The focus of this teaching material is on melodic playing in the various positions of the guitar. The included pieces allow for versatile and varied use in lessons. The volume is designed as a flexible supplement to common guitar methods and can be used independently of any particular approach

This is not a dry guitar manual or a collection of études, but a guide that is accessible to everyone and ‘spiced up’ with popular songs, designed to help you make your chord accompaniment on the guitar more varied and therefore more appealing. Alongside a detailed chord chart, the player will find concise and clear introductions to musical notation, tablature and plucking technique. From the very first song example, the guitarist learns how to apply these techniques. The song accompaniments are presented in both standard notation and tablature. The level of difficulty increases gradually.

As with any instrument, scales are an important part of guitar practice. As no comprehensive collection of all scales had ever been published, Thomatos Spiro came up with the idea of creating, with this volume, a complete overview of major scales and melodic, natural and harmonic minor scales. Learning scales is essential for developing technique and sensitising the guitarist’s hearing. It is recommended that the carefully selected scale examples be included in the daily practice routine alongside other technical exercises and pieces for both hands.

including fingering notations used internationally

including fingering notations used internationally

Mauro Giuliani, born in Bologna in 1780 and died around 1845, was regarded as Italy’s finest guitar virtuoso even as a young man. He settled in Vienna in 1807, where he enjoyed great success as a concert performer, teacher and composer. His pupils included Bobrowitz, Mendl and, in particular, members of the aristocracy: the Austrian Archduchess Maria Luise, the Duke of Sermoneta, Count Georg Waldstein and others. From 1819 onwards, Giuliani’s name disappears from music reports; the final years of his life remain unclear. Autograph letters confirm that he initially travelled to Italy. He later turned up in London and St Petersburg; as late as 1833, he is said to have rivalled the Spanish guitar virtuoso Fernando Sor in London. The collection 10 Pieces for Guitar by Mauro Giuliani offers a carefully curated selection of characteristic works by this important Classical-period guitar composer. Ideal for teaching and concert performance, the pieces combine musical elegance with technical variety and are suitable for intermediate-level guitarists.

25 Songs for Guitar In guitar lessons, folk and popular songs that children and young people have already sung or heard are a good way to motivate them. Once a child has completed a guitar course, it is difficult to find a sufficient number of easy two-part songs with open bass lines. This is where Schumann’s collection comes in; the pieces are all set at an easy level and can be played without difficulty after the first year of lessons.

Fernando Sor (1778–1839; baptized as José Fernando Macario Sors) was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and pedagogue and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. He was born on 13 February 1778 in Barcelona and received his musical education, among other places, at the Monastery of Montserrat. As a celebrated virtuoso, Sor performed in numerous European cities and composed not only operas and ballets, but also symphonies, string quartets, and Spanish songs. Of his extensive body of work, it is above all his guitar compositions that have endured to the present day. His guitar works are distinguished by their polyphonic style and possess a timeless quality that transcends changing musical fashions. Among his best-known compositions are his numerous studies, which continue to form an essential part of the core repertoire of the classical guitar. Fernando Sor died in Paris on 10 July 1839.

Fernando Sor (1778–1839; baptized as José Fernando Macario Sors) was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and pedagogue and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. He was born on 13 February 1778 in Barcelona and received his musical education, among other places, at the Monastery of Montserrat. As a celebrated virtuoso, Sor performed in numerous European cities and composed not only operas and ballets, but also symphonies, string quartets, and Spanish songs. Of his extensive body of work, it is above all his guitar compositions that have endured to the present day. His guitar works are distinguished by their polyphonic style and possess a timeless quality that transcends changing musical fashions. Among his best-known compositions are his numerous studies, which continue to form an essential part of the core repertoire of the classical guitar. Fernando Sor died in Paris on 10 July 1839.

Fernando Sor (1778–1839; baptized as José Fernando Macario Sors) was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and pedagogue and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. He was born on 13 February 1778 in Barcelona and received his musical education, among other places, at the Monastery of Montserrat. As a celebrated virtuoso, Sor performed in numerous European cities and composed not only operas and ballets, but also symphonies, string quartets, and Spanish songs. Of his extensive body of work, it is above all his guitar compositions that have endured to the present day. His guitar works are distinguished by their polyphonic style and possess a timeless quality that transcends changing musical fashions. Among his best-known compositions are his numerous studies, which continue to form an essential part of the core repertoire of the classical guitar. Fernando Sor died in Paris on 10 July 1839.

Fernando Sor (1778–1839; baptized as José Fernando Macario Sors) was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and pedagogue and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. He was born on 13 February 1778 in Barcelona and received his musical education, among other places, at the Monastery of Montserrat. As a celebrated virtuoso, Sor performed in numerous European cities and composed not only operas and ballets, but also symphonies, string quartets, and Spanish songs. Of his extensive body of work, it is above all his guitar compositions that have endured to the present day. His guitar works are distinguished by their polyphonic style and possess a timeless quality that transcends changing musical fashions. Among his best-known compositions are his numerous studies, which continue to form an essential part of the core repertoire of the classical guitar. Fernando Sor died in Paris on 10 July 1839.

Fernando Sor (1778–1839; baptized as José Fernando Macario Sors) was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and pedagogue and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the classical guitar. He was born on 13 February 1778 in Barcelona and received his musical education, among other places, at the Monastery of Montserrat. As a celebrated virtuoso, Sor performed in numerous European cities and composed not only operas and ballets, but also symphonies, string quartets, and Spanish songs. Of his extensive body of work, it is above all his guitar compositions that have endured to the present day. His guitar works are distinguished by their polyphonic style and possess a timeless quality that transcends changing musical fashions. Among his best-known compositions are his numerous studies, which continue to form an essential part of the core repertoire of the classical guitar. Fernando Sor died in Paris on 10 July 1839.