The Beautiful Sound of Nylon Strings
The classical guitar repertoire is usually divided into ancient music, classical and romantic music and modern and contemporary music. Sometimes to relax with the classical guitar we can play pop songs that are not the repertoire taught in conservatories, but…
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“Keep Your Head Up” is a song by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard from his debut studio album Every Kingdom. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2011 as a digital download, that is a…
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“Heartbeats” is a song by Swedish electronic music duo The Knife. This song has been covered by José González, a Swedish-Argentinian indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden. González is also a member of the band Junip, along with…
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“Ain’t No Sunshine” is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just As I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. Withers was inspired to write this song after watching the 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses. He…
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“Ode to Joy” is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final (fourth) movement of his Ninth Symphony, completed in 1824. Beethoven’s text is not based entirely on Schiller’s poem, and introduces a few new sections….
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“Tears in Heaven” is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings from the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. Its lyrics were inspired by the death of Clapton’s four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a New York apartment building in 1991….
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“Is There Anybody Out There?” is a song from the Pink Floyd album, The Wall. The second half of the song is an instrumental classical guitar solo. It is not widely known who played it: In several interviews, David Gilmour…
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Bourrée in E minor is a popular lute piece, the fifth movement from Suite in E minor for Lute, BWV 996 (BC L166) written by Johann Sebastian Bach. This piece is arguably one of the most famous pieces among guitarists….
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“Shape of My Heart” is a song by English artist Sting from his album Ten Summoner’s Tales, released in 1993. The song was co-written by guitarist Dominic Miller. Sting explained that through “Shape of My Heart”, he wanted to tell…
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Alborada in Spanish means morning, and in fact this is a song with a sunny character, which sounds catchy, but also of a certain difficulty to play with the classical guitar. The shape of the piece is quite free, typical…
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