This is a transcription for four guitar of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto in D major from the Sonata for Lute, Strings, and Continuo RV93.

J. S. Bach's Fugue in A minor exists in three versions. The version for lute, BWV 1000, is in French lute tablature by Johann Christian Weyrauch. The violin version (in the key G minor) is from Sonata I, BWV 1001, and is in Bach's own handwriting. The organ version, BWV 539, is an unauthenticated and anonymous arrangement in D minor, and has not been used as source material for this transcription. This transcription is primarily based on the version for lute, but a few elements from the violin version are also incorporated. Since the lute version bears traces of some accommodation for technical considerations relating to the idiosyncrasies of the baroque lute, some minor inconsistencies have been resolved by relying on the violin version, since it is in Bach's own hand. About the Book This book contains three complete scores of the fugue. The musical content of each is virtually identical. The solo, duet and trio versions offer three modes for exploring the music. It is recommended that the player learn both the duet and trio versions, mastering each of the parts. In this way, the musical content of all the contrapuntal melodic strands will become deeply embedded in the player's musical imagination. When the player is fully at ease with each of the individual parts of the duet and trio, then the solo version can be mastered with much greater ease. The technical issues, which are at times quite challenging, then are encountered and resolved. A perfectly detailed musical imagination of all the parts then becomes the impetus for full technical mastery.

This is a transcription for three guitars of Georg Friedrich Handel's Water Music, Suite # 2 in D major, originally written for winds, horns and strings. The Water Music is one of Handel's most celebrated compositions. It premiered on July 17, 1717 and was composed at the request of King George I. The concert is said to have been performed by fifty musicians playing on a barge on the River Themes. The King and his party listened from the royal barge and the entire group traveled on the Themes from London to Chelsea or Lambeth. Some accounts record that the King so enjoyed the music he asked that the entire concert be repeated three times. This edition is designed for concert performance as well as for classroom instruction. The score is presented with amply notated guitar fingerings for each of the three parts. Also included are separate parts for each of the guitars.

Mauro Giuliani, who was born in Italy in 1781, moved to Vienna in about 1806, where he quickly became known as a leading virtuoso guitarist. Friends with such luminaries as Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, he established himself as a respected and admired composer as well. His Sonata in C Major, Opus 15, was first published in 1808. It is his only work in classical sonata form and has long been considered to be one of his finest masterpieces. This arrangement for two guitars is an excellent piece for concert programs. It is engraved in a format that guitar teachers may wish to use to introduce the music to their students, as well as for study of classical sonata form.

This collection of authentic flamenco features music created and played by anonymous gypsies in Spain and dates back to the 1950s. The book is divided into two main sections, each with the same 15 pieces. The repertoire includes: Malaguena Soleares Jota Tientos Gypsy Rumba Flamenco Rumba Fandango Zapateado Farucca Granadinas Media Granadinas Tango Soleares Tarantas Albacinatas The first section is entirely in music notation format and is fully notated as to fingering, strumming and special techniques. Section two is identical to section one, with each piece engraved using both tablature and music notation. The music ranges in technical level from beginning - for example Jota and Fandango, to intermediate pieces such as Farruca and Granadinas, to more advanced pieces such as Tango and Tarrantas.

This is a transcription for four guitars of Johannes Pachelbel's Canon in D major, originally written for three violins and basso continuo. This edition is designed for concert performance as well as for classroom instruction. The score is presented with amply notated guitar fingerings for each of the four parts. Also included are separate parts for each of the guitars. Pachelbel's Canon utilizes the form of a three part canon and an accompanying ground bass. The term "canon" referis to a contrapuntal device in which several voices play the same melodic line, entering one by one in sequence. In Pachelbel's piece, there are three voices playing in canonic imitation, above a repeating fourth voice, the basso continuo, which plays an repeating bass line melody.

Ernst Krenek was one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. In 1980, after reviewing Jeffrey Goodman's transcription of his Suite for Flute and Piano (1956), he wrote, "I like your arrangement of my Flute Suite for two guitars very much. It is very carefully done and looks very practical and inviting...." This is the first publication of Jeffrey Goodman's arrangement for flute and two guitars of Ernst Krenek's Suite Opus 147. It has the unique quality of having received Ernst Krenek's careful review and unqualified endorsement for publication. The music itself is a masterpiece of miniature form, with a harmonic basis that reflects musical thought of wit, purity and unsurpassable originality.

Composer's Note: This is a collection of original compositions for guitar that I composed over a time span of many years. The music embodies a wide variety of compositional styles - from romantic Spanish, to impressionistic, to Japanese traditional, as well as a group of atonal/12 tone works. A common element that they all share is an exploration of the virtually endless palette of color and timbre of the guitar. The pieces included in this collection are: 1. Sakura, Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Japanese folk song. This is a virtuoso concert piece that weaves a dreamlike tapestry of eight variations and a coda, full of mystical evocations of spring, clouds, misty landscapes and serene meditative solitudes. Based on the Japanese folk tune "Sakura," it means "Blooming Cherry Blossoms." Originally composed in the Edo period, its lyrics are translated as: Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, Blanketing the countryside, As far as you can see. Is it a mist, or clouds?.... Come now, come Let's look, at last 2. Catalonian Reverie. This is a concert piece that is inspired by music of Spanish composers such as Albeniz, Granados, and De Falla, with a touch of flamenco as well. 3. Romance. This short work, based on the iconic Romance D'Amour, has a middle section where the melody is heard in the bass. 4. Hands of My Angel for Solo Guitar. I originally composed this music as an homage to Eric Satie and his Gymnopedie # 1, originally for piano. The harmonic language is somewhat jazz oriented, along with an influence of Satie's friends Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. 5. Hands of My Angel for Two Guitars. This is a two guitar version of the same melody that I composed for my "Hands of the Angels" CD. In the CD version the guitars are accompanied by pizzicato strings. 6. Double of Sarabande from J. S. Bach's Cello Suite # 6. In old French the term 'double' meant melodic variation, where the harmonic design was kept unchanged. Bach composed many doubles, notably in his violin suite in B minor, where each dance is followed by a double. This work is an impressionistic variation on the Bach Sarabande from Cello Suite # 6, with episodic reminiscences of Villa Lobos, Debussy and Baden Powell. 7. Ascent for Solo Guitar. Dedicated to my guitar mentor Theodore Norman, this work is inspired by the abstract paintings of Juan Miro, Wassily Kandinski and Paul Klee, as well as the 20th Century music of Anton Webern and Alban Berg. It is composed in a combination atonal/12-tone idiom and is a musical take on the inner experience of mountain climbing: dangling from ropes, suspended in space surrounded by primordial mountain peaks, amidst blue skies and fast-moving clouds. 8-12. Children's Games: Five Pieces for Guitar. Composed in an atonal/12-tone idiom, this suite of miniatures explores in musical terms memories of a child-like inner world. Before the regimentation and constraints imposed by the world of adults, children, particularly in play, express a rich world of activity and emotions, often without fixed or rigid boundaries. There is a free alternation, often rapid and instantaneous, between states of joy, exuberance, and sometimes foreboding and anxiety. Los Angeles, July 2012

A Beginner's Guide to the Classical Guitar is a complete "stand-alone" instruction resource for the first year or two of classical guitar study, and includes basic presentations of fundamentals of music, music and guitar notation, right and left hand technique, as well as an extensive repertoire section that contains music organized by both key and level of difficulty. Along with traditional beginner's musical fare, a refreshingly wide range of music is also offered to the novice guitarist: from melodies of Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven, to ancient Greek, Tibetan, and Chinese music. In addition, this book is the central hub that, along with multimedia teaching materials, will open many new opportunities for the guitarist. The multimedia resources include a central information depot at the Shelter of Clear Light website, viewable scores with live playback at ScoreExchange.com, audio recordings of much of the repertoire at iTunes, and instructional videos on YouTube.