The Beautiful Sound of Nylon Strings
Sultans of Swing is the first and one of the most famous songs of Dire Straits, written by guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler. This music is characterized by ingenious fill and solo by Mark Knopfler who mix virtuosity and technique…
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“The Most Evolved” is a song of the Californian guitarist John H. Clarke that recalls a Spanish sounds. In this music you can hear an arpeggiated soft section alternated to another more rhythmic. The Most Evolved reminds me a bit the…
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“Mallorca” is the largest of the Spanish Balearic Islands, and like the island, this composition by Albeniz is great! The transcript has entered the repertoire of great guitarists, including Julian Bream and John Williams. Here’s how Williams describes it: “a…
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John Clarke is an interesting American guitarist from California. He has made a few albums that contain original pieces for classical guitar, as this composition entitled “Fuerte“. This name immediately recalls an atmosphere of Spanish guitar, and in fact in…
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Although it was published after his death, the “Suite Espanola” by Isaac Albéniz is one of his works for piano most played by concert performers. Very famous is the song Asturias (Leyenda), especially in the classical guitar version, but in…
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“Für Elise” is one of the best known works by Beethoven, but not everyone knows that in fact this name is not accurate, because the dedication to Elise was added later by an editor. Someone thinks perhaps that was dedicated…
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Isaac Albéniz was a great Spanish pianist and composer known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music. Many of his compositions have been transcribed for piano by Miguel Llobet and other guitar. For example “Asturias (Leyenda)”, “Granada”, “Seville”,…
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The song “Wondorian Dance” is my composition for classical guitar, that I have just published as mp3 and even videos on You Tube. The title is a fusion of the words “Wonderful” and “Dorian” Dance, because I liked to play…
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Federico Moreno Torroba (3 March 1891 – 12 September 1982) was a Spanish composer, born in Madrid. He is noted foremost for his important contributions to the classical guitar repertoire, although he also wrote for other instruments, including many zarzuelas…
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Federico Moreno Torroba is Spanish composer of the last century, known for his important contribution to the repertoire of the classical guitar. Besides numerous compositions for guitar, Torroba also wrote operas and above has contributed to the spread of the…
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