Classic Masterpieces Made Easy for Acoustic Guitar - Softcover

Kalal, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786682876 ISBN 13: 9780786682874

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

During the course of my teaching piano and guitar, I have not come across another book that took these classic masterpieces and arranged them for the beginner guitar student. There is an amazing amount of literature like this for the piano, but not for the guitar. My goal with this book is to fill this void in the guitar literature. I chose compositions that the young guitar student would most likely have heard before and thus used familiar melodies. I then made easy arrangements of them, mostly using the top four strings, simple chords and fingerings. The right hand fingering is not indicated, because I used the general rule of thumb: a = 1st string, m = 2nd string, i = 3rdstring, p = 4th, 5th and 6th strings." All 12 solos are scored in notation and tablature.

About this title

About the Author:

Sylvia was born and raised in Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia). Her early studies were on classical guitar. She has studied with Vladimir Tomcanyi and Alois Mensik. Sylvia has earned a performance diploma in classical guitar from the State Conservatory of Music in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1996. In 1997, she was awarded a full scholarship to study jazz at Tri-C (Cleveland, Ohio) under the direction of Lee Bush and Ernie Krivda. Sylvia Kalal has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra on guitar, banjo and mandolin, also with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, world renowned bassist Rufus Reid and the famous Pop singer/recording artist Lou Rawls. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cleveland State University completing a jazz syllabus under the tutelage of veteran guitarist Robert W. Fraser. In 2004, Sylvia attended the First World Guitar Congress in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was given the distinction of performing on stage with the legendary jazz guitarist Howard Alden. Sylvia has been teaching over 15 years. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband Jim and two children Jimmy and Sophie.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786682876
• ISBN 13: 9780786682874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36