Matteo Carcassi: The Story of Caprice

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Matteo Carcassi - Caprice
Matteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer. Carcassi first studied the piano, but learned guitar when still a child. He spent most of his time in Paris, but in 1823 he performed concerts that made him famous as a guitarist and a teacher. His talents were not recognized in Paris partly due because Fedinando Carulli was there at the time.
Caprice is part of the Méthode complète pour Guitare(Complete Method For Guitar) Op.59, which has 3 sections. He dedicated this method to his students. On page 75 of the original copy is caprice No 16. In D minor. This piece was made to help students develop proper technique and it also provides picking patterns that outline each chord.
Ferdinando Carulli - Etude …show more content…

The song contributed to the transformation of the Beatles from a main rock and roll / pop-oriented act to a more experimental, studio-based band. With a double string quartet arrangement by George Martin. This songs genre falls under Baroque pop, a pop rock music subgenre that fuses classical music, orchestral pop, rock, and Baroque music.
Blue train - John William Coltrane
John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He worked in the bebop and hard bop stylles early in his career. Coltrane helped to introduce the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz.
Blue train is a 1957 jazz standard written by John Coltrane. From the album of the same name. The song is a blues form in the key of Eb. One chord of interest is the IV chord with a #11 tension added. This song only uses 3 chords, I, IV and V.

Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing soul jazz and hard bop and in 1971 he released his album called …show more content…

The tune was originally called "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Ellington in 1940 as a big-band instrumental. Russell's lyrics and the new title were added in 1942. It has over 30 recorded versions by various artists including, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney, and B. B. King. I will be performing a solo arrangement of this song by Andy Key. It incorporates both the melody and the chords at the same time, just like a piano would. This song repeats it's primary section(A) 3 times and it's B section is played only once throughout the

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