Mel Bay Complete Sor Studies for Guitar
by Fernando Sor, David Grimes
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Author: David Grimes, Fernando SorEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01
ISBN: 1562229478
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
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Book Review: Great starting point for the ambitious student
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book when I started to casually learn the guitar. I play the viola, so I have a basic knowledge of how string instruments work, which certainly helped me when navigating through these studies.
I worked a little out of a mel bay book to learn the basic fingerings in first position and all that stuff, then i started working out of this book and found it really fun and useful.
One thing I love about this book is that from the very first etude, you are playing real, beautiful music. No boring studies or "hot cross buns" type pieces that are frequently found in beginning books. The studies are ordered from easiest to hardest, so each piece added a little more challenge than the last. I haven't worked through the whole book yet (which would take years to master), but I've made my way through the first several pieces w/ relative ease. I was surprised that I could actually play some of these pieces so easily! I think that the way they are ordered makes it really easy to make small technical improvements. Next thing you know, you're actually playing beautiful classical guitar pieces, and it doesn't seem daunting at all!
The book gives fingering numbers for the left hand, which helped w/ shifting and knowing what position to be in. The only thing that was harder for me was that there are no right hand fingering numbers (although with a little common sense and basic knowledge of right hand principles, you can do pretty well without much assistance). Luckily for me, my dad is a classical guitarist, so I had a (mostly) willing helper at my disposal.
Because of the progressive sequencing of these pieces and the fact that they have a high degree of musical merit, these pieces are a real joy to learn and practice. If you've never touched a guitar before, you should start in a more basic book (Mel Bay books are good). Once you've got a basic understand of how the guitar is played, this book is a great place to explore and increase your technique and have fun in the process!
Summary of Mel Bay Complete Sor Studies for Guitar
The guitar studies of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) have long been valued highly among the indispensable elements of a guitarist's training. A number of prominent virtuosi attribute a large portion of their development to the diligent study of these works. Sor's studies address an impressive array of technical and musical topics, including proper left-hand fingering, training of the right hand, interval and chord formations, scales, arpeggios, repeated notes, ligados, barring, natural harmonics, control of note duration, balance of melody versus accompaniment, and the handling of contrapuntal voices. A careful study of these pieces will lay the groundwork for a solid technique and allow the guitarist to build the control necessary for the expression of his or her musical concepts. In preparing this edition David Grimes worked with Sor's original publications, but incorporated some alterations that appear in those studies that Napoleon Coste chose to include in his Methode complete pour la Guitarre par Ferdinand Sor. Furthermore, Mr. Grimes has corrected misprints, modernized the notation and rectified some inconsistencies. Finally, some developments in technique since Sor's day have been incorporated in this edition.Guitar Books
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