Vince Rusbosin

SLM-521

June 16th 2009

Web Link Bibliography:

The Classical Guitar

This web link bibliography was designed to provide readers, students, and myself with educational resources that pertain to classical guitar. Included within the provided links are a vast arrangement of the history, influential figures & composers, genres, types of guitars, instructional tools, luthiers, and interesting facts. From the beginner student through the novice and even the most elite advanced virtuoso will find the provided resources useful, educating and entertaining.

General


Classical Guitar Tabs - Very useful cut and dry forum that allows users to read and make posts all about the classical guitar. Some popular discussion boards include Lessons, General, Tabs, Requests, Guitars, Recordings, & Performing. A information center is also provided to quickly get up to date with the latest posts. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classicalguitartabs.org/forum/index.php"


Hill Guitar Company Inc.- A very reputable guitar company dedicated to providing the finest quality classical guitars at reasonable prices. The Hill Guitar Co. invites guitar luthier enthusiasts to come to their headquarters in San Diego to build your own guitar under the supervision of qualified luthiers. The site also has a blog that users can post to and read about a wide range of topics. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.hillguitar.com/


Classical and Flamenco Guitars- A luthier site that is beautifully constructed and provides exceptional knowledge in classical guitar construction. With very informative sections that inform the reader about how the design, shape, type of wood and materials, strings, and the french polish all is elegantly put together to create the greatest performing guitars in the world. It also provides interesting tips and trivia pertaining to the history of the classical guitar. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classicalandflamencoguitars.com/FactsFiction.htm


The Guitar Site- Is a great classical guitar resource that contains numerous links to related sites. It also consists a range of educational knowledge from anatomy, chords, and scales, to software and progress reports. It also is a great source of elite guitarists and composers from the Spanish great Fancisco Tarrega and Andres Segovia, Fernando Sor, to modern day virtuosos Christopher Parkening, John Williams and Julian Bream. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.guitarsite.com/classical.htm


Classical Guitar World- A site with an array of useful general education and mainly for the guitar building aspect. Users can review, buy and sell guitars from all makes and models. They also provide online guitar lessons and a build it your self category. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classical-guitar-world.com/classical-guitar-builders.html


Classical Guitar Review- This site is dedicated to classical guitar players both past and present. Similar to networking sites such as Facebook, players can create profiles for sharing music with fellow aficionados and marketing careers in performing arts. The philosophy and career development sections are excellent, alongside with beginner & advanced section provides great user friendliness. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classicalguitarreview.com/


General Classical Guitar Discussion Board- This site is an online discussion forum dedicated to the classical guitar. Users are able to sign up and talk to other classical guitar enthusiasts. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.partiture.org/discus/messages/10/10.html


Classical Guitar Fun- This site is a mostly a classical guitar blog that focuses on all the aspects of the classical guitar. It allows users to share video and written posts with the web. It can be described as a classical guitar youtube, fun, relaxed, weird and amazing. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://classical-guitar-fun.blogspot.com/

History

Classical Guitar Illustrated History- This site provides an in depth background and facts about the history of the classical guitar and the influential pioneers from around the world that helped shape and give it a solid foundation. From the ancient Near East, Egypt and Medieval Europe through the Sixteenth Century to Modern times. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/guitar_history.html


Google Classical Guitar Timeline- A basic but great timeline based on the classical guitar. From the 1500's to Modern Times, quick click features take you right to the time the user seeks. A summary of events of the time period is provided and links to further research is available.

Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.google.com/search?q=classical+guitar+timeline&hl=en&tbs=tl:1&tbo=1&ei=-RxASum8GYPJlAfczZTKAQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11


Academy Of Guitar- A brief concise glimpse into the history of the classical guitar. Covering the different types of classical guitars and influential figures that have developed over 5,000 years. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.wellington-guitar-lessons.com/history-of-the-classical-guitar.html


Cyclopaedia of Classical Guitar Composers- Huge database of composers who have at least published one score or have have music composed transcribed for the classical guitar. The biographies may be short but they are concise and provide the reader with quick basic knowledge. Several searching tools are provided for the users convenience and the alphabetical listing makes it quick and easy to find the composer desired. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~agg/guitar/


The History of the Classical Guitar- A pretty basic site that gives general information about the history of the classical guitar. It also provides a decent number of free music scores and bibliographies of some the the greatest classical guitar players that ever lived. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.geocities.com/jojo_mcbean/guitar.html

Instruction & Music

The Total Classical Guitar Method- A great free online classical guitar lesson website that not only provides basic beginner instructional method but it also contains information that addresses the essential mental and physical aspects that may very easily be overlooked or disregard. This site is a must for those who want to take the classical guitar seriously. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classic-guitar.com/lesson1.html


Guitar Gallery Music- An extensive selection of over 30,000 guitar sheet music for advance readers. Over 1,700 instructional DVD with preview clips so users can make an educated decision and deem useful. They have been in business for nearly 40 years and service customers in 70 countries. Some hard to find sheet music can usually be found in stock here or can be ordered. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.guitargallerymusic.com/index.php


Classical Guitar Alive!- This is a site that emphasizes bringing the music to the user. They use a radio type station, playlists, and multimedia for users to listen to music. They also feature interviews from rising stars to world renown artists. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.guitaralive.org/playlist_07_2_14.html


Learn Classical Guitar- A user paced instructional site that offers ground level lessons and provides the student with the essential knowledge necessary to learn the basics. It also includes an interesting history of the classical guitar, online stringing & tuning, nail shaping, troubleshooting and software that may expedite the learning process. Sheet music and tablature for beginners to advanced players are available. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.learnclassicalguitar.com/index.html


David's Classical Guitar Site- Dedicated to providing the user with free sheet music for the classical guitar. Decent site construction but provides some great compositions for the beginner to advanced players. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://classicalguitar.homeip.net/Sheetmusic.htm


Delcamp- Inspired by the guitar players from around the world. Delcamp is committed to providing free music scores for the classical guitar. With over 2,634 pages of sheet music assorted by difficulty level, thousands of songs are at the users fingertips. They also post videos, MP3s and online guitar lessons. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.delcamp.net/en/index.html


The Classical Guitar Express- This site offers fundamental techniques, insights, exercises, tips, and tricks to help solidify classical guitar methods. It also provides essential definitions for frequently used terminology. This site will help any level guitarist further develop skills to last a lifetime. Date Visited- 06/21/09

http://www.classicalguitarbuilder.com/march_news/July_Newsletter.html