New Recording: 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 guitar between "islands" would draw the...
Bookmarks are Here!
The many benefits of bookmarks for all your books: Bookmarks are Beautiful. Bookmarks are Fun. Bookmarks are Elegant. Bookmarks inspire you to read more good books and keep your place in them with pleasure, for years at a time. Bookmarks never run out of batteries....
A Tour of the Island of Milonga
I love using video to wander around within a painting. In this painting of the island of Milonga I wanted to create the sense of being in a guitarist's paradise, a world where the music I grew up listening to and playing is magically alive in the architecture and even...
Listen to Paganini’s Romanze in A Minor
This has always been one of my favorite classical guitar pieces. It's the middle movement of Paganini's Grand Sonata in A Major, which was originally written for guitar and violin. Most of his works for guitar and violin had virtuosic violin parts, and relatively...
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Solo Guitar
This is it---the full Serenade No. 13 for Strings, K. 525. It's transcribed for the advanced classical guitar, from G Major into D Major. The Rondo in C is in G Major. If you're a bit burned out on Sor and Giuliani and their ilk, it's a lot of fun to play a great...
Five Preludes
Prelude 1: Lullaby from a Paper Boat / Prelude 2: With Variation / Prelude 3: Brookrolick / Prelude 4: Like a Passacaglia / Prelude 5: Moto Perpetuo
Riverside Park 3
Riverside Park 2
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Archipelago for Solo Guitar
Archipelago is an adventure told mostly through music. There’s light narration in between movements while I retune the guitar for the unique musical ecosystem of each new island. As an experiment, I’m creating a series of drawings and paintings to illustrate the progress of our hero on his guitar-powered boat. It’s a work in progress. Stay tuned for further documentation of this journey! For more music, go here.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Solo Guitar
I have arranged all four movements of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for guitar. To hear more movements, and to get all of the scores and tabs, click here.
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Click here for the full Catalogue of Scores
| Title | Price | Further Info |
| Five Preludes | $6.50 | Instant Download of 7-page Pdf Score |
| Archipelago For Solo Guitar | – | coming soon |
| Island One: Milonga | $2.75- | (Archipelago, Movement 1) Instant Download of 3-page Pdf |
| Title | Price | Further Info |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Full) | 21 | Zip File Containing all 4 Movements: 1. Allegro (2015 Revision), 2. Romanze, 3. Menuetto 4. Rondo. 3 fully fingered Pdf versions of each movement: Score (13 Pages) TAB only (20 Pages) Score + TAB. (37 Pages) (Bonus Folder: 2013 Version of the Allegro with TAB) |
| Allegro | $7 | Revised 2015 Zip File with 3 Pdfs: 4-Page Fully Fingered Score 10-Page Fully Fingered Score with TAB 6-Page Fully Fingered TAB (Plus Bonus 2013 Version Score and TAB) |
| Romanze | $7 | Zip File with 3 Pdfs: 4-Page Fully Fingered Score 12-Page Fully Fingered Score with TAB 6-Page Fully Fingered TAB |
| Menuetto | $2 | Zip File with 3 Pdfs: 1-Page Fully Fingered Score 3-Page Fully Fingered Score with TAB 2-Page Fully Fingered TAB |
| Rondo | $7 | Zip File with 3 Pdfs: 4-Page Fully Fingered Score 12-Page Fully Fingered Score with TAB 6-Page Fully Fingered TAB |
| Gioachino Rossini | ||
| William Tell Overture (Finale) | $7 | Zip file with 3 pdfs (5 pages each): 1. Urtext Score 2. Fully Fingered Score 3. TAB Only Version |
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I am diving back into painting and illustrating after a long hiatus. Getting these new pieces finished has been slow going because of all the other stuff I’m doing, but I’m working at it!
Click here for a sampling of my drawings and paintings. You can click on any picture to see a more detailed version. If it’s for sale as a print, there will be a link to the print store where you can see the purchase options.
Jay Kauffman
Classical Guitarist
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