Christmas Crackers: 14 Easy arrangements with flexible components, by Debbie Cracknell. Published by Oxford University Press, 2015 Debbie Cracknell material has been a feature of guitar lessons for many years. She has been a divisive author in the past, with her ‘Enjoy Playing the Guitar‘ books winning converts and critics in equal measure. There is More Info »
‘Guitar Star‘ for guitar by Gary Ryan. Published by ABRSM Publishing. AB3935 Guitar Star is designed to sit alongside and act as additional resource material for the ABRSM Prep Test. The book starts the student from open-string “i, m” alternation in 4|4 and 3|4 with simple note-durations. Gradually stopped LH notes are presented, then accidentals More Info »
Prep Test For Guitar. Published by ABRSM Publishing. AB3934 The Associated Board (ABRSM) needs no introduction. If guitar teachers didn’t sit their first exams with it, then their teachers probably did. Or our aunties, uncles, parents, friends… someone somewhere who we know of, has sat an ABRSM exam on a musical instrument. The ABRSM are More Info »
Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele, by Colin Tribe Published by Schott. ED13873 According to the back cover of Schott’s book, Colin Tribe is internationally known and respected as a ukelele writer and teacher. In this book, we can see why. It progresses in its 170+ pages from beginner to very-accomplished. There’s a huge amount of core material, More Info »
Schumann For Guitar 30 Transcriptions by Martin Hegel and Francisco Tarrega Published by Scott. ED22882 “Schumann For Guitar is an interesting attempt to transfer Robert Schumann’s romantic, lyrical music to the guitar. As a consequence, new tonal possibilities present themselves for the guitar repertoire, particularly in view of the fact that Schumann himself never composed More Info »
Play Guitar With Milos, Level 1, by Milos Karadaglić Published by Schott. ED13931 When an established guitar star, such as Milos, decides to write an introduction to the classical guitar, the classical guitar world should be interested and grateful in equal measure. Schott’s have spotted an opportunity to exploit his popularity to produce a book More Info »
24 Estudios – José Ferrer edited by Jens Franke and Marta Gonzalez Bordonaba Published by Schott. GA 569 José Ferrer is well known to teachers so this new edition of 24 Estudios will be welcome. All too often, in order to challenge their intermediate students, teachers turn to Carulli, Sor, Guiliani & Carcassi and whilst More Info »
Pocket Fantasies, For Solo Guitar (Fellow Guitar Music Collection Volume 2) by Thomas Fellow. Published by Schott. ED 22597 When a player and teacher of Thomas Fellow’s calibre writes a book of music, the guitar world should notice. He is a guitar professor at the Carl Maria Von Weber University Of Music in Dresden, has More Info »
Preludio: 130 Easy concert pieces from 6 centuries. Edited by Martin Hegel. Published by Schott. ED 22626 Prefaces are good places to start books. They help reveal the intended purpose behind the didactic material. Martin Hegel explains that his anthology contains all the best-known pieces for beginners in the simplest arrangements possible. Well it’s true More Info »
Easy Concert Pieces, Volume 3 edited by Peter Ansorge & Bruno Szordikowski Published by Scott. ED22558 There are 40 pieces of music here spanning from the16th to 20th centuries, and the music is sufficiently meritorious to include in a young player’s concert. Peter and Bruno suggest that they are accessible to players after 3 years More Info »
