classical guitar basic repertoire
session 6, 2022
Technique Work:
The Segovia Major Scales - A different approach courtesy of Jason Powell - The Minor scales!
Repertoire:
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
The Entertainer (Part A and B) - in case we can swing it :)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting..) - Mel Torme
session 5, 2022
Technique Work:
The Segovia Major Scales - A different approach courtesy of Jason Powell
Repertoire:
Forgotten - UPDATED 9/12/22 - Madame Cynthia Pratten (1824-1895)
Amazing little known composer from the 19th century! Read about her here.
Here is the original edition of the above piece. It’s a great example of hand engraved 19th century sheet music!
Estudio III - Omaggio a Caturla - Corrected (meas. 10 and 12) 9/28/22 - Leo Brouwer from his Nuevos Estudios Sencillos pub. 2001 (see below for video)
Short bio on an amazing composer here: Leo Brouwer Biography, Songs, & Albums | AllMusic
Etude in C major by Emilio Pujol (sweet and simple. Phew!)
session 3, 2022
Technique handout:
Repertoire:
Tango no. 3 - Jose Ferrer (1835-1916)
El Choclo - Angel Villoldo - Nice and accessible arrangement of one of the most famous tango songs of all time. UPDATED 5/25/22 (again, sorry)
Version with 16th note triplets (thanks Bob!)
Review: Sarabande - Devisee
session 2, 2022
Technique Work for this Session:
Repertoire:
Eleanor Rigby (UPDATED) - Some obscure band from Britain you’ve probably never heard of.
Estudios Sencillos no. XII - Leo Brouwer
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach UPDATED 3/28
session 1, 2022
Technique Work for this Session:
Repertoire:
Lagrima - Francesco Tarrega - Back by popular demand! It’s a stone-cold classic everyone should learn to play.
UPDATED UPDATED - Adelita - Francesco Tarrega - Another Classic! Often played as a companion to Lagrima
Bonus piece for fun: Shenandoah - based off of Johnny Smith’s legendary solo jazz guitar recording “Man with the blue Guitar”
Class Book Recommendations:
The Lincoln Highway (f)
The Overstory (f)
After the Grain (nf)
The Legend: the Story of Poco (nf)
Paul McCartney: The Lyrics
The Wheel of Time (f)
Godel, Escher, and Bach (nf)
Sapiens (nf)
A Year of Wonder (nf)
An Ethernal Golden Braid by Douglas R Hofstadter
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War
The Magic of Found Objects (f)
David Copperfield