Hello Beatrix, thank you for playing my piece! Did I hear you say that it's a French song? Well, it isn't. but it has been played by a few famous French guitarists among others since I wrote it over 30 years ago... All my best wishes, Maria
Hello Maria, then I’m completely lost 😃 I thought it was inspired by a French song. I’m so sorry for misrepresenting your work, I’m a huge fan of your compositions so it was an honest mistake ☹️ I’ll make a pinned comment about the correction.
@@beatrixguitar Please don't worry, Beatrix, I just thought I'd mention it! But thank you, if you have the chance to correct it that would be nice! I'm a great fan of your wonderful guitar playing and your performances of the classical guitar repertoire!
Pieces composed by Maria Linnemann is such a huge pleasure for us. So many students of mine during their studies in musical school have played Marias pieces. Dear Maria Linnemann, thank You so much for your compositions, we are the great fans of your music here in Ukraine. 💛💙
Thank you so much for these pieces. I’m 74 and my hands can’t do what they use to I’ll be playing Vals(I’m a newbie with classical) on my 57 year old classical that I bought in high school. Back then I didn’t know the difference between a classical and a folk guitar. I’m sure glad I kept it. It sounds heavenly with the aged wood.
At 73 I am also dusting off the classical guitar. I haven't played in decades and I am pretty much starting from scratch. But after a couple of months of playing a little every day, it is getting easier. Have fun.
just found you on you tube. You remind me why I love the guitar. I am 65 years old. I have been playing since I was thirteen. The road to learning new stuff never stops. It 1am in the morning. I will come back soon.
Dear Beatrix, it was an extraordinary pleasure to listen to three of my compositions in your interpretation. You captured their style and character brilliantly 🙂 Thank you and send my warm greetings from Poland. Tatiana
Hello Tatiana, thank you for your kind words, but even more for enriching our community with your beautiful works! Your etudes give my students a great support in overcoming technical challenges and give them solid foundations, but somehow you wrote them to be so enjoyable to play and listen to, I forget they are etudes. :D Thank you!!
Is there a way to purchase your books in PDF format? I can always scan them from the books but I like to have them on ForScore on my Ipad as that's how I organize my practice sessions
Dzień dobry. Grałam amatorsko na gitarze klasycznej, dzisiaj z przyjemnością wysłuchałam Etiudę kurpiowską. Dawno temu lubiłam grać Romans miłości, jego pierwszą łatwą część. Pozdrawiam serdecznie😊
Hi B. New classical students seem to always love “Snowflight” by Andrew York. It’s a really great and easy arpeggio study and the fun part for students is when they finally learn to play it at tempo it sounds like snow falling.
I love your channel Beatrix. I struggle with anxiety and OCD. Playing my guitar is my therapy and a great distraction. You have introduced me to some beautiful songs that I have gone on to learn after being inspired by your playing. Thank you ❤
That is amazing! I’m so glad you found music a great way to control your anxiety. That’s great news, thanks for sharing! Hope this video will also give you a few new pieces to learn!
Evocation - Jose Luis Merlin. One of the most beautiful pieces I stumbled upon on accident. Has the feeling of parting with someone you love, but the memories are still very much alive and with you. You might’ve covered it before but it’s simple and expressive.
Dude, it's Mediterranean Sundance performed by Paco de Lucia, John McLughlin and Al Di Meola. It's probably on YT, if you listen to it you'll fall off your chair. I recommend.
@@vlodeklukasz1065 originally is a melody created by Paco de Lucia with the name "rio ancho" , after that happened what you have told , they re-recorded this piece changing the name
Hey there, Beatrix! I love watching your videos because they inspire me to keep practicing. I was a guitar major all through undergraduate and graduate school, but shortly after had given up playing. That was 40 years ago. The great news is... I was back practicing at least 4 hours a day this past year and loving it! Naturally, I had lost a lot of technique... so I work a lot on hammer-ons and pull-offs (mostly left hand) in order to gain strength and endurance. Thankfully, it seems to be working! I am now able to handle grade 6 pieces with moderate success. I just love playing again... my ultimate goal is to play at nursing homes and local events once retired (in a couple of years). If I continue making the excellent progress I have been, this will be very doable. Thank you for all the inspiration and all your beautiful playing! I enjoy all your uploads!
What shall I say? To get to your level I had to be born again. Absolutely perfect and there is a thing that how long the guitar sound , is remaining after you press a note.There is not many guitarists which can get that level. My sincerely congratulations. I do appreciate guitarists like you… I will keep watching the whole time. Thank you.
I know this is a no, no with classical music, but I couldn't help myself. Especially, when you were playing Canzone d'Amore, I just had to improvise along with you. You can scream now, if need be. But it really brought out some wonderful sounds and moments for me. Quite nice. Thanks. I'll be improvising with some other pieces too, if you don't mind too much.
💜Each of these pieces is a little gem. Beauty doesn't have to be difficult. Thank you for making us discover Tatyana Stachak, you raised my interest in this composer. All my preferred pieces are either at the advanced level or part of the standard guitar repertoire. I just mention one, my absolute favorite: La Catedral by Barrios.
Just thought I'd mention here that Tatyana Stachak is one of the best modern guitar composers we have, and she has produced one of the best and most enjoyable guitar tutors on the guitar scene.
@@MguitarL I just watched Tatyana's video's of her Characteristic Etudes part 2. So many wonderful pieces! I ordered that book immediately. You are absolutely right, she is very good.
you really inspire me! I love classical music, but people around me don't get what ,,classical guitarist " is and they think I can't actually play guitar (because they think it's only pop instrument and if I don't play pop songs, then I can't play guitar: ✨logic✨). I wanted to quit because of this soo many times, but people like you keep me in this classical guitar world
Sorry to burst your bubble, but you can also learn a few pop songs. 1 you makes the haters shit up 2 some pop songs grow on you once you learn them 3 having some short term goals actually helps you with your long term ones.
I just reasently started to play classical guitar, but two good warm-up pieces i like to play is: Kansas -Dust in the wind Sting - shape of my heart(for advanced..add drum) They are both simple toplay and sound really nice... And they force me to adjust for the wider neck on a classical guitar.
Nightfall is very nice and moody, I like moody melodies so I might learn it today or tomorrow. Thank you :) When it comes to a piece that I recommend: Carlo Domeniconi - Koyunbaba. Now, this is probably not an easy one, I never learned the whole piece, just the first part of it, but it's so beautiful, dark, haunting I just love it.
Koyunbaba is my favorite musical composition of all time! Nice to find another admirer. When I learned it in college I was initially intimidated, but the tuning does most of the work. All we have to do is connect and fly!
I would recommend Skye Boat Song arranged by David Russell. It's a beautiful traditional piece, but it's also the theme song for Outlander, so you might get some fans that recognize it when you play in front of people. I just like the way the melody is so simple but because it jumps all over the fingerboard it gives an interesting playing aspect.
So, oddly, 'Tears in the Rain' by Joe Satriani, an acoustic piece by the instrumental rock guitarist. What I like about this is the great use of anchor points, movable shapes, pivot points, and fretted-open string arpeggios. A great beginner+ piece. Also 'Fandanguillo' by Moreno-Torroba - made me really think about WHERE I voice phrases - I probably changed how I play this three or four time. I bumped into your channel by chance as it actually turned up while I was searching for stuff on wood-turning. THUMBS UP!!!
It’s not a classical song but one that started making me feel like I was progressing is the intro to Love Song by Tesla. Hope that helps someone! My family still requests it to this day.
Thank you so much for introducing me to Vals. I never thought I could play something that wasn't just sung with chords. I feel so excited about what I'm capable of now. I learned it in 2 days and can't wait to see what I learn next.
Thank you for this very helpful video - really useful to me as a guitar teacher! I was so impressed by Kurpie Etude when I came across it in the Trinity syllabus that I contacted Tatiana, and she sent me a friendly reply (thanks Tatiana!). Another set of very simple and effective beginners' pieces is the five Hugh Christie Pieces by Geoffrey Twigg, originally published in the Guildhall syllabus (before it was merged with Trinity), and I think later published by William Elkin. Number 5 is my favourite. Also, I wanted to say how nice it was to see you playing in front of the Lánchíd (I think?) that spans the river between Buda and Pest 🙂
Hi Beatrix!! Love your videos!! Just stumbled on your channel, I just started my classical guitar journey. I really like the dark atmosphere from Nightfall - Panteleimon Michaeloudis and I think it is a good stretch goal piece for me!! Your playing is beautiful!!
Frankly it's always have been a big problem to find musical pieces, which are really beautiful but in the same time easy to play, because kids need it so much - play something beautiful but affordable. So I think that it is a very important work to compose easy pieces for the kids of all ages from 6 to 12 so thay can enjoy their music studies and do not play the same 50-100 pieces as their classmates. Also for teachers it is important not to hear the same piece on the lessons, because it can be boooring😅
Thanks Beatrix. It's wonderful that "easy" pieces can be deeply moving and filled with mystery. My recommendation is Andecy by Andrew York. It takes me to faraway places and sounds like it might be easy to play.
This all sounds very beautiful. Thank you for playing them. I was inspired by you to learn "Spanish Romance," and now I try for "Canción," from: Little Suite For Guitar" by Rodrigo Riera. You rock!
I recommend this beautiful piece "Twilight." -Title: Twilight -Artist: Kotaro Oshio Some basic techniques are applied in one piece. I recommend it to improve the precision in which you play.
Little Romance by Luise Walker. Low-intermediate but not short, with development, very romantic, different technics (simple but impressive for the listener), many possibilities of personalization/interpretation. Love this one!
I need an emoji of one's jaw hanging open! I'm a very novice beginning guitarist, and perhaps someday, some YEAR, in my wildest dreams, I'll be able to play one of the easier pieces from this video. This was absolutely delightful, watching a master! Thanks for sharing your talent!
This was such a great video and the style was very Beatrix! But what really grabbed me was Canzone d’Amore with it’s melodic richness, and of course the setting was captivating.
These pieces are beautiful. They require development. What a creative challenge! You are wonderful to share the gift. I love to hear you perform. Thank you for reaching out To all of us. You are kind . Beautiful performance !
Hi. I just became a fan of you after watching this video. Ive been playing guitar for 16 year's, was in a death metal band for 5 and have been tryimg to get better at classical style for the past 3 years. Im going to learn these songs for my repatoire. Thank you for making this video
Heitor Villa Lobos, Etude n°1 It a very challenging piece to properly play (it's very fast). But it's an amazing base to work on your arpegio since the piece only have like 10 chords to learn and the arpegio never change. You don't even need to learn them all, just alternate the first two again and again. And even if you play it very slowly, it's absolutly gorgeous. It's also very efficient to work on your dynamics.
I like the rainy etude. I’ve never heard of that composer before, so I’ll defiantly check her out! I feel like rainy etude is just a beautiful piece of music that will fit into any guitarist’s repertoire.
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My favorite piece for intermediate is Asturias - Isaac Albéniz (I know, it might sound difficult, but it is not! I could play that piece in less than 1 year playing the guitar when I was 12 years old)
So great to hear some not so overplayed very nice pieces. I think I prefer the Flamenco Etude. Loving the "hopping" accenuations in the bass line. Generally all pieces are kind of "refreshing" my ears 🥰
Bach Air on a G String, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, and Albeniz ‘Leyenda’ are all pieces written for other instruments but have been beautifully arranged for Guitar. Worth looking for and practicing
Hello Beatrix! I just stumbled across your channel while holding my guitar! I don't have a classical guitar, but I do have a few nice acoustics. I started playing guitar a few years ago at the age of 55, and really enjoy how good it sounds and feels to play guitar. I'm going to spend some time looking at classical guitar for beginners, maybe someday I can play Classical Gas.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and for all the supportive teaching materials that accompanies it! Your sound is beautiful and I love when guitarist give the honor and attention to such pieces as you have presented for us today.
Hi, thanks for this helpful and beautiful video. Maria Linnemann's Desiree was one of the first pieces that I was able to play well because it was easy but beautiful enough to make me really put in the effort. I also am loving Leo Brouwer's Études Simples. I'm a professional organist and I'm learning classical guitar for fun.
Hello Beatrix, I happened to arrive here, and your vídeo is fantastic, I have six months that I am studyng classic guitar, and my firts piece was the cataluyd waltz, I love it, is easy but beautiful.
Miniature 1 (from 20 Miniatures for guitar), by Matthew Dunne. It's a short piece, but the melody sort of blends in with the middle voice nicely. The Middle section goes into a higher register and starts descending. There's also the first movement from Ashley Lucero's Beedee Lane suite, a nice challenge for those who arent used to play in odd meters. And of course, there's Estrellita by Manuel Maria Ponce. Specifically the original manuscript version. That's a very good option for those who want to work on expressiveness where the melody isn't so buried under thick harmony or weird voicings. I think I have videos for both Dunne and Ponce, while Ashley probably has a video of her playing her piece.
😂canzone d’amor….. while the more difficult piece of this video it may be played ever so slowly as you improve and be a wonderful moment…. Well done young lady
My favorite beginner piece is: The sorrow of the lady of the wood by Australian composer Phillip Houghton. It was the first beginner piece that was emotive and sad, and it was fun to play
I have been working on Canzone d'Amore. It is a beautiful piece, very melodic. It is one of the most wonderful selections that I have heard you play on your videos. I love your playing and the way you relate so well to your audience. You inspire me to improve and play better. Thank you
Thank You Beatrix. I was looking for something new to play. I've been becoming more dissatisfied with popular music and classical music is appealing to me more and more.
Yes!!! I got so excited hearing you mention Calatayud. I rarely ever see his name come up in the classical guitar world, but his music is so pretty and accessible. His Suite Antigua (all 3 movements) is very beautiful, and not too challenging. A few years ago, I got a Spanish guitar book that was filled with his repertoire, and unfortunately for me at the time the book didn't include tabs 😂 so I have Calatayud to thank for forcing me to learn how to read standard notation for guitar lol
I recommend Andantino, Op. 241, No. 5 by Ferdinando Carulli. The opening picking pattern is reminiscent of the popular Beatles tune “Blackbird” that Paul McCartney played on acoustic guitar. Your book “Top 11 Exercises” is excellent!
Effortlessly beautiful ❤ Music has always played a big part in my life as all my siblings play at least one instrument. Your videos made me finally pick up my guitar again😅
You're so good! You make the easy pieces sound great and harder than they really are. I have an event coming up next month and will put these on my play lists.
Hello, Beatrix: I know the first piece, Vals by Calatayud. My first guitar teacher gave it to me some years ago and I still play it, I love it. I like your videos a lot, Beatrix, you explain things very easily and clearly. Thanks a lot.
I just like to play Shadows tunes in classical style :) they're quite easy and very memorable and fun! (For those who don't know them, look for The Shadows Greatest Hits)
Wow, this video is amazing! 🎸 The pieces you introduce are all great and suitable for all skill levels. I really appreciate how you explain each technique and playing style in detail. I’m especially impressed with ‘Nightfall’ and ‘Flamenco Piece’ - they sound mesmerizing! Thank you for sharing these wonderful pieces. I will definitely try to practice them. Looking forward to your next videos! 🎶
For intermediate level I would highly recomend "Eterna Saudade" by Dilermando Reis. It is a beautiful Brazilian piece, somewhat melancholic, that allows the player to practice highlighting the melodic line amidst a rich accompaniment.
For beautiful but simple pieces I don't think you can beat Maria Linnemann's My Beautiful Country published by G. Ricordi and Co. The title piece and several others are easy to learn but each reflects a different style. Most call for variety in dynamics and tone. Wallflower and Traffic Jam Blues are lots of fun.
Steve Howe - Surface Tension. Not to difficult but different. Has a Spanish feel to it. Would like to see and hear your interpretation of the Composition.🤗🤗🤗
This video was so awesome! Amazing suggestions. This is so helpful since beginner pieces are usually so boring that can make a student lose interest. Would be great if this video turned into a series!
Thank you for this wonderful video. My recommendation is the Milonga by Juan Buscaglia - it is such a fun and relatively easy piece to play that always leaves me smiling at the end.
I'd like to see you teach this piece with slow fingerwork, showing tabs/notes etc but especially showing your fingerings as you play. Canzone d' Amore by M Linnemmen
