Selected Sites

David Raleigh Arnold

Music for Download at No Charge

Library Collections

These collections contain most of the important guitar music of the early 19th century and some later items. There are duets and methods as well as easy music and standard repertoire.

The Boije collection of the Royal Library of Sweden has complete copies of the Carcassi Method Op. 59, his etudes Op. 60, his caprices Op. 26, and the much more advanced Legnani Caprices Op. 20.

The Rischel collection of the Royal Danish Library is another great source of public domain guitar music.

Publisher Collections

Hebe on Line has a tendency to withhold the best stuff to sell it, but some of it is free.

Jazz for Classical Guitar

Dave Oake’s site has jazz oriented solos for the classical guitarist.

Glossaries, Dictionaries, Theory Tutorials, textbooks...

This is a terrific .L http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/loccs/mt music library, all out of copyright in the U. S.. Gehrken’s "Music Notation and Terminology" is an interesting university textbook which addresses basic notation, species counterpoint, and “common practice”, all in one book. I’ve only skimmed some of it, not enough to make comparisons, but it makes me wonder whether the new books are any better. I doubt it. Of course pen and ink must give way to pencil and scanner, but much of even that part is still valid. Not that C clef.

This glossary is not entirely the product of native English speakers, but that is a plus, since many languages are used to annotate music. Its main use is to look up terms which refer to notation in particular. It is not authoritative, but unfortunately there is no such thing as an authority on music notation, and there hasn’t been one for a long time.

The Dolmetsch on line music dictionary is highly recommended. and also their super music theory tutorial site.

Equipment

History and How to Use a Metronome

This document has a grab bag of suggestions on proper use of a metronome. You will find some of the helpful hints somewhat off, (For example, the reason to speed up and then slow down is not to achieve relaxation but to avoid fatigue. You should use different tempos for other reasons too.) but these are generally good approaches to the metronome. Notice that the idea of practicing pure technique (scales, etc.) with a metronome is just not there. There are good reasons for that.

Microphones

Acoustic Pickup Comparisons may help to select a microphone for recording guitar music. A steel strung guitar is used, and that is a good thing because steel strings demand more of a microphone. Notice that a cheap lapel mike can sound surprisingly good.

Teacher Registry

This is a free teacher registry. That recommends it, but as in all of the other teacher registries, the information is supplied by the teachers, so it is a locator and not an endorsement.

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