numerous voicing options. The unique Chord-Finder System(TM) is included on every page to help you locate the specific root you need, which allows for instant transposition and visualization. This is the ideal book for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow guide to last a lifetime, and for professionals who need a reference of chords for every possible musical situation.

Contents: All Through the Night • Allegretto (Giuliani) • Allegretto, Op. 44, No. 8 (Sor) • Alman (16th C.) • Amusement, Op. 18, No. 3 (Horetzky) • Andante (Sor) • Andante, Op. 6 (Molino) • Andantino (Sor) • Andantino (Carulli) • Andantino, Op. 139, No. 1 (Giuliani) • Aura Lee • Banks of the Ohio • Bourrée in A Minor (L. Mozart) • El Vito • The Entertainer • Etude (Carulli) • Etude in A Minor • Evening Breeze (Noad) • Fandango • Greensleeves • I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song) • Theme from Jocelyn (Godard) • La Volta • Little Rondo (Meissonier) • Minuet • Minuet (Carcassi) • Minuet I • Moorish Dance • On Top of Old Smoky • Packington's Pound (16th C.) • Pastoral (Noad) • Pavane (16th C.) • Petenera (Traditional) • The Piper's Tune • Rondo from Sonatina, Op. 71 (Giuliani) • Sicilienne (Meissonier) • Solitude • Sonatina (Attwood) • Song at Nightfall • The St. Catherine (Barrett) • Study in C (Giuliani) • Study in D (Sor) • Study in D Minor (Coste) • Study in F (Sor) • Study in 3rds (Sor) • Study in 6ths (Sor) • Theme by De Visee • Theme by Hook • Theme by Purcell • Victorian Song (Noad) • Waltz (Carcassi) • The Willow • Zapateado.

Due to the overwhelming success of the Don't Fret Note Map(TM), we're pleased to now offer the Don't Fret Chord Map(TM)! This unique finger positioning device is made of cling vinyl, no fasteners or glues are required, and is easy to install. Designed by acclaimed young inventor Nicholas Ravagni for both electric and acoustic guitars, the Don't Fret Chord Map shows the ten most commonly used first-position chords, and is color-coded to help make playing songs easy. The map is accompanied by music instruction and four simple songs that will help beginning guitarists learn to play quickly and easily. No previous musical experience is needed!

This world-famous method by Will Schmid is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. Book 1 provides beginning instruction including tuning, 1st position melody playing, C, G, G7, D7, and Em chords, rhythms through eighth notes, solos and ensembles and strumming. Features a chord chart, and traditional songs like: Amazing Grace • Greensleeves • and When the Saints Go Marching In.

You are beginning to learn guitar playing. This handbook will help you in your first musical steps. In the handbook I included the pieces, songs and exercises which my students like most; their opinion was for me the most important when working on the book. I hope you will like them, too. Good luck in your brautiful and adventure trip to the realm of sounds!

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I am very glad to meet you yet again. This book is a continuation of the First Class Guitar handbook. The exercises and pieces included here are now somewhat more difficult. In them, you will find new playing techniques and various guitar "tricks". I hope that with the aid of this publication, you will not only develop your skills, but also become acquainted with interesting and pretty pieces which will be a pleasure for you to play. I look forward to hearing you at guitar concerts!

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A Guitar Course for Students eager to learn styles and techniques used by the professionals in one book.

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Now guitarists can have all three volumes of this classic guitar method in one convenient book! Created by popular demand, this new edition of the method used as the basic text for the renowned Berklee College of Music guitar program is a complete compilation of the original Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Innovative solos, duets and exercises progressively teach melody, harmony and rhythm. Perfect for the serious guitar student and instructor alike.

Lista utworów:
Lullaby [Brahms, Johannes]
Merrily We Roll Along
White Coral Bells
Old Macdonald Had A Farm
The Cobra [Leavitt, William]
The Pebble [Leavitt, William]
Two-part Invention (No.13) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
My Old Kentucky Home [Foster, Stephen]
Long, Long Ago
The Waltz [Leavitt, William]
Andante (Symphony No.94 'The Surprise') [Haydn, Franz Joseph]
Home On The Range
Rock Candy [Leavitt, William]
An Ancient Rock [Leavitt, William]
Accidentally [Leavitt, William]
Another Waltz [Leavitt, William]
Big Ben [Leavitt, William]
Duet For Dot [Leavitt, William]
Duet For Two [Leavitt, William]
Frere Jacques
Giant Steps [Leavitt, William]
America, The Beautiful

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Things Passed for solo guitar, commisioned by the XII "Silesian Guitar Autumn" Festival in Tychy (Poland) 2008, was written in Louisville during the last few months of the year 2007. The basic idea for the composer was to create a kind of musical collection of chaotic bits of memories, from which the performer, as well as the listener, would pick out smaller or bigger fragments and focus on them, treating the other secondarily, as it often happens while recalling memories of things that are passed (therefore the title). The piece, intended as a part of the guitar competition, is also an attemp to generate the material challenging for the performer, without using the sound idiom, which is characteristic for this specific and difficult instrument. Things Passed consists of three parts, of which the first primarily uses the sonoristic events, the second focuses on the rhythm and harmony, and the last summes up and unites the previous parts.

Lista utworów:
Things Passed (Nowak Aleksander)

Josef Wanczura, Czech guitarist, pianist and composer of the first half of 19th century. He settled in Vienna in ca 1830, where he worked as guitar and piano teacher. Wanczura composed about 50 pieces for guitar (polonaises, walzes, marches, variations and transcriptions of the popular airs from operas). All his guitar compositions were published by Diabelli & Co. in Vienna from 1830 to 1835.

Lista utworów:
Polonaise A-dur op. 4 nr 1 (Wanczura Josef)
Polonaise D-dur op. 4 nr 2 (Wanczura Josef)
Polonaise E-dur op. 4 nr 3 (Wanczura Josef)

Hommaeg a Aleksander Tansman powstał w 2006 roku i została dedykowany polskiej gitarzystce - Annie Pietrzak. Jest to jeden z pierwszych utworów Marka Pasiecznego, w którym nie pojawiają się, wszechobecne dotychczas w jego twórczości, inspiracje jazzem i muzyką filmową. Tytuł kompozycji zdradza nowe fascynacje kompozytora - tym razem jest to muzyka polska i spuścizna jednego z najsłynniejszych kompozytorów polskich XX wieku - Aleksandra Tansmana. Mimo, że w utworze odnaleźć można echa stylu twórcy Cavatiny oraz liczne nawiązania do polskiej muzyki ludowej (stylizacje polskich tańców ludowych w drugiej i trzeciej części suity, a także wykorzystanie motywów tradycyjnej piosenki "Cichy zapada zmrok" w części czwartej), to motywy te wykorzystane zostały z charakterystycznym dla Pasiecznego polotem i swobodą wnosząc nową jakość do współczesnego repertuaru gitarowego. Jak w każdym swoim utworze kompozytor - gitarzysta w pełni wykorzystał możliwości techniczne oraz walory harmoniczne i kolorystyczne instrumentu. Hommaeg a Aleksander Tansman jest utworem o średnim stopniu trudności.

Bobrowicz's Grandes variations op. 6 on a theme from Mozart's Don Juan aria is one of the most beautiful Polish works for guitar of the 19th century. It maches Fernando Sor's Variations brillantes op. 9 from Mozart's The Magic Flute, played on stages worldwide. Beautifully engraved, published at Piller's in lvov presumably in 1826, it is Bobrowicz's first printed work.
The piece contains a theme and six virtuoso variations contrasted in mood, tempo, expression and aesthetics. Five of them are written in the major scale, only the penultimate in the minor scale and cantilena form. It ends in a virtuoso cadenza missing in the Lvovian edition. The sixth variation - with meditative musical breathing - ends in a bravura, extraordinarily impressive finale.
The publication of Grandes variations op. 6 is based on the 19th century edition by Breitkopf and Haertel dated 1982.

Lista utworów:
Grandes variations sur un duo de l'opera Don Juan op. 6 (Bobrowicz Jan Nepomucen)

Do publikacji dołączona jest płyta, która zawiera 36 kompozycji Tatiany Stachak z podręcznikiem Gitara pierwsza klasa, 12 kompozycji innych autorów z tej samej publikacji, a także trzy kompozycje Tatiany Stachak z publikacji Gitara ekstra klasa oraz Zaproszenie do walca. Wykonawcami utworów są Michał Nagy i Tatiana Stachak.
Podręcznik "Gitara pierwsza klasa" to publikacja dydaktyczna przeznaczona dla początkujących gitarzystów. Podręcznik adresowany jest głównie do najmłodszych dzieci w wieku od 5 do 10 lat. W publikacji tej znalazło się wiele nowatorskich rozwiązań, wśród nich warto wymienić m.in. zastosowanie metody polegającej na graniu w duecie ucznia i nauczyciela oraz wprowadzenie ćwiczeń z elementami improwizacji. Większość utworów zamieszczonych w publikacji to kompozycje autorki, a uzupełnieniem tego materiału jest zbiór klasycznych miniatur oraz trzy niezwykle efektowne kompozycje współczesnego gitarzysty i kompozytora - Marka Pasiecznego. Całości dopełnia szata graficzna publikacji, której głównym elementem jest blisko sto kolorowych ilustracji autorstwa Małgorzaty Flis. Publikacja "Gitara pierwsza klasa" uzyskała bardzo dobre recenzje konsultantów Centrum Edukacji Artystycznej i uznana została za jedną z nielicznych polskich publikacji dydaktycznych, której jakość edytorska i merytoryczna utrzymane są na najwyższym światowym poziomie.