Best solo piece of music in your repertoire

[edwardcav]

Well, maybe not "best" necessarily, but what is YOUR favourite piece of music that you play? Cam be either flamenco or classical - just interested, as I am sure that I know of most of the popular ones around, but would be interested to hear some responses :lol:

[edwardcav]

134 forum members, and none play guitar. :shock:

[Rachinini]

I love to warm up with Juan Serrano's Zambra, then go into william kanengisers arrangement of rondo alla turka by mozart. :shock:

[stevec]

Rachinini

Where can those pieces be found? I'm not familiar with them.

Stevec

[Rachinini]

the zambra is an awesome song. It can be found in Juan Serrano's King of the Flamenco guitar book. It's an orange book and you should be able to find it at any online music store and even alot of stores in town might hold it. As far as the William Kanengiser arrangement, you can find that at www.gspguitar.com . They have alot of really cool guitar arrangements there. Like all of paganini's capricci arrangement for classical guitar by eliot fisk. Rondo alla turka is part of mozarts sonata in A k. 331 if you want to buy the book.

[Rachinini]

steve,

About where are you located in California?

[stevec]

Redondo Beach, Calif.,USA

[snetzley]

My "favorite" tends to fluctuate with what I'm currently learning. But I LOVE playing Malaguena. And I'm currently learning Adelita by Tarraga which is way up there on my "really like" list.

[Rachinini]

Man, all the classical guitarists in california are in the bay area. I live near fresno california in the center here, there are hardly any classical guitarists.

[edwardcav]

Rondo alla Turka is crazy, I have seen him play it on video. Truly amazing.

But my all time fav happens to be a very popular one.... Recuerdos De La Alhambra. I can't play it smoothly, and it hurts me sooo much that I can't, but in a few years, I want t be able to play it. :) I love that piece of music,and it just about ties with Mangore: Sueno en la floresta.

At the moment I am playing Minuet in G - yes, that's right the one that is played on piano, JS Bach from the anna magdalena notebook. Extremely easy piece, sounds beautiful.

Flamenco wise, I can't look past a variation on soleares. :wink:

[keith]

what is this? no one said: classical gas :P :lol:

hey rachinini: have tried a sabicas zambra? besides being truly great he did some wicked zambra/danzas. fyi: out here in boston (transplant from the midwest)

edcav: man, are your thumbs still killing you? maybe you should seek out a physical therapist--and hopefully one who knows guitar. edcav: a sabicas danza is a good way of learning your tremelo (5 note variety)

what is my favorite: being a flamenco: most likely something by sabicas--especially puerto de malaga. being a part-timer in classical: gotta go with koyunbaba.

[snetzley]

Keith, I'm in the Boston area as well - north of there. Do you "play out?" If so, let me know when and where. I'd love to hear you.

Sharon

[keith]

hey sharon . unfortunately my day job, and picking up the guitar a few short years ago, plus my desire to have medical benefits, food, housing, a retirement plan, etc. keep me from playing out (i assume this means playing at bars, halls, bar mitzvahs, etc.). however, i do keep my windows open as much of the year as possible and do practice/play at the window so i guess i give free performances to the neighbors. a few of them say my playing is pissah.

do you ever make it to the guitarsalon in peabody--rt. 114 near the walmart? they have a ramirez 1 a there--worth spending a hour or so playing an upper level guitar. when i am in that neck of the woods i usually like to stop there and i guess, provide another free performance.

for you non new englanders--p.b.d. is how the town of peabody (as in mr. peabody and sherman) is pronounced. i have head folks say mr. p.b.d. and sherman. and pissah is actually good. i am a transplant from the midwest and it is still weird to hear new england speak.

what about you? did you "play out" or did/do you play for your household audience? which malaguena do you prefer? there are so many: flamenco i like sabicas; classical: albeniz

[keith]

hey rachinini--boy, there is nothing so distracting from writing in this form than having to do work, but, alas, that paycheck.....meant to say: out here in boston, wicked is good --that new england puritanical (sp?) influence where something that is good is actually wicked.

guess i gotta use this guy to cover that boo boo :oops:

has anyone used this guy? :mrgreen: he is too cool not to use.

[snetzley]

Hi Keith,

LOVED your post! I, too, play for mostly the unsuspecting or those who can't complain - my Border Terrier and my Siamese love being in the room when I play. I play while my husband cooks dinner. I know I'm really starting to get a piece down when I hear him whistling the melody lines! HA.

I actually am trying to "play out" on occasion to get over my performance nerves. So far I've played at an open mike night up on Amesbury (I'm planning on playing there again the second Saturday of September), at a couple of art galleries, and at my birthday party this year. Talk about a captive audience! :lol: I particularly loved it when one of my best friends said, "I didn't know you could play like that!" :o

The open mike thing intimidates me the most. Something about sitting up on stage with folks sitting in the audience looking at me that makes me lose my brain - and the fluidity of my music. I'm hoping to get over that. Playing at the art galleries has been fun though. I sit in my corner playing whatever I want to while folks walk around checking out the art. They are listening, but they're not so totally focused on me that I lose MY focus.

As far as the Malaguena, I learned the piece from Parkening's Volume II book. I have to say that every recording I've heard of a malaguena was different. I want to learn Leyende, too, sometime soon. I also really like Tarrega's music. I'm working on Adelita right now. And just for a little musical variety, I've got an Eric Clapton instrumental, Signe, on the list :!:

Sorry for the LONG post, but it felt good to write!

Sharon

[edwardcav]

Yeah my tremolo is still lacking, but that's one of the least of my worries at the moment. I really have to get into some of the more basics with classical guitar, and that reminds me, has anyone used to Aaron Shearer method books? What do you think about them?

BTW I might look into that flamenco piece aswell :wink: Another beautiful piece of music is Bouree I and II - John Williams arranged it for guitar and I think there is a recording with him and Andres Segovia playing it. At first, the poor qualit of te recording is a distraction, which is a shame because this is the case with a lot of Segovia's recordings, but the piece grows on you. I thnk it's BMV1009, by JS Bach of course, and it is truly beautiful.

[thaddeusb]

i love julia florida by Barrios.
Everyone should play Barrios

[guitarz11]

"Lacgrima" by John Dowland. I am sure I have not spelled it correctly.
Hard to play well.

[Jonny Hotnuts]

Lachrimae
:wink:

I cant spell worth a crap, never have been, never will.
thank god for word!

[sseow]

in the recent week, i enjoy playing the tango by roland dynes... (c my another posting in the gsi forum on the video clip)...this is truely an amazing piece to play. when u play this piece, u will realize why it is important if the composer is also a guitarist himself...the music and fingering can really b so enjoyable... :D
seow
singapore

[MegaBrawn]

I love Danza Brasilera by Jorge Morel and have performed it a few times.

I love Morel's compositions and am currently working on Romance Criollio.

[apettit]

I would have to agree with most, and say that whatever I am working on at the moment is my favorite. But lately I have been really moved by Rodrigo's Fandango from Tres Danzas Espanolas. ...almost more than any other piece has affected me. Hope it stays that way too!

[Sia]

Edward

You always post challenging questions! But it is a good exercise.

My favorite pieces are the ones that are most fun to play. The most I can narrow down to is three:

1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Tarrega
2. Etude # 17, Sor
3. Prelude # 1, Villa-Lobos

Sharon, You may also want to try Malaguena, by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. It is a lot of fun to play.

[M. Stephenson]

My fav. is "The Sleeping Sea" by Steve Hackett followed closely by "Asturias" by Albeniz and "The Vigil", also by Hackett.

I try to play "Asturias" three or four times a week as it is like running a marathon - it really works on my stamina.

[Jonny Hotnuts]

I am really warming up to Rondo alla Turka. I hate to say it but it sounds more difficult than it really is (only about 4 small sections that continually repeat. The song sounds good at fast and slow tempos and is fairly predictable.)


Really recommend anyone who has played for a few years to learn it.
I will be recording and posting it, along with a number of other songs very soon.


:wink:

[thaddeusb]

hotnuts,
who wrote the Rondo alla Turka

thad

[Keelor]

hotnuts,
who wrote the Rondo alla Turka

thad

You don't know ? Shame on you ! http://forums.jeuxonline.info/ubb/biggrin.gif

Mozart wrote this piece. ;)

[thaddeusb]

keelor,
sorry
thad

[Jonny Hotnuts]

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/Mozart_Rondo_Alla_Turca.mid

This is the song played in the movie "Crossroads" (1986) early on when he was still in school. I have wanted to play it for years but did not know the title or composer. Earlier in a post I made called "looking for a song from the movie Crossroads" gave me the answer.

Don’t feel bad, I also did not know the song!!
I never heard a version by anyone but William K. It just is not as widely known in the classical guitar community because Segovia did not play it.

[portlandgreg2]

Favorites:

1) El Sueño de la Muñequita by Barrios
2) Elegia from Castles of Spain by Torroba

[guitarz11]

Jonny H- Y
ou will find that tons of guitar pieces are easy although they sound great. This is a good thing. For example, Carulli and Carcassi pieces, and a great number of arranged pieces by good arrangers. However, sadly, there are many people arranging music very poorly for many years now. I tired of going through whole books to find only one or two decent pieces. I have found that arrangements from vocal pieces and lute music are generally good.

[Jonny Hotnuts]

I totally agree, many songs sound great and are not too difficult and have been made difficult by poor arrangements. I also think that many players get into a rut of feeing they can not change an arrangement, even if they feel is for the better, simply because that is the way it was written.

But on the flip side of the coin I also feel that there are songs out there that blow and are played simply because they are “hard”. I think just because a song is difficult does not mean it is good no matter how important the song is supposed to be.

I have been know to stir up the s**t with comments I have made. And with time have found that some songs I did not like (Recuerdos) grew on me and now feel they have very valid merits.

But I can’t stand Heitor Villa-Lobos, damn near every song he did makes me want to stick an ice pick in my forehead. It reminds me of some kid banging on a piano keyboard. Cheers to anyone brave enough to play this stuff, but I cant really think they do it because they like it (with the exception of Etude No.1 Etudes des arpeges, although irritating I would like to play it).
They are too long and don’t have a consistent melodic structure…simply put they suck.

Just my opinion.

[thaddeusb]

hey hotnuts,
i realize that you probably already have a strongly formed opinion on this topic, whether i like it or not. If you have not already and you can stand it without seriously maiming yourself, you should check out Fabio Zanon playing Villa Lobos' complete works. I admit villa lobos can be pretty formulaic at times but after playing a lot of his stuff I can say that he writes some really cool and melodic stuff. The etudes are incredible technique builders. But I guess his stuff is not for everyone and if you still dont like it,
may God have mercy on your non-conformist soul :twisted:

respectfully,
thad

[Nausicaa]

My favorite piece to play is Ralph Towner's "The Reluctant Bride". While it's not a classical piece in the truest sense, Towner's background is in classical, and this piece is written in a very "classical" (much like Terraga) way. It's quite easy, and since I consider myself to be a beginner/intermediate guitarist, I'm sure most of you could have it memorized in a few weeks; mastered in a month or two. It's always been one of my favorite pieces of music, and it's a blast to play and hear.

[edwardcav]

you should check out Fabio Zanon playing Villa Lobos' complete works.


What did you think of his recordings? Have you ever seen him live?

[brian richardson]

usually it's scaralatti L493 and villa-lobos choros-no.1
the villa-lobos is the favorite when there are girls dancing on the table.
nice idea for the forum edward.
brian

[Libre]

Hey friends. I'm a newbie here. Please llow me to present my credentials for proposing the numero uno guitar solo of all time.
I've been playing solo guitar for over 40 years, and for audiences for most of that time. Mostly on the street, and in restaurants and such, parties, those kinds of gigs. But also some "real" recitals.
In all that time, playing for all kinds of audiences, both afficianados and dilitants, the all time greatest guitar solo, and in my opinion, the one piece that causes your audience to pick up its ears, get a buck thrown in your case, the most often requested, most often aplauded, most often inquired about is undoubtedly...
RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA.

Now of course the down side of this is that you have to play the thing, and convincingly.
When I have it going right, it is so effortless. The tremolo spins off the fingers - pami, pami. The little "hiccups" as I call them - you know - the little mordents - are clear. It's so glorious.
When I don't have it going right - which can happen, it's not as pretty.
I'd say that playing the RECUERDOS for an audience, when the tremolo isn't working, is one of the lonliest places there is, in the guitar world.
But when it is going right - it will totally captivate an audience. They understand immediatly that it is special, even if they never heard it before.
Another thing - it's been a pivotal piece in my development in that, when I was able to play it smoothly and fast the first time, all my other pieces immediately got better also. Even today, when I am playing the RECUERDOS right, I'm playing everything right. That's because you HAVE to be playing properly, to play the RECUERDOS well. You can't cheat. Any fluctuation of the proper steady meter is painfully evident. Most other pieces are much more forgiving.
Just one player's opinion, and by the way -
I love hundreds of other pieces, and I'd hate to only ever play the recuerdos. But for me it is the single greatest guitar solo.

[Beumont_suite]

Tremolo is one of those techniques that is so hard to maintain without constant practice. One day you have it flowing beautifully. The next day, it's choppy and falling apart. It's almost as if your mental state, diet, level of external noise has to be perfect in order to play it well. I've thought about performing Recuerdos in front of an audience, but just don't have the guts at this point in my development. I can see myself stumbling already and it just getting worse from there. A few more years of practice and maybe i'll have the confidence.

What i love to hear when it comes to tremolo is not necessarily entire pieces composed of it (although those are great), but pieces where it shows up in the middle, surprising the listener, and adding immense flavour to the piece. Truly a great technique to learn and a test of one's patience and dedication.

[Pepe Vergara]

Mi Favorita by a man named Anonymous, and

Capricho Arabe by Tarrega

[edwardcav]

I love hundreds of other pieces, and I'd hate to only ever play the recuerdos. But for me it is the single greatest guitar solo.

Hey libre check out this thread if you have a spare few mins:

http://forum.guitarsalon.com/viewtopic.php?t=258

8)

[cdikland]

Hey libre check out this thread if you have a spare few mins:

http://forum.guitarsalon.com/viewtopic.php?t=258

8)
I wonder if J.H. ever learned or has decide to learn Recuerdos de la Alhambra??? We havent heard from him in a while. :D

[jay]

Yeah my tremolo is still lacking, but that's one of the least of my worries at the moment. I really have to get into some of the more basics with classical guitar, and that reminds me, has anyone used to Aaron Shearer method books? What do you think about them?

BTW I might look into that flamenco piece aswell :wink: Another beautiful piece of music is Bouree I and II - John Williams arranged it for guitar and I think there is a recording with him and Andres Segovia playing it. At first, the poor qualit of te recording is a distraction, which is a shame because this is the case with a lot of Segovia's recordings, but the piece grows on you. I thnk it's BMV1009, by JS Bach of course, and it is truly beautiful.

hey edwardcav
are you sure JW and segovia playing together?do you know tha name of the recording
also i saw you like tremolo pieces have you heard suenjo by Tarrega?

[jetiii]

I have been working on Cavatina for some time, a difficult piece for me but has always been a favorite (from the Deer Hunter movie). Found the music a few years ago in both standard notation and tablature. In Flamenco I tend toward themore serious ones, Sequiryas, Solearas, Serrana and am recently working on Tarantase but have only found a few falsetas for it. One thing I find strange is that many moons ago in my younger days my teacher taught me a five finger tremolo which has a very full sound and is almost authomatic to me, but I have never seen it wrtiten anywere, only the four finger version is shown. Anyone else use a five finger version?
John

[edwardcav]

jay:

its called the art of the guitar. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/
tg/detail/-/B000000L1T/qid=1090030139/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl15/
104-3313226-7079152?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

also i dont think they are playing together-together as in DUET but together as section for section? who knows? its a yukky recording but i like that piece.

[jay]

just remembered that i have that recording somewhere under a different name but the same pieces by segovia and williams
the quality isn's too good indeed

[rumin]

The piece i love the most is Sevilla by Isaac Albeniz! But I also love Torre Bermeja.
Albeniz is great! :D

[Guillermo Rosado]

VERY hard question..
Hard to decide between A. Barrios "Prelude No. 1" and "Choro de Saudade".
Now,, there is no way I can forget the Classics,, again hard to decide between Tárrega "Capricho Arabe" and Sor "Andante Largo"
Best Regards

[cucumberforlife]

I love them all!! One of my favorites is Granada by Albeniz. Although I would like to find a version that is closer to the one recorded by Bream than the one arranged by Tarrega. Sunday Morning Overcast by Andrew York is one I love to play and how could I forget Caprico Arabe (forgive my spelling)!

[Gus]

I always think the one I'm working on is the best...for the moment....until I hear another one and then race to get the music for it and learn it.....

for now I'm just finishing up Cathedral/ Barrios.....and even though I'm still not up to great speed yet....I feel so great playing it.

I have a special place for Julia Florida/ Barrios because I played it at a dedication for a friend who had passed away......

[kopfschuh]

Johny Hotnuts- The villa-lobos etudes are. . . wait for it. . . etudes. studies. the point of them is to work on a specific technique while playing something in the form of a piece. Of course they sound repetitive. that's why they're etudes. Yet many people (myself included) find that several of them are solid enough pieces to perform (#s 7, 11, 12 especially).

My favorite piece in my rep goes between Campanas del Alba (E. Sainz de la Maza), Lied ohne Worte (J. K. Mertz) and Sonatina Meridional (M. M. Ponce).

I'm also a big fan of Albeniz, especially Cordoba. So evocative, especially the opening F and C representing a tolling bell in the city center. Amazing.

As for concertos, The Villa-Lobos concierto is up there along with (of course) Concierto de Aranjuez.

Barrios is wonderful. Julia Florida- i agree with you all. simply stunning. La Catedral- also, wonderfully evocative. Maxixe- brilliant, fun, humorous piece.

[dennis]

My favorite piece to play is Ralph Towner's "The Reluctant Bride". While it's not a classical piece in the truest sense, Towner's background is in classical, and this piece is written in a very "classical" (much like Terraga) way. It's quite easy, and since I consider myself to be a beginner/intermediate guitarist, I'm sure most of you could have it memorized in a few weeks; mastered in a month or two. It's always been one of my favorite pieces of music, and it's a blast to play and hear.

That's one of my favorites too, but the only thing is that the sheet music I have for it does not have all the improvised stuff that towner did on Ana, and when I try to improvise it, it sounds like Lagrima or Adelita. I guess they are all in the same key. It really is a fun piece though, and not a lot of people I know play it!

[nebula_34]

All I have to say is.... Classical GAS

(not really - but there's no escaping it!)

[a333a]

Well, I think that is a little to late to answer this topic, but I wanted to say something about this...

First, I think that every answer in this thread is a little ephemeral, the taste of each one of us is changing with the past of the time because we learn something new every day (hearing, reading, seeing, etc.) and that change our perspective of what we think. I think that if someone says that he likes the same things that he used to like five, or ten years ago it makes me think that he is not evolving (perhaps there are some exceptions, maybe someone found the "BEST" piece of music ever written) but in my opinion we need to see things above of all, we need to think that always is going to be something new to hear, to play, to read, to understand, and that we are not able to say that something is the best or something is sh't because there are people that think exactly the opposite.

That's why in my opinion now that I think I evolved I said that I have no favorites 'cause I know that my opinion is going to change in the future, and less that a piece is worthless.

Just for really answer for someone that really need to have a ranking I want to give an example in my past:

When I started to play I my favorite was "asturias" cause I see Segovia playing it, then it was vals no. 2 "andreina" of lauro and later, "capricho arabe" of tarrega, then preludio no. 1 of Villalobos, then Recuerdos de la alhambra, then choros and etude no.1 of villa-lobos, then la catedral of mangoré, then theme varie et finale of ponce, then cancion y danza de ruiz pipo, then preludio fuge and allegro BWV998, lute suite no. 1, partita no.2 of bach, then etude no. 2 of villalobos, then libra sonatina, hommage to villalobos and tango en sky of Dyens, then Koyunbaba, and then I reallize that every piece is different and that every one of them I liked it for different reasons and that I still have a lot to learn.

And thats it... I have no favorite piece.... :wink:

Music is my favorite (but I still could change that, one never knows)

[Faya]

There's just so many, but siguiriyas, romeras, tarantas, and danza mora would be up there on my list for flamenco.
But i also enjoy playing Bossa Nova stuff.

[Pepe Vergara]

I always play before every practice session: Lagrima, Adelita and Endecha, all of Tarrega.

[jjjaallen]

Recuedos de Alhambra is hands down the most loved work by everyone that hears it and next to that is probably Asturias. As far as the greatest piece of music that we can play on the guitar, I would vote for Bach's chaconne in Dm.

enjoy

jjjallen

[sorin popovici]

Well put a333a ....I feel the same way ...

You've been playing for some time ,huh ? (judging your list)

Are u a performer or an amateur (I'm impressed by your repertoire) ?

[Marion]

I can't play at the same high level as you do, but even a beginner has got favourite songs ;-)
I just love to play 'Greensleeves'. It's such a beautiful melody and nice to sing along with. I also enjoy playing Christmas songs. I'm glad the time of year is here! Another favourite of mine is 'Bourée' by Johann Philipp Krieger.

[StringDrivenThing]

"Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz. But save it for last, after your tremelo hands are really warmed-up. Really, just about anything from the period sometimes called Late Spanish Romanticism: Albeniz, Granados, de Falla, Rodrigo.

[ggarcia6522]

As far as pieces I can play, my favorites are Caprichio Arabe, The Cavatina, and Bach's Cello prelude #1. As far as any piece, the BEST piece has to be Bach's the Chaconne. I have been learning it for 2 months and have bearly made a dent in it yet. :( :

[jrethorst]

Mine is a solo arrangement of Puccini's aria "O Mio Babbino Caro". Always gets smiles.

The score is a free download at http://www.tuscanyguitar.com/tuscany/babbino.pdf

[a333a]

Well put a333a ....I feel the same way ...

You've been playing for some time ,huh ? (judging your list)

Are u a performer or an amateur (I'm impressed by your repertoire) ?


I'm a student, but dont be so impressed, I have not played partita 2 koyunbaba and all of Dyens they were some of my favorites but not anymore. Cause I have no one!!!

Nice to see someone thinks a bit like me... :)

[rdc1991]

Fernando Sor's Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute ..Opus 9 is a fun piece.

Rowdy

[Jubilee Valence]

I have been working on Cavatina for some time, a difficult piece for me but has always been a favorite (from the Deer Hunter movie). Found the music a few years ago in both standard notation and tablature. In Flamenco I tend toward themore serious ones, Sequiryas, Solearas, Serrana and am recently working on Tarantase but have only found a few falsetas for it. One thing I find strange is that many moons ago in my younger days my teacher taught me a five finger tremolo which has a very full sound and is almost authomatic to me, but I have never seen it wrtiten anywere, only the four finger version is shown. Anyone else use a five finger version?
John JET! Semper Fi!! ...... :twisted: not sure about-"only the tremelo"...but Faya,one of the members here.....well,he's only got TEN FINGERS! :roll: ...but I can't tell HOW many he uses! :shock: I'm guessin' 7-8(w/ both hands!)....sometimes I think maybe I'll switch to the upright BASS! :wink: Skippy,I been dodgin' this one,but thanks to Marion! :D --I been playing Greensleeves(sp?),..for awhile.I like to use it in "variations" :P(psstt! Bri-that kinda "baroque-ish"?)--Jubi

[brian richardson]

jubi :twisted:

In Dulci Jubilo :twisted:
xxx

[Faya]

Sensei Jubi-san!!!!!!

Actually i was born with 10 fingers on each hand :twisted: ............ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:


XXX 1%er

[Jubilee Valence]

jubi :twisted:

In Dulci Jubilo :twisted:
xxx :twisted: :!: ....if my "Latin"(...buttons..)serves me correctly....hhhhmmnn...... :idea: :!: --"Too sweet!"(judge-a-rooni)--Jubudubudu!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Jubilee Valence]

Sensei Jubi-san!!!!!!

Actually i was born with 10 fingers on each hand :twisted: ............ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:


XXX 1%er :twisted: OK, Then!!--That makes MORE sense!! :D .....HEY!.....wait a minute!!!!!! :shock: That's..... :cry: Cheatin'!!!! :roll: ...........ok,........on the BASS clef, lessee.....EvryGdByDoesFine,no,.....GoodBoysDoFine Always-lines...AND..Yeah! the "spaces"--the "space girl!"...Bri! :arrow: "she told me!"--All Cows Eat GRASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL

[brian richardson]

space girls? 20 fingers? cows/grass?
is it just a dream? :twisted:

.33%xxx

[Todd in FL]

Mazurka Apassionata by Barrios

Moonlight Sonata by Beetohven 1st movement

Rondo by Aguado

[racer_x]

I am not a professional classical player just to let you know.

My favorite piece to warm up to is "Mood for a day" by Steve Howe

I love listening to the 3 pieces by Austin Pio Barrios ( Angel Romero TOR )

1) Chorode Saudade ( Nostalgic Cry )
2) Un Sueno en la Floresta ( A dream in the flowerbed )
3) Aire de Zamba ( Air of the Samba )

Music with such feeling. I cant wait until I learns some of those pieces.

I do also love listening to the Celedino Romero pieces as well.

[Travis_Warner]

My favorite right now is the classical guitar rendition for Scarborough Fair

[GSI Fan]

Travis-

Were would I find the sheet music?

[Libre]

Racer -
Where would I find the sheet music (Mood For a Day).

[Travis_Warner]

Travis-

Were would I find the sheet music?
I piced up a Ben Bolt classical gutiar book and found the sheet music in it. The CG version is only about a minute long, but I'm re-working it, and so far I got it to about 2:15 minute long song.

the book is called:

39 Progressive solos for Classical Gutiar...Book I

[racer_x]

Here is a link to some tab.
http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/h/howe_steve/mood_for_a_day-tab.shtml

I had the music years ago from a Guitar World magazine. You could try your local libraries magz and news section and check out the back issues.

Good luck.

[Libre]

Hey Racer -
Thanks a lot! I've always wanted to play this piece. I've only heard it once, actually, like a million years ago. But it totally entranced me. Now my problem is reading the tab. I know it's supposed to be easier than score, but for me it looks about the same as Babylonic Cuniform. I know HOW to read tab (in other words, I don't need an explanation). I also know HOW to pole vault (more or less) - doesn't mean I CAN do it.

[guitardude127]

My favorite that I've been playing for probably 3 years now is "Sunburst" by Andrew York, composer and member of the LAGQ. John Williams has recorded it as well as Christopher Parkening. Great piece, check it out! Any of York's stuff is top notch in my opinion. Also currently playing Albeniz's Suite Espanole alot lately...probably Granada is my favorite just because it's such a timeless piece.

[Jubilee Valence]

Racer -
Where would I find the sheet music (Mood For a Day).Hey Marc! I just caught this post whilst diggin' up that "playing in" thread!Ya' get it yet!--knowin' you,listen to it again & you'll "see" it in yer' head!(us "street" players do it all down in the open area-with the "regular" fingerings... & damn,now ya got me hearin' it; partially....great!... now I gotta go find the audio somewhere!!!jeeez)--at least I can still hear the C & F part--("the chill" part for me..)...racer_x!---bro!--if I know you -you drop a run or two in there as well(...or "two"-LOLOLOL))....but sometimes it's done like the original-for the "mood"...both,any,all...reminiscing again...guys, I saw Yes in summer ' 75 , in Long Beach(Ca)---he did the whole show! with his nylon! I was in the "nosebleeds", & didnt miss much(20/15 vision)--but this giant "disco ball"(mirrored!...remember those damn things?) reflected the laser lights ---you coudn't help gettin' "shot" !!!!!!

[Libre]

I just wish there was a simple (read cheap) way to obtain both a music file and an arrangement in score for this piece (Mood For a Day). That's what I would need to add the piece to my street repertiore.

[Jubilee Valence]

Travis-

Were would I find the sheet music?
I piced up a Ben Bolt classical gutiar book and found the sheet music in it. The CG version is only about a minute long, but I'm re-working it, and so far I got it to about 2:15 minute long song.

the book is called:

39 Progressive solos for Classical Gutiar...Book I :shock: ...here comes PFC Warner!!!!!!!!!!!!!........playin' it "Jubi-fried"..LOLOLOL...Trav...if ya run out of stuff to do before shippin' out...can ya' "e" a "reasonable" facsimile of that to "you know who"...

[Travis_Warner]

Travis-

Were would I find the sheet music?
I piced up a Ben Bolt classical gutiar book and found the sheet music in it. The CG version is only about a minute long, but I'm re-working it, and so far I got it to about 2:15 minute long song.

the book is called:

39 Progressive solos for Classical Gutiar...Book I :shock: ...here comes PFC Warner!!!!!!!!!!!!!........playin' it "Jubi-fried"..LOLOLOL...Trav...if ya run out of stuff to do before shippin' out...can ya' "e" a "reasonable" facsimile of that to "you know who"...

Unforutenetly, I won't run out....I have finals exams to worry about, then my last guitar lessons for the summer....

[eknick]

It has to be Sunburst by Andrew York. I wouldn't say it's the best solo piece of music, of course thats subjective, but for my level its what I can handle and the audience love it everytime. :lol:
I think the "best" piece of solo music in my repertoir is not up to me to decide, it comes from the responses of the crowd. I sometimes take request during performences so I can get a feel what the crowd wants at that particular moment.
Whatever the people demand, I give. :twisted:

[racer_x]

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I dont have the guitar mag anymore, sorry. I have seen Steve play it a few different ways and all in different keys (no capo). The guy is a monster on guitar.

[Libre]

Hey Racer!
Hey, thanks man. I ordered the Howe, and also 2 other titles (Bach's Inventions for Guitar and the S&P's for guitar).
You made my day - and probably made me some money too. When I play Mood at the Met Muse of Art (my stomping grounds) the crowd will empty their pockets in my case (hope they don't empty their stomachs!)>

THANKS THANKS THANKS

[racer_x]

Knock em dead.

[Jubilee Valence]

Knock em dead.Hey X,-you don't have any old G.W. mags left do you ,say from summer of '78? Did you come up with any solo guitar "mariachi" stuff!--Jubi

[racer_x]

Well I think I am going to ask the trio of guitar players to give me one of their song lists. I have not been to that restaurant in a long time so I could use a large plate of mole de pollo with a tecate on the side.

GW Magz: No I dont have a single issue left. They were so beaten up over years of moving around.

? for the admin: Did I violate a policy here by posting that link?
My apologies if I did so.

[Libre]

I hope I didn't violate one either by following it????????????????????

[Hucbald]

Guess this as good a place as any for my first post. Been playing for over 27 years, and I gig as often as possible (At least twice a week, sometimes up to five nights a week). I came into classical backwards from jazz and rock playing, so my taste is... er... "eclectic". I have my set arranged as "suites" around the circle of thirds starting in A minor. At the end of each "suite" I play a "crowd pleaser" type of piece. These are all contemporary pieces that most of the audience is familiar with. For A minor it's... wait for it... here it comes... "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams. I put that one in my set early to "get the audience on my side". Works well for that. For C major I play Eric Johnson's "Desert Song". It's in A minor, so I use the Guardame Las Vacas Variations to lead from C major back to A minor. I thought that was a good idea, even if I did come up with it myself. 8) The E minor "suite" has Eddie Van Halen's "Spanish Fly" at the end of it, which goes over VERY well, but is a very dangerous piece. It's not all that rare for me to "whoops!" in that one somewhere along the line. For G major I wrote a transcription of Joe Satriani's "A Day At The Beach", which is a bear to play on nylon string (And it gives you calouses on your "i" and "m" fingers, which does weird things to your right hand technique :? ) but the fact that I gave up performing on concert acoustic classicals has helped there (I have three Godin electric nylon strings: a Multiac Grand Concert Duet, a Multiac Grand Concert SA, and a Glissentar fretless 11-string). For B minor I have a Scherzo that I wrote, D major has Leo Kottke's transcription of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", F-sharp minor is a GREAT place for Steve Howe's "Mood For a Day", and that brings us to A major, where I play my own transcription of the very first piece I ever learned how to play... you're gonna looooove this... "Stairway to Heaven", complete with the guitar solo AND a "drum solo" introduction that I could only do on the Duet with it's L.R. Baggs system. It's really quite hilarious, and sometimes people pull out their Bic lighters, flick 'em and hold 'em up. Hey, I got into music because it's supposed to be FUN, m-kay? :D At that point, I've been playing for 90 minutes, and if it's a resteraunt gig or a wedding reception it's time for the client to FEED ME!

Hucbald

[tumdeejai]

My favorite repertoire is SUENO EN LA FLORESTA by Agustin Barrios.
It has very beutiful tremolo, Like you walking in the beutiful garden.

[samwise]

Someone mentioned Mozart's Rondo alla Turka, and a good choice, but my all time favorite is the first movement of the same sonata: Andante Grazioso. It was the spark for me venturing into classical. Other favs include: Salterello, Sakura Variations, Handel's Allegro from St No. 8 in D and a several others already mentioned here Recuerdos, Leyenda, Lagrima, Adelita etc...all good ones IMHO

[selma600]

I have a "simple" (Hah!) "Malagueña" arranged by Papas. I haven't been able to turn it up in any of his currently-published collections and it was given me by my first teacher. I have added some riffs to it lately and it is enormously fun to play. The partitition is tattered and worn, but, thanks to technology, I have a good copy on my hard-drive! I handed one over to my current teacher, who likes it well enough to want to learn it himself. It's one of those that you can go back and work on over and over and always find something new to keep your interest.
Nice little piece.
Hey, Columbia Music - get off the stick and FIND this piece! Re-publish so we won't have to "pirate!"
Other than that, ANY of the "doozytudes" (12 études) of Villa-Lobos!

[Feda]

I only know three, but out of those my fav. is Serenata Espanola by Malats. I don't play it very nicely but I get through it:)

[rdubb]

Bach PFA. Every movement is just absolute transcendent perfection, that fill me with ineffable joy when i play them. even when i'm s*itting bricks while performing the Allegro, i'm still in bliss....(actually, I've been more into taking it at the tempo Bream does, more of an allegro moderato, and i feel so much better in the process....)

And Albeniz Torre Bemeja and Granada just kill me. Absolute gems.

V-L studies 1,5,7,8,11 and 12. Those are the pearls. Ok of that group 12 is the most 'out there' but its almost death metal! just pure power.

[gitar_master2004]

My Favorite guitar pieces are Embaixador worked by Paulo Bellinati
Invocation et Dance worked by Joaquin Rodrigo, Prince's Toys worked by Nikita Koskin

D'grendo
Jakarta - Indonesia

[Libre]

I've broken out of my Bach fixation with Rodrigo's Fandango - which magically appeared on my music stand a week or so ago, after I had lost all track of it sometime before that.
I tend to think of whatever piece I'm obsessed with at the time, as the BEST piece, and this is no exception. I used to play it years ago, then it fell out of my repertoire for ages. Now I'm wondering why I wasted all that time not playing it.
There is also something to be said for a pure guitar work, not transcribed, and composed by a major composer (like Rodrigo), who is known to the music world in general, not only to guitarists. There are actually very few pieces that fall into that category. Only a handfull, and the Fandango is my favorite of any of those.
It's a sheer delight, incredibly catchy and infectous, covering a good deal of emotional gound and musical texture, and not exceedingly difficult, either. Those are the kinds of pieces that I look for.

[bbeneche]

got to be Torre Bermeja: Albéniz

honorable mention to a few: La Catedral (Barrios), Fandanguillo (Suite Castellana, Torroba) and Asturias (Aléniz).... also a lot of fun playing my own Malaguena arrangement which is based on the Romero's version but for solo guitar.