Kreutzer wrote a series of etudes entitled 42 études ou caprices for violin in the late 1700s.
This beautiful etude is in C major. And a great piece to study for guitarists, violinists, violists, piano players and whomever else that may be interested in practicing scales in a musical way!
Heres a more challenging montuno and tumbao for guitar. To play the bassline properly, please tune down to Drop D. All the best!
Here’s the sheet music for the D minor Gigue, Partita II, JS Bach, Solo Violin BMV 1004.
I love to play this piece. It’s fun to play and I think a lot of guitarists would enjoy and learn a lot by playing it, whatever genres of music that they usually tend to play.
I added a little bit of analysis towards the end, Bach has so many different cool ways of weaving together melodic fragments. And I think as improvising musicians, we can learn, study and enjoy a lot from these ideas.
I also made a jazz chart of the gigue, to see what it would look like, and maybe get folks seeing (and hearing) more of the bebop-baroque connection …
This Double in B minor is a wonderful piece to both play and study on guitar.
Within the framework of the 1st Partita for Solo Violin, the Sarabande and its corresponding Double use the same chord progression & similar melodies.
Here’s a video I made a while ago talking about ways of looking at things (in relation to the glass of water). In any case, best wishes and hope you have a wonderful day! Different ways to perceive a glass (or spoon) The glass is half full of water An optimist It’s a true statement, […]
Most guitarists (and anyone, really) can immediately improve their posture by “leading with heart”.
Hey everyone! Here’s another Jazz Blues Backing Track that I just recorded. Backing Track Video Hope you enjoy. I felt like this one was tighter and more locked in with the tempo (100 bpm). I’ll hopefully be adding more. A musician friend of mine suggested that folks might like playing along to these! In any […]
Video Backing Track Hey everyone! Here’s a jazz blues (kind of swing/Django style) backing track in Eb. My guitar is tuned to Eb, so that’s why the chords are all up 1/2 step! It’s definitely not perfect, but overall it’s decent … hope you enjoy! Hopefully I’ll upload some more soon – different tempos, keys, […]
I just published 4 new lessons/ideas that have helped me in learning flamenco guitar, jazz guitar, and how chords and scales relate! I hope they help you too. Please comment &/or let me know if you have any questions, suggestions, comments &/or ideas. Of course if you’re playing lefty, then the right-hand means left-hand – […]
Hey everyone! Best wishes and hope all is well! Here’s 4 versions of classical/finger-style guitar arrangements of Largo from Vivaldi’s Winter that I’ve been working on for a while! The melody stays the same and the guitar provides a miniature orchestral version of the accompaniment (and counter-melodies). I usually have played them with viola or […]