by Jay | Oct 22, 2020 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Compositions, Email List, Front Page Slider, Music
Archipelago for Guitar Not too long ago, I had the idea to weave a storyline into the performance of a series of guitar pieces. Each piece I wrote seemed to have its own musical ecosystem, so I called them “islands.” Narrating a tale while tuning the...
by Jay | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Front Page Slider, Music, Videos
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Solo Guitar All 4 movements of Serenade No. 13 for Strings, K. 525, transcribed for the advanced classical guitar, from G Major into D Major. If you’re a bit burned out on Sor and Giuliani and their ilk, it’s a lot of fun to play...
by Jay | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This Allegro has still been flying off the virtual shelves at $7. This edition features a revised version of the Allegro that includes a few changes that elegantly eliminate some tricky tempo bottlenecks. (I still include the original 2013 version, which is a bit...
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Rondo for advanced players. This is perhaps the most difficult movement to perform on the classical guitar. But it does sound fantastic and is worth the effort needed to learn, memorize—and then work it up to a decent speed....
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Menuet, for intermediate to advanced players. This is the easiest movement to transcribe for classical guitar, but I’ve been careful to create a lively and nuanced arrangement that would be welcome on any concert stage in the...
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Romanze, for advanced players. It’s quite amenable to the classical guitar…but the third section was a special challenge to transcribe, with it’s call/answer figurations between the high and low voices while at the...
