Can anyone recommend a nice classical piece that isn't too difficult but still rewarding? I've been playing about 1 1/2 years and am looking to get started on some classical playing. My fingerstyle skills aren't great but with some time im sure i could play a nice classical tune.
Try Pachabel's Canon in D.
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"Romanza" is a relatively famous classical style piece that shouldn't be too hard. If you have some experience in fingerpicking, there are a lot of pieces built on arpeggios and pedal tones and the like that should be well within your grasp. Carulli and Carcassi both wrote etude-style pieces that are still pleasing to listen to. I have a few pieces that I started on that worked very well, but I don't have opus numbers or anything to identify them by. Good luck. It is a lot more fun than travis picking.
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Hiya,
Lots of stuff by Fernando Sor will fit the bill. Start with some of his Andante's - Opus 31 Nr 1 is pretty easy, and grab hold of the Segovia Studies (20 works by Sor chosen by the great man because they taught a particular discipline). There's also lots of easy stuff by Carulli and Guiliani.
Then get a good teacher.
Best,
A :-)
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There are a lot of interesting classical things in the lesson section at wholenote.com, and you can listen to them with the cheesy player they have. If you see something you like you can then try to find some real music or tab for the piece, if you like.
Beethoven's 'Fur Elise', 'Moonlight Sonata'
Greig's 'In the hall of the Mountain King'
Spanish by Aguado, Carcassi, Fernando Sor, Carulli, Tarrega, Gomez, Velazquez, ...
It may take years to conquer these ones: Ave Maria, Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo)
Martini's 'Plaisir D'Amour'
I keep returning to try Bach's Suite No. 1 but it's not easy at all.
And it might be useful to begin right from the start. Get a copy of the Guitar Syllabus - 'Introductory Repertoire and Studies Album' from the RCM (The Royal Conservatory of Music) and follow along. Then work up from there. That way you sort of build on a gradient and you learn the 'required' pieces along the way.
Have Fun!!
And yes Anonymous Romance is simple to learn.
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Canarios by Gaspar Sanz is nice little tune in 6/8, key of D. It's in the first classical guitar book by Frederick Noad, which has several easy pieces in the first part of the book, but Canarios is one that really struck me...
You sere Fur Elise is easy? The core theme is not that hard but the middle section is way too fast for me...
Greensleeves. By some annonymous dude, unfortunately.
Can anyone recommend a nice classical piece that isn't too difficult but still rewarding? I've been playing about 1 1/2 years and am looking to get started on some classical playing. My fingerstyle skills aren't great but with some time im sure i could play a nice classical tune.
"Classic Guitar Technique Vol. 1 & 2" by Aaron Shearer are the old standbys, for a starting point I highly recommend them. Right hand technique is very important, he focuses on it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0898985722/guitarninerecordA/102-5510246-6577759
He's written a bunch of other stuff too but I've not seen it (yet).
Canarios by Gaspar Sanz is nice little tune in 6/8, key of D. It's in the first classical guitar book by Frederick Noad, which has several easy pieces in the first part of the book, but Canarios is one that really struck me...
Canarios at full speed it is very difficult to play.
The Christopher Parkening method is quite straightforward to follow and pays a lot of attention to getting the sound out. Volume 2 has the score for a very sexy arrangement of Lady Hunsdon's Allemand (John Dowland) - not an easy piece by any stretch of the imagination but great fun to play once you've got your head round it.
Best,
A :-)
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
Wedding music and guitar lessons in Essex. Listen at: http://www.rollmopmusic.co.uk
Canarios by Gaspar Sanz is nice little tune in 6/8, key of D. It's in the first classical guitar book by Frederick Noad, which has several easy pieces in the first part of the book, but Canarios is one that really struck me...
Canarios at full speed it is very difficult to play.
Ah...could be. I probably never played it at full speed :) Loved the tune, though.
does anyone use their pinky for fingerstyle? I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but how much advantage is it?
No advantage, it's too short. I wouldn't use it at all, unless you're doing spanish ultra fast tremolo, and even then I personally wouldn't use it. Pinkie sucks for fingerpicking, trust me.
