CLASSICAL GUITAR WEDDING 16 FAVORITES
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Creator: Hal Leonard Corp.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-03
ISBN: 0634055178
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: HAL LEONARD CORPORATION
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Book Review: Good Book, But Limited
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book along with a couple other classical guitar books for a wedding performance I have for next year (the other 2 books are "To Have And To Hold: A Classical Guitar Wedding Collection" by Hal Leonard - a poor choice; and "Wedding For Guitar" by Jerry Snyder, Alfred Publishing - the best of the 3 books by far). Like "To Have and to Hold" book, this book is marginally usuable as a performance choice for wedding music, and similar in my review of "To Have and to Hold" this book is more suited for the beginner or playing for fun. Similarly, I also found the pieces either lacking the necessary arrangements to have a "full" sound necessary for performance, or the fingerings either too simplistic or improper for effective use. I played through several pieces in the book and tried to give them an objective reading but I did not like the arrangements at least in performance terms.
As a guitarist and guitar instructor who has trained in many different styles including classical, I do struggle with TABS as it relates to classical guitar. If you are a purist in terms of reading only music notation then this book is not for you. As a guitar teacher I would not start a student in classical learning to read TABS along with music notation. I have found students too often rely on TABS and ignore reading music. As a guitarist looking for a performance book of classical wedding tunes, and being thoroughly versed in reading music, I used the TABS to assist in determining proper positions quickly to play the songs. This however, was my first experience reading TABS with classical guitar music,and although it makes figuring out the music a little faster, in terms of proper positioning, I found the TABS rather distracting and I found myself relying too heavily on the TABS instead of reading the music. TABS have their place, but with classical music it's a bit much.
There have been other positive reviews for Snyder's "Wedding for Guitar" book, and even though it also has tabs, the music is much more developed compositionally, and will be the primary book I use for performance preparation. Ultimately, I have ordered classical guitar sheet music for as many of the songs as I can find and will compare those with Snyder's before making a final determination of which arrangements I will use for the wedding performance.
Summary of CLASSICAL GUITAR WEDDING 16 FAVORITES
Perfect for players hired to perform for someone's big day, this songbook features 16 classsical wedding favorites arranged for solo guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Air on the G String * Ave Maria * Bridal Chorus * Canon in D * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Minuet * Sheep May Safely Graze * Wedding March * and more.Songbooks
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