Young Beginner's First Repertoire for Classic Guitar

By Sonia Michelson. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Classic. Level: Beginning. Book. Size 8.5x11. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

This is a wonderful collection of graded pieces for the beginning classic guitar student. Sonia Michelson has gathered some of the finest solo material available at this level from various publishers throughout the world. Included are compositions reflecting a colorful array of styles and periods.

Perfect for Beginners
"I was looking for a book of repertoire for very young beginners (age 9-12), and this book fit the bill perfectly. The pieces are all very easy, yet interesting musically, so young players will be able to build an ineresting repertoire even in the first few months of playing. I highly recommend this for young students!"
-- Scott Workman from Winona Lake, IN, July 31, 2007
Young Beginner's First Repertoire for Classic Guitar

Mozart for Acoustic Guitar

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arranged by Ben Bolt. For Guitar (Classical & Fingerpicking). Solos. Acoustic Guitar Series. Classic. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.5x11. 128 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Because Mozart was a profoundly versatile composer, his music suits the guitar as well as it does a chamber orchestra. Includes outstanding transcriptions of movements from several well-known compositions: Concerto No. 21; !Romance! and !Menuetto! from A Little Night Music; Allegro (K525); !Allegro Molto! from Symphony No 40; and more. The text is written in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese and includes both standard notation and tablature.

Double tracked?
"Some of the songs are well arranged and some sound suspicously double tracked and cannot be played as transcribed in tab, without drowning out the melody line by the fill picking. Without knowing how the right hand is fingering the strings or what R.H. technique is used many songs seem impossible to dupicate on your own instrument unless of course you double track or have friend over to play a duet. I have been playing for 10 years and I would not call these songs intermediate by any means, unless of course you pick the easiest fingering passages of each song. "
-- philip delgrosso from Rochester, MI., July 23, 2007
It's a matter of what you want I guess
"It's sort of a 'greatest hits' of passages of music of 1-2 minutes length generally. The CD is slowed down so it's not fun to listen to casually. A huge chunk of the book is repetitive introduction in foreign languages. The lovely Sonata in C major would be very, very hard if not impossible to play as transcribed at anything approaching 'allegro', so it's kind of not the same. Still, there's plenty of good work in evidence here and there's no doubt something for everyone."
-- W Stallard, February 25, 2006
Mozart for Acoustic Guitar

The Guitar Music Of Spain, Vol. Three

Edited by John Zaradin. Guitar solo book for guitar. 88 pages. Published by Amsco.

Traditional Spanish and Hispanic music by composers such as Rodrigo, Calatayud, Llobet, Cardoso, Sainz De La Maza, and other masters.
Contents:
Dos Piezas Para Guitarra - Bolero A Minor, composed by Bartolome Calatuyud
Dos Piezas Para Guitarra - El Majo D Minor, composed by Bartolome Calatuyud
Seis Variaciones Sobre Un Tema De Milan D Major, composed by J. Nin-Culmell
Preludio En Mi Mayor E Major, composed by Miguel Llobet
El Noi De La Mare (Cancion Popular Catalana) D Major, composed by Miguel Llobet
Scherzo - Vals A Major, composed by Miguel Llobet
Aire De Milonga (Sobre un Tema De Eduardo Falu) A Minor, composed by Jorge Cardoso
Vals Venezonalo E Minor, composed by Jorge Cardoso
Petenera E Minor, composed by Regino Sainz De La Maza
Zapateado E Major, composed by Regino Sainz De La Maza
Madronos E Major, composed by F. Moreno Torroba
Romance A Major, composed by F. Moreno Torroba
Pajaros De Primavera A Major, composed by Joaquin Rodrigo
Tango Y Zapateado A Major, E Major, composed by Celedonio Romero
Caprico Arabe D Minor, composed by Francisco Tarrega
Bolero C Major, composed by Eduardo Sainz De La Maza
Campanas Del Alba A Minor, composed by Eduardo Sainz De La Maza
Paseo A Minor, composed by Eduardo Sainz De La Maza
The Guitar Music Of Spain, Vol. Three