Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 All right, gang. I've decided to really take my classical music training seriously(yeah I'm 21. Shut up), so I'm trying to find some classical guitar composers and performers to get a feel for the kind of music I want to write/play, and some sheet music would be great as well(although the name of a composer would be good enough). Being that there are so many out there and most of my family has dealt with orchestral and vocal work, I'm sadly not familiar with that many, so I need this "jump start" if you will so that I can take it from there. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Classical guitar is awesome. I've only memorized a few classical songs, but it has had a great influence on my style. Like most guitarists these days, I read tabs, which will cause you to perform the song inaccurately if you haven't listened to the song. But, anyway, this site is awesome. I like to go there, sit down with an acoustic, and just play around. Some are way hard, some are way easy. http://www.classtab.org/ Most classical guitarists play in an upright position, with the guitar angled upward, but I only tilt the guitar slightly, as I'm not real classical guitarist. And a real classical guitar (with nylon strings) is easier to play on and more appropriate for the music, but whatever. You can get the job done on a standard acoustic guitar. What helped with playing classical songs was that it opened my mind to different progressions and themes - I've been using that influence and applying it to rock music, which seems to work quite well. But anyway, have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine Flame Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I just wanted to say: Yipee! I always thought classical guitar was kind of an undergound culture thing (I don't get out much, as you can tell) but I love listening to it, and I congratulate you on dedicating yourself to such a wonderufl thing. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Well like I said, it's a family thing. I actually started when I was about 14, so I have a decent level of affluence with it, but I still have plenty of room for improvement; my sight reading is off, I haven't really heard that many different composers/styles, and I don't really have much to play other than a few things I've picked up over the years. I don't really think that classical guitar is "underground" so to speak so much as it's not really as represented as much as other classical stuff like Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms or Tchaikovsky. I still love it though. It has a sense of unbridled passion that I just don't feel from the aforementioned guys. Granted, I'm a huge Chopin fan, and a lot of classical stuff is just plain beautiful, but the feel I get from the guitar is just different. I also couldn't stand the orchestra and conservatory atmosphere when I was younger, and that might have had an influence in why I'm so late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine Flame Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Personally, for regular composers, I like Rachmaninoff. His music has an epic feel to it. The only time I really get to listen to some good classical guitar is on sundays, when the local classical station plays it for an hour. You might want to check out Gaspar Sanz, Fernando Sor, Andres Segovia, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. I'm not too sure on anything modernish though. If you have any groups that you like to listen to, please recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I'm not well-versed in the guitar repertoire, but this might be a good place to start: The International Music Score Library Project's List of Compositions Featuring the Guitar/Lute I doubt this list is exhaustive, but they have downloadable sheet music for everything listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Listening to Andres Segovia right now. There's a lot of stuff transcribed to guitar from other composers. It all sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 XueFei Yang, playing one of the most complex pieces I've ever personally attempted: She's awesome. There's a better video on her website somewhere. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I believe I have exactly what you're looking for. Don't thank me, thank Hoch Weber. http://www.hochweber.ch/guitar.htm ^^^ I learned about 98% of a song I downloaded and printed here but strangely enough I can't seem to find it in his list now. Maybe you can under a different name, it's Moonrise in the PDF, might grace intermediate. Best of luck; although I don't do as much with it as I'd like, I wouldn't trade my classical guitar training for the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy In Rubber Suit Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Does anyone here who plays classical guitar grow out their right hand nails and file them for picking purposes or use finger picks? Or do you just use the meat of your fingers to pluck the strings? I really don't know any classical guitar myself but I love fingerstyle and would love to learn classical, I just hate the fact that I would have to grow out the nails on one hand and trim the other. I hate my nails growing so getting them to the point to act as a picking device would be extremely annoying to me. I just wonder if I'm the only one with sentiments like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Rubbery Dude: growing your fingernails and keeping them just the right length (a daily procedure, involving precision sanding) and making sure you don't do anything which might break them is a pain in the ass, but it sounds much better. I did it for about a year before I went back to playing with my fingertips instead of nails. You can also get fingertip plectrums (plectra?) but I have no experience with those. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well I have to keep my nails short for other reasons, so I just use the fingertips. Of course I don't get the same sound and the balance can be off sometimes, but I manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Does anyone here who plays classical guitar grow out their right hand nails and file them for picking purposes or use finger picks? Or do you just use the meat of your fingers to pluck the strings? I really don't know any classical guitar myself but I love fingerstyle and would love to learn classical, I just hate the fact that I would have to grow out the nails on one hand and trim the other. I hate my nails growing so getting them to the point to act as a picking device would be extremely annoying to me. I just wonder if I'm the only one with sentiments like this. I don't ever use my nails, and I chew them off anyway. Using nails gives greater volume, but it makes things sound a bit banjo-ish, if you catch my drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Well I have to keep my nails short for other reasons, so I just use the fingertips. Of course I don't get the same sound and the balance can be off sometimes, but I manage. This is what I'm stuck with as well. Gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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