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Classical Guitar
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| Genre: |
Renaissance
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CD
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The Renaissance Guitar by Various. Edited by Frederick M. Noad. For Guitar. Music Sales America. Renaissance. Softcover with CD. 120 pages. Amsco Publications #AM968066. Published by Amsco Publications (HL.14023141).
ISBN 0825618134. Renaissance. 9x12 inches.
This book/CD series provides solos, duets and songs covering four centuries of composers for the guitar and lute family. Taken from original sources, and carefully fingered for the modern player, the transcriptions are as faithful as possible to the original while at the same time offering a practical performing score.
Mike
Location: from Minnesota
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 20, 2011
Very good colleciton, if a little pricy
Unlike most repertoire books, Noad's series has very thoughtful fingerings, especially ones that perhaps sacrifice the original chord voicings or a note but make the passage much easier and smoother to play. His advice on interpretation for each piece is also excellent. This book plus his other repertoire books would...
8 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Location: from College Station, TX
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 22, 2009
If you're new to guitar, it's not for you
I've studied classical guitar since age 9 (I'm currently 28), and this music, while I greatly enjoy it, is very challenging. This book does NOT have tabs, so if you cannot read music you should not buy it. Also, if you are new to the guitar, and are not proficient...
15 of 29 people found this review helpful.