The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Je…

Par BARREIRO ELIAS. An outstanding collection of 33 classic guitar solos transcribed from piano works by Manuel Saumell, Ignacio Cervantes, and many others. Cuban song and dance rhythms have had a global impact. These arrangements capture the rhythms, styles, and moods of the Cuban contradanza, danza, vals, canción and criolla of the 19th to early 20th centuries. The available online audio feature…

Une collection en trois volumes contenant le meilleur de la musique espagnole à la guitare. Plus de cinquante morceaux traditionnels par Bartolome Calatayud, gradués du plus simple au niveau plus avancé à travers le livre. / Guitare / 96 pages / Partition

Learn the Guitar in a creative new way. Par PELLS TIM / FRANKE JENS. Learn the Guitar in a creative new way: Playing music that makes you feel good, right from the outset. Passport to Play Guitar is a tutor series which is focused on learning to play the guitar through listening, reading and playing together, and is suitable for both classical and acoustic guitarists. The sheet music includes TAB…

Par NELSON GONZALEZ. World-renowned tresero (tres player) Nelson Gonzalez explains tuning and playing of the Cuban tres guitar, offering tips for beginning to advanced players. As the instrument's name implies, the tres has three courses of double or triple strings and is used both as a lead and an accompaniment instrument. The author thoughtfully includes instructions for converting a normal 6-st…

Presents the Contradanzas Habaneras of Manuel Saumell (1817-1870) who has been called a 'Pioneer of the Cuban danza.' Originally written for the piano this collection of contradanzas is a good example of Saumell’sinnate sensitivity to the rhythms characteristic of Cuban Music. Written in standard notation and tablature.

'Cuban Latin Guitar? is a practical teaching guide for guitarists who want to get familiar with Cuban Latin music. This book focusses on four styles in detail: Son, Cha-Cha-Cha, Bolero and Danzón. The basic rhythmic patterns such as clave and cinquillo cubano are also explained. After working with this book/CD, you will have an insight into different fingerpicking techniques and accompaniments wit…

Une collection de musique cubaine édité et arrangée par John Zaradin pour guitare solo. Adapté pour les guitaristes intermédiaires et arrangés en notation d'onglet standard et de la guitare avec les symboles de la corde. / Guitare Tablatures / 64 pages / Partition