<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>classical guitar arrangements – Guitar Kitchen</title> <atom:link href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/tag/classical-guitar-arrangements/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.guitarkitchen.com</link> <description>Music, Life and Ideas</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 13:44:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">109302794</site> <item> <title>Chopin Eb Nocturne for Guitar</title> <link>https://www.guitarkitchen.com/chopin-eb-nocturne-for-guitar/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[bluegreenguitar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chopin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical guitar arrangements]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.guitarkitchen.com/?p=6186</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! Best wishes! Here’s my final rough draft of an arrangement of Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major, Opus 9, Number 2. I’m working on the sheet music, but will hopefully have it somewhat soon.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Hey everyone! Best wishes! Here’s my final rough draft of an arrangement of <strong>Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major, Opus 9, Number 2</strong>.</p> <p>I’m working on the sheet music, but will hopefully have it somewhat soon.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/chopin-eb-nocturne-for-guitar/"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/thoughts/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkqkGYPdtS6w%2Fhqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Video"></a><br /><br /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">6186</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Vivaldi Winter, Largo (Arrangements for Classical Guitar & Violin)</title> <link>https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/</link> <comments>https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[bluegreenguitar]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:27:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical guitar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical guitar arrangements]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.guitarkitchen.com/?p=4119</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Hey everyone! Best wishes and hope all is well!</p> <p>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! </p> <p>The melody stays the same and the guitar provides a miniature orchestral version of the accompaniment (and counter-melodies).</p> <p>I usually have played them with viola or violin, but anyone could play or sing the melody!</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em>Largo</em> by Vivaldi – a Beautiful, Centuries-old melody</h2> <p>One of my favorite melodies – <em>Largo</em> comes from the concerto <em>L’Inverno</em> – one of the super-famous violin 4 <em>concerti</em> written a long time ago (1725, almost 300 years ago!). Vivaldi actually published the 4 concerti as a greater publication of 12 concerti in 1725.</p> <p>As the story goes that the scores were rediscovered in the 1920s, and gently coaxed out of stubborn collectors’ hands to be cared for at the <a href="https://www.academia.edu/14884694/Discovering_the_Rediscovery_of_Antonio_Vivaldi_by_Miles_Fish" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Vivaldi Library” in Turin</a>. I’m not sure when they were “lost”, but no one had probably heard the <strong>Four Seasons</strong> for many, many decades until later in the 1920s.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/thoughts/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQObnfS29lKo%2Fhqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Video"></a><br /><br /><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sonnet for Largo Movement</h3> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p><em>Passar al foco i di quieti e contenti<br />Mentre la pioggia fuor bagna ben cento</em></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p><em>Passing by the fire, the days quiet and content, </em><br /><em>While the rain outside bathes people by the hundreds</em></p></blockquote> <p>Vivaldi wrote short poems for each of the 12 movements of the 4 Seasons. Largo in Winter describes the slow rain falling (the plucked arpeggios I believe are meant to evoke the gentle droplets falling)</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">More Info about Vivaldi and the Four Seasons</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://www.redlandssymphony.com/pieces/the-four-seasons" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">About the Four Season (Redland Symphony)</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)" target="_blank">Wikipedia’s Four Seasons info</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.liveabout.com/antonio-vivaldis-four-seasons-profile-723773" target="_blank">More Stories about the 4 Seasons</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxvivaldi2.html" target="_blank">How the Four Seasons were rediscovered</a></li><li><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://catalogue.pearsoned.ca/assets/hip/us/hip_us_pearsonhighered/samplechapter/0205777368.pdf" target="_blank">A Good Educational Overview of the 4 Seasons (pdf)</a></li></ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Different Interpretations and Arrangements of Winter, Largo</h2> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Differing Arrangements & Interpretations of <em>Largo</em> by Vivaldi</h3> <p>Here’s one of my favorite versions. I like it because it is beautiful and lyrical, but the bass end still has a lot of propulsion. I’m not sure why some versions have 1/8 notes in the bass – it’s the version that I have played in the past. But adding 32nd notes in the bass gives the piece a lot of forward momentum. Now that’s I’ve heard it with 32nd notes, it’s how I current want to hear it.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/thoughts/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGNeAbvvmwxI%2Fhqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Video"></a><br /><br /><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Here’s another lovely version</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/thoughts/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9eEap53WxKY%2Fhqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Video"></a><br /><br /><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Four Arrangements of Largo (Violin & Guitar in Eb and E, 2 and 3 voicings)</h3> <p>In any case, I’ve included four arrangements (the melody played on whatever instrument a person would desire) in: </p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>E (3 voices, standard tuning, 32nd note bass),</li><li>Eb (3 voices, altered tuning, 32nd note bass).</li><li>Eb (2 voices, standard tune, 1/8 note bass), </li><li>E (2 voices, standard tune, 1/8 note bass),</li><li>Of course, the bass notes (in these arrangements) are the same in either 1/8 or 1/32 note versions, so you can decide which you want.</li></ul> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p><em><strong>Try playing along with a good version to get the feel for this beautiful Largo</strong></em>!</p></blockquote> <p><em>If you don’t want the arrangement, you can just play the chords. Just arpeggiate the chords. I’ll try to add the chords sometime soon.</em></p> <p>In any case, hope you enjoy! I’ve included a version with a viewer on this page. </p> <p><iframe allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.noteflight.com/embed/b12bb8acc215926639239d03431cff4a942388aa?scale=1&displayMode=paginated" width="525" height="800"></iframe></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/memorizing-classical-guitar-music-ideas-deeper-mastery/" data-type="post" data-id="3478">Memorizing Classical (Guitar) Music: 24 Ideas for Deeper Mastery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/playing-classical-music-on-steel-string-guitar/" data-type="post" data-id="842">Playing classical music on steel string guitar</a></li><li><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/playing-bach-on-guitar/" data-type="post" data-id="953">Playing Bach on Jazz Guitar</a></li><li><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/guitar-lessons/important-ideas/play-what-you-sing-sing-what-you-play/" data-type="page" data-id="2788">Play what you sing, Sing what you play!</a></li><li><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/five-5-10-minute-practice-ideas/" data-type="post" data-id="3878">Five 5-10 Minute Practice Ideas</a></li></ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">A Trio Version of Largo (Violin, Guitar and Bass)</h2> <p>This is something I recorded with my friend a while ago <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> And the original inspiration for these arrangements!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><a href="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.guitarkitchen.com/thoughts/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FycnmgldT5Dw%2Fhqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Video"></a><br /><br /><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.guitarkitchen.com/vivaldi-winter-largo-sheet-music-arrangements-for-classical-guitar-violin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4119</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>