J.S. Bach
1st Cello Suite, BWV 1007
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'Prelude' View
'Allemande' View
'Courante' View
'Sarabande' View
'Minuets I & II' View
'Gigue' View
Source: Cello Score, Alfred Dörffel, 1878, Bach-Gesellschaft Edition, Vol. 27
Arranged and fingered, 1977
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J.S. Bach
2nd Cello Suite, BWV 1008
'Prelude' View
'Allemande' View
'Courante' View
'Sarabande' View
'Minuets I & II' View
'Gigue' View
Source: Cello Score, Alfred Dörffel, 1878, Bach-Gesellschaft Edition, Vol. 27
Arranged and fingered, 2008-9
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J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
3rd Cello Suite, BWV 1009
'Prelude' View
'Sarabande' View
'Bourrees I & II' View
'Gigue' View
The Bourrees were published under the name of 'Loure' in some editions in the 19th
and early 20th Century, but name 'Bourree' is in all the early manuscripts.
Source: Original manuscript from Anna Magdalena Bach, Johann Sebastian's second wife.
As of yet, it's date is unknown.
Arranged and fingered, November 8-18, 2014
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J.S. Bach
From The 4th Cello Suite, BWV 1010
'Prelude' View
'Sarabande' View
'Courante' View
Source: Lute Score, Alfred Dörffel, 1878, Bach-Gesellschaft Edition
Arranged and fingered in March 21, 2009, Bach's 324th birthday
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J.S. Bach
From The 5th Cello Suite, BWV 1011
'Sarabande', View
'Gavottes I & II' View
'From the 3rd Lute Suite, BWV 995' & 5th Cello Suite, BWV 1011'
Source: Lute Score, Alfred Dörffel, 1878, Bach-Gesellschaft Edition
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J.S. Bach
From The 6th Cello Suite, BWV 1012
'Gavottes I & II'
in D Major View
in C Major View
The other movements in this suite work better in D major, but the C major arrangement of this movement might be a good choice for you if you are playing the Gavottes alone and find them difficult to play in D or you just like the sound in C.
Source: Cello Score, Alfred Dörffel, 1878, Bach-Gesellschaft Edition, Vol. 27
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J.S. Bach
'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' View
Arrangement in A of the complete piece
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Three Early Baroque Pieces (Anonymous)
'Courante, Aria & Gigue' View
These three pieces were originally written for the five course Baroque Guitar. I learned them many years ago, while studying in Vienna.
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Anonymous Baroque
'Aria & Bourree I-II' View
It's not only Renaissance music that has the power to Console.
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Jan Antonín Losy (1650-1721)
'Partita in a minor' View
Aria, Capriccio, Sarabande, Gavotte, Gigue
This wonderful suite is Losy's most famous work.
He wrote much more, but his manuscripts are very difficult to decipher.
Arranged and fingered, January,1972
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
'Sarabande in d minor' View
I've been playing this beautiful and profound Sarabande since the 1960s.
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Violin Fantasia No. VI, TWV 40:19
'Grave', 'Presto', 'Siciliana' & 'Allegro' View
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Violin Fantasia No. VII, TWV 40:20
'Dolce', 'Allegro', 'Largo' & 'Presto' View
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Violin Fantasia No. IX, TWV 40:22
'Siciliana', 'Vivace' & 'Allegro' View
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Luis de Milán (c. 1500-c.1561)
'Fantasy No. 26' View
This transcendentally beautiful fantasy from the early Spanish renaissance, originally written for the vihuela de mano, echos from the stone walls of the Middle Ages. I transcribed this from the 'El Maestro' book of manuscript tablatures of Milán at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Library on March 21,1984. A few days ago, I found this original transcription folded in another piece of music (almost thirty years later!), so I decided to finally set it for guitar, putting in some of the ornaments and embellishments that the players in the 16th century might have added into their performances and to make it flow on the guitar the way it would have on the vihuela de mano. Here's a scan of my handwritten manuscript. Download
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Luis de Milán (c. 1500-c.1561)
'Fantasy No. 3' View
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Luis de Milán (c. 1500-c.1561)
'Fantasy No. 8' View
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John Dowland (1563-1626)
'What If A Day, A Month Or A Year' View
An elaborated intabulation by Dowland of the well known anonymous tune.
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Anonymous from Elizabethan England
'Go From My Window' View
Here's a delightful piece that I freely arranged in G major from the Dowland Intabulation. It is set in such a way to resonate and articulate naturally and beautifully on the guitar. This music truly has the 'Power To Console'
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Anonymous
'Greensleeves' with divisions (variations) View
This piece is from Elizabethan England. The divisions are written in the style of the Renaissance.
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Anonymous from Elizabethan England
'Dance & 'What If A Day, A Month Or A Year' View
Simpleanonymous versions that pair very nicely.
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'Greensleeves' with divisions (variations) View
in the style of the Renaissance
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Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710)
'Pavanas' View
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Anonymous
'Four Renaissance Dances' View
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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata No. 5, Hob. XVI:11
'Presto' View
'Andante' View
'Minuet' View
Arranged in 1989
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Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840)
'Romance from the Grand Sonata' View
Arranged and fingered, 1999
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Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
'Präludium & Andante Cantabile' View
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Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)
'Vals in G' View
An easy piece using the upper notes
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Dionisio Aguado
'Six Lessons' View
These are lessons from Aguado's Method Book, but they are beautiful pieces! These are actually the first classical pieces I found at the public library and played back in the early 60s.
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Johann Kasper Mertz (1806-1856)
'Ländler No. 4, Op. 9' View
Here's a realization of the 'Ländler' with the full durations written out, just to give your the idea of the exact durations. Confusing to read, but good to see, at least once.:) View
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Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
'Three Ländlers of the Woods', Op.23, View
These three beautiful little 'landlers' remind me of the music that flows from the Vienna Woods and my time living there!
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Mauro Guiliani
'Etude in A minor', Op.48, No. 2 View
An arpeggio piece with the left moving to 15 fret, 2nd string, while playing 1st string open. This creates a nice texture. but is challenging to play smoothly and cleanly.
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Mauro Giuliani
'Etude in D Major', Op.48, No. 3 View
Great arpeggio piece with thumb and 'i' finger of the same string!
Great for developing right hand balance and freedom of moving between 'i' and 'p'.
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Mauro Giuliani
'Etude in E Minor', Op.48, No. 5 View
This is a well known arpeggio piece that challenges your sense of meter. It sounds great when you continue to feel the triplets and let the moving notes be syncopated. This piece is also great for developing connection across the bar line, by moving the left hand with the first 'i' finger in the new measure. I've added the ties across the bar lines to encourage this.
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Mauro Giuliani
'Etude in B minor', Op.100, No. 3 View
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Mauro Giuliani
'Tarantella', Op.24, No. 14 View
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Mauro Giuliani
'Larghetto in G minor' from 'Le Papillon', Op.50, No. 17 View
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Mauro Giuliani
'Allegretto in D' from 'Le Papillon', Op.50, No. 22 View
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Leonard Schultz (1814-1860)
'Guitarist's Bijou' View
from the manuscript of Dr. W. Slansky, St. Petersburg, 1908, located in THE BOIJE COLLECTION at The Music Library of Sweden
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Leonard Schultz
'Andante Expressivo' View
from the manuscript of Dr. W. Slansky, St. Petersburg, 1908, located in THE BOIJE COLLECTION at The Music Library of Sweden
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Leonard Schultz
'Peasant's Dance' View
from the manuscript of Dr. W. Slansky, St. Petersburg, 1908, located in THE BOIJE COLLECTION at The Music Library of Sweden
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Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
'Etude in A' View
This is the well known etude, but with special fingerings to make it more flowing and connected
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Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
'Study in b minor, Op. 35, No. 22' View
This is the another well known etude, that I have provided special fingerings to make it more flowing and connected.
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Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
'Andantino Grazioso' View
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Anonymous
Five Versions of the 'Spanish Romance'
'Spanish Romance in A Minor' View
This is a tremolo setting of the famous Romance.
'Romanza Fantasía' View
This is a special setting of the famous so call Spanish Romance that's actually claimed by several nations! The elaborations bring out it's Eastern European roots.
'Romanza in a minor' View
This is a another easier setting of the famous Romance.
'Romanza Espanol in e minor and A major' View
This version has the standard first e minor section with a tremolo second section in A major.
'Spanish Romance in e minor' View
This is the standard familiar Spanish setting of the Romance.
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
'Ode to Joy' View
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Ludwig van Beethoven
'Für Elise' View
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Chilean Folksong
'Waltz in G' View
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Johann Krieger (1651-1735)
'Minuet in A minor' View
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MaryLou Roberts
'Returning Home' View 2001
A Suzuki Book Three Level Reading Piece.
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Spanish Traditional
'Malaguena' View
A simple arrangement
Arranged and fingered, 2006
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Spanish Traditional
'El Noy de la Mare' View
This is a simple arrangement
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John Dowland
'Mrs. Winter's Jump' View
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Anonymous Elizabethan
'Toye in D' View
An easy arrangement using the upper notes
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Anonymous Elizabethan 'Dance in A minor' View
A simple arrangement, using the upper notes
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Anonymous Elizabethan
'Packington's Pound' View
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Robert Johnson (c.1583-c.1634)
'Alman' View
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Daniel Gotlieb Turk (1750-1813)
'Arioso' View
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Traditional Russian 'Kalinka Variations' View
An easy arrangement, using the upper notes
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Ukrainian Folksong
'Minka' View
An easy piece using the upper notes
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Ferdinand Carulli (1770-1841)
'Country Dance' View
This little piece is one of the most well known, ever.
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Irish Reel
'Drowsey Maggie' View
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Traditional Irish Tune
Cockles and Mussles (Molly Malone) View
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Traditional Irish Tune
'Oh Danny Boy' (pre-1855) View
Based on the traditional harp tune, Londonderry Air, first published in the 1855 book, The Ancient Music of Ireland
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Traditional Irish Tune
Morning Has Broken View
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Turlough O'Carolan
'Si Bheag Si Mhor' View
Thanks to Mick Hickey in Cork, Ireland for his tablature (2013)
arrangement, which this arrangement is based on.
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Traditional Scottish
'The Water Is Wide' View
The water might be wide, but this piece is short and sweet.
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Harold Arlen
'Over The Rainbow' (1939) View
A long time favorite of mine. I love the sentiment and the music. It's arranged in a classical, meditative style.
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Paul McCartney
'Yesterday' (1965) View
Here's my take on the most covered song in history. (with good reason). This is set in a classical style, with a meditative and intense mood.
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Paul McCartney
'Blackbird' (1968) View
Here's my arrangement of 'Blackbird' This piece is unique in that Paul McCartney's guitar part, without the vocal, makes a great guitar solo! When we transcribe other Beatle pieces for guitar solo, we adapt the vocal melody to guitar with added accompaniment. This piece is also great for learning shifting and sliding techniques, as well as cross string dexterity.
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George Harrison
'Here Comes The Sun' (1969) View
This song has a unique ringing sound that is bright and flowing, created by the seventh fret capo, and upbeat and off beat rhythms and textures.
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Paul McCartney
'Here, There & Everywhere' (1966) View
McCartney includes this among his personal favorites of all the songs he has written and it fits the classical guitar beautifully.
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Adolphe Adam
'O Holy Night' (1847)
in G major View
in A major View
This very stirring French Christmas Carol fits the guitar beautifully, but challenges the techniques we use to make a musical line sing, something that can only be done if the melody is connected and continuous, like the human voice. The notes, fingerings and techniques used in this arrangement were chosen to create both a legato, singing melody and to bring out the dramatic, stirring and dignified quality that is inherent within this carol.
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Wong Li Ping
'The Crystal World' View
A melody from the 1978 Chinese Documentary, 'The Diving Girls'
This sweet and hopeful melody falls easily and beautifully on the guitar.
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Anonymous Chinese
'Lullaby' View
This simple and charming little Traditional Chinese melody is good for a first year student to get used to playing in the upper posttions.
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Guitar Duets
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
'Oriental' Spanish Dance No. 2' Score
This is the way my wife, MaryLou and I have played this for years. I just finally wrote it down!
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Adam Falckenhagen (1697-1754)
'Minuet in E' Score
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Antonio de Cabezon (c.1500-1566)
'Duo I' Score
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Brian Roberts
'Canzona for Duo Guitar' Score
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Guitar Trios
Johann Michael Nicolai (1629-1675)
'Ciaconi' Score
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Anonymous English
'Divisions on Greensleeves' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3
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Anonymous German
'Die Katzenpfote' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3
From the 'Glogauer Liederbuch' (c.1480)
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Guitar Quartets
Izaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
'Berceuse' Score
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Brian Roberts
'Dance Of The Secret Source' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
*There is a well-known simple guitar piece in it's entirety by Ferdinando Carulli hidden within the background of this piece
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Brian Roberts
'In Good Company' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
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Brian Roberts
'After The Colors' Score
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John Dowland (1563-1626)
'Frog Galliard' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
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Jamaican Folk Dance
'Calypso' ScorePart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
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Giavanni Gastoldi (1554-1609)
'Balletto III' Score
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Pierre Attaignant ((1530))
'Tourdion' Score
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Solo Pipa and Guitar Ensemble
'Language of Pipa' by Linhai ScorePipa SoloGuitar Part 1Guitar Part 2Guitar Part 3
The Solo can also be played by Mandolin, Guitar or Other Melody Instrument
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Pipa and Guitar Duet
'Language of Pipa' by Linhai Score
The Pipa part can also be played by Mandolin, Guitar or Other Melody Instrument
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