A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar

by James Tyler

James Tyler offers a practical manual to aid guitar players and lutenists in transitioning from modern stringed instruments to the baroque guitar. He begins with the physical aspects of the instrument, addressing tuning and stringing arrangements and technique before considering the fundamentals of baroque guitar tablature. In the second part of the book Tyler provides an anthology of representative works from the repertoire. Each piece is introduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222893
• ISBN13: 9780253222893
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.0" x 8.5"