Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1189647 Composed by Simon James. Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #789280. Published by DML (A0.1189647). These short Preludes for guitar are intended to illustrate a particular technical point or points. It may be either technical or compositional or both and I would have to say that I have been influenced by Tarrega’s Preludes which he wrote mostly for his students and so have called them Preludes rather than Studies. I learnt Tarrega’s pieces such as Adelita and Lagrima early in my study of the guitar and always enjoyed their nature as both technical exercises but also performance pieces. I have tried to emulate that with these pieces. This Prelude is based on the use of thirds and sixths on the guitar. These intervals are the easiest to play on guitar and the sweetest sounding though they can still be used dramatically as in this work. The middle section, or B section if you prefer, uses chords with dissonance built into the chord shape and which are also not too difficult to play.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1185160 Composed by Simon James. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #784842. Published by DML (A0.1185160). These short Preludes for guitar are intended to illustrate a particular technical point or points. It may be either technical or compositional or both and I would have to say that I have been influenced by Tarrega’s Preludes which he wrote mostly for his students and so have called them Preludes rather than Studies. I learnt Tarrega’s pieces such as Adelita and Lagrima early in my study of the guitar and always enjoyed their nature as both technical exercises but also performance pieces. I have tried to emulate that with these pieces. The piece is written as a Fugue with two voices. The idea was to explore counterpoint on the guitar and how to handle it. The time signature is 6/8 which suits the guitar well as it gives a very lyrical feel. The first voice opens the piece with the subject and then at bar 8 the second voice enters in the bass while the first voice plays the countersubject. I have given considerable technical guidance both in fingering and the use of different strings as these pieces are intended to be instructional, if in doubt you will find all the techniques you need in my book The Art Of Accompaniment On The Guitar available from Amazon.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1377888 By Aaron Larget-Caplan. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan. Baroque,Christian,Christmas,Classical,Early Music. Individual part. 5 pages. Aaron Larget-Caplan #962501. Published by Aaron Larget-Caplan (A0.1377888). Prelude N. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan Includes: 2 pages of music, 1 page of notes, 1 page of alternate fingering. It is recommended to print double-sided so no page turns are required while playing.About this Arrangement â?? The regular arpeggio gesture is straightforward on piano, but on guitar the performer may have to do a few adjustments to keep this gesture clear. The performer should play the arpeggios over multiple strings as much as possible allowing the notes to ring beyond their notated values. The music can be realized in various ways; hence the fingerings are suggestions and some measures can be played without a Barre. For an ethereal conclusion, I raised the octave of the last measures.Prelude N. 1 in C Major (no sharps or flats) is the first of 44 preludes and fugues written by Bach for keyboard. It follows a progression of arpeggiated chords touching multiple keys as it climaxes on an exquisite pedal point in the Dominant before returning to C-major. One of the most often arranged of Bachâ??s compositions, it was most famously the basis of Ave Maria by Charles Gunoud.This arrangement of Prelude No. 1 in C major, WTC Book I, BWV 846 is featured on the 2022 album â??Godâ??s Time: Music of J.S. Bach on Guitarâ?? by Aaron Larget-Caplan on Tiger Turn (888-09) and streams worldwide. Online lessons are also available.The arrangements of Aaron Larget-Caplan have been called â??very importantâ?� and â??a must haveâ?�, with Soundboard â??strongly advocatingâ?� for them â??to be performed by young guitaristsâ?� and include music by J.S. Bach, John Cage, Isaac Albéniz, Franz Schubert, Reynaldo Hahn, and Alan Hovhaness. 

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1147461 By Simon James. By Simon James. Classical,Contemporary,Instructional,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 6 pages. DML #747697. Published by DML (A0.1147461). These short Preludes for guitar are intended to illustrate a particular technical point or points. It may be either technical or compositional or both. This piece is based on the simple idea of an A major chord, a D major7 chord and an E9 chord in 5th position played with an unusual right hand pattern giving a time signature of 10/8. Don’t panic, if you play the right hand pattern correctly, as indicated, it automatically comes out correctly. You will find all the techniques you need in my book The Art Of Accompaniment On The Guitar. I have given considerable technical guidance both in fingering and the use of different strings as these pieces are intended to be instructional. The score is available on Sheet Music Plus and Sheet Music Direct.

Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1102997 Composed by Jeremiah Lawson. Blues,Classical,Rock. Individual part. 7 pages. Jeremiah Lawson #706323. Published by Jeremiah Lawson (A0.1102997). This is a 7-page score for solo guitar in two-movements, both in C minor. The opening sonata-prelude has an exposition, development and recapitulation and uses two themes, both of which use the gesture of a rising second as either core thematic or accompaniment material. There are places indicated in the score where a performer can improvise embellishments or substitutions in the return of Theme 1 in the recapitulation. The fugue is written in three voices with a subject and countersubject. It has two expositions, the first based on the primary form and the second on a somewhat free retrograde form of the initial fugue subject. I use fragmented forms of the subject to create blues and 5/4 episodes after the grand stretto that signals the structural climax of the fugue. This work is pretty difficult but although I wrote it on classical guitar it may also be played on acoustic or electric guitars with whatever timbre modifications strike your fancy.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1344888 By Keith Gehle. By Keith W. Gehle. Christmas,Holiday,New Age. Individual part. 4 pages. Keith Gehle #929865. Published by Keith Gehle (A0.1344888). This solo guitar version of “Prelude and Thanksgiving Day� was written and recorded as part of Keith’s 2006 Christmas/seasonal recording entitled Songs of December. A second version of this piece minus the “Prelude� and with additional instrumentation and soundscapes appears on Keith’s 2016 album Space and Time. For many, Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas season and a song with that title seems a fitting way to open an album of music celebrating the season. This PDF includes detailed fingerings in standard notation. There’s also a version with TAB available on this site.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.634045 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik. Film/TV,Jazz,Pop,World. Individual part. 3 pages. F & N Enterprise #3500093. Published by F & N Enterprise (A0.634045). An excellent arrangement of famous Prelude In E Minor by Frederic Chopin for Guitar with Background Track-Jazz/Pop Version.The composition is easy to read, fun to play and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia and UK markets. This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8. Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from review in The Canadian Music Teacher) Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations. Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), PH.D (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.Additional Information regarding my arrangements at SheetMusicPlus: https://www.facebook.com/arrangementsofsheetmusic/

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.634031 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik. Film/TV,Jazz,Pop,World. Individual part. 2 pages. F & N Enterprise #3499641. Published by F & N Enterprise (A0.634031). An excellent arrangement of famous Prelude by Frederic Chopin for Guitar with Background Track-Jazz/Pop Version.The composition is easy to read, fun to play and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia and UK markets. This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8. Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from review in The Canadian Music Teacher) Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations. Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), PH.D (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.Additional Information regarding my arrangements at SheetMusicPlus: https://www.facebook.com/arrangementsofsheetmusic/

Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.905195 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Aleksander Wilgos. Baroque. Individual part. 5 pages. Aleksander Wilgos #3587251. Published by Aleksander Wilgos (A0.905195). This is my own transcription on the Prelude, based on Bach's violin version and his orchestral version (BWV 29). There are some parallels to lute version but it's quite different.You can listen to my recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZyxNdN6o_Y as well as check my other transcriptions at my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/aleksanderwilgos.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.634056 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik. Film/TV,Jazz,Pop,World. Individual part. 2 pages. F & N Enterprise #3500507. Published by F & N Enterprise (A0.634056). An excellent arrangement of famous Prelude In A Major by Frederic Chopin for Guitar with Background Track-Jazz/Pop Version.The composition is easy to read, fun to play and sound professional when performed. Arranged by Fishel Pustilnik, very well known as Composer/Publisher. His books Jazz & Pop Piano Paradise (Volumes 1-5) have become a commercial success and a hit with music teachers and students in Canada. (Thousands books already sold in Canada). They are also starting to enter the US, Brazil, Norway, Russia, Holland, Israel, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Latvia and UK markets. This is a wonderful new publication. These pieces offer much appeal for the young pianist and excellent choice for a supplementary book for students from Grade 3 to 8. Lore Ruschiensky, Editor, (from review in The Canadian Music Teacher) Yesterday I spent at least two pleasure filled hours playing through your imaginatively inventive compositions. Congratulations! I trust students will decide to program your well crafted and entertaining works on recitals and examinations. Review from Dr. Jack Behrens, B.Sc. (Julliard), PH.D (Harvard), Director of Academic Studies, The Glenn Gould School I liked this book the best so far. Great work! You have a gift for melody and your arrangements are very playable. Congratulations on the 3rd Volume. Mark Carlstein, Hal Leonard, Keyboard Publications.Additional Information regarding my arrangements at SheetMusicPlus: https://www.facebook.com/arrangementsofsheetmusic/

Solo Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1038545 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Timothy Sullivan. Baroque,Classical,Contest,Festival,Traditional,Wedding. Individual part. 3 pages. SullivanWorks #643513. Published by SullivanWorks (A0.1038545). A uniquely guitar-oriented perspective on the famous Prelude in C Major, one of the best-loved works by the most celebrated, most performed, composer of all time. Adapted for guitarists, this Prelude is easier to read, easier to play, and includes a fully-playable TAB score.

Solo Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1363287 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Keith W. Gehle. 19th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Individual part. 1 pages. Keith Gehle #947795. Published by Keith Gehle (A0.1363287). The very short yet beautiful Prelude Op. 28, No. 7 by Frederic Chopin was recorded as part of Keith’s 2004 album entitled Nocturne, Music of the Romantics which featured new arrangements and editions of 19th century music. There’s also a version available with TAB on this site.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1023803 Composed by Ottorino Respighi. Arranged by Semitony. 20th Century. Individual part. 1 pages. Semitony #6458905. Published by Semitony (A0.1023803). Gli Uccelli (The Birds) is a suite for small orchestra written in 1928 and itself based on a c.17th work by Bernardo Pasquini. The short prelude arranged here for guitar solo was used in a BBC TV Antiques series in 1960s - 'Going for a Song'.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150599 Composed by Bach, JS. Arranged by Nick Mordal. Baroque,Classical,Early Music,Folk,Renaissance. Individual part. 2 pages. Nick Mordal #750778. Published by Nick Mordal (A0.1150599). Bach's Prelude in C Minor for lute has been transposed to D minor and is arranged for the classical guitar. This is a great piece to learn arpeggio technique and familiarity with the higher notes on the fretboard. It is common in the guitar repertoire; a version of it can also be found in the Modern Approach to Classical Guitar book 2 by Charles Duncan. However, I have made my arrangement of this piece by staying slightly truer to the original. It is very similar to Duncan's version, but a little more advanced.

Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.1019406 Composed by Konstantin Shchenitsyn. Contemporary. Individual part. 5 pages. Konstantin Shchenitsyn #3377713. Published by Konstantin Shchenitsyn (A0.1019406). Prelude in trilinos ripple on chord technique.