Well-Tempered Blues: 8 New Blues Tunes for Classical & Fingerstyle Guitar - Softcover

William Beauvails

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078666326X ISBN 13: 9780786663262

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2004

Synopsis

The blues present an opportunity to be deeply expressive. Every note can be colored with pitch bends, slides, vibrato, and all manner of attacks. The style makes it easy to own the music, to close your eyes and play as if you wrote it. These pieces are designed to be fun and entertaining as they work through the sharp keys, which are most friendly to the guitar. By working through these keys however, they develop a player's awareness of the different tonalities and the way patterns may be altered to facilitate key changes. Written in notation and tablature.

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About the Author

William Beauvais has been commissioned to write for the Royal Conservatory Children's Choir, the Canadian Music Centre, Philip Candelaria, Jeffrey McFadden, the Evergreen Club, and the Echo Women's Choir. His music has been heard across Canada, the United States, Denmark, and most recently in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. His guitar music is recorded on 2 compact discs: TRACES [1996] and bridges [1994]. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the guitar faculty of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Beauvais is an accomplished classical guitarist. He won first prizes at the Canadian Music Competition, and at the Martinique world Centre for Guitar. He is presently developing curriculum for group based learning system at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. His music is published by: Mel Bay, Frederick Harris, Editions d'Oz, and Tuscany Publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 078666326X
• ISBN 13: 9780786663262
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48