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Old 10-14-2010, 01:15 AM
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Default Easiest Classical Songs to Play?

I've worked through Romanza and Lagrima. I've taken a shot at cavatina. What are the easiest, prettiest classical pieces to play?
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Old 10-14-2010, 01:33 AM
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Old 10-14-2010, 07:15 AM
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My favorite is the Sor B-minor etude. Performance by Julian Bream. First song I ever learned to play on guitar (a steel-string guitar at the time).
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Old 10-14-2010, 07:20 AM
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I've worked through Romanza and Lagrima. I've taken a shot at cavatina. What are the easiest, prettiest classical pieces to play?
ok, don't laugh...I'm not a classical guitarist...
but the EASIEST and PRETTIEST classical song I know
and love to play is.....

Brahms' Lullaby
I do it in the key of A.

Ode to Joy- by Beethoven is also pretty and easy in my opinion.

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Old 10-14-2010, 07:54 AM
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My favorite is the Sor B-minor etude. Performance by Julian Bream. First song I ever learned to play on guitar (a steel-string guitar at the time).

That's a great piece--actually, many of the sor studies are not too difficult and quite beautiful.

There's a complimentary volume to the Noad instructional book that is called "100 graded pieces" for classical guitar. They're ALL good, and at least the first 10 or so are quite easy. OP--Look it up, you'll be glad you did.
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This arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D may be one you might want to try:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jawmunji...23/I4Sh9cKEDH0
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Old 10-14-2010, 10:40 AM
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I'm going to try the Pachelbel Canon.

This one is easier than it sounds: Erik Satie, Gnossienne No 1. Gymnopedie no 1 is quite easy to play too, but for some reason I find it difficult to memorize it, so I still have to have the music in front of me.
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Gymnopedie no 1.
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Old 10-14-2010, 12:03 PM
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This arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D may be one you might want to try:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jawmunji...23/I4Sh9cKEDH0
I worked on jaw's version of canon in D awhile back. I love it and need to go back and learn the wholel thing.
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Old 10-14-2010, 12:06 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll give these a try. I'm doing these songs on a steel string by the way. Guess I need to pick up a classical one of these days.
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Old 10-14-2010, 12:59 PM
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The Study in E minor, by Tarrega, is also beautiful and easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXj2Z...eature=related
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Except for that one little stretch!
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Except for that one little stretch!
It's really not that hard. Just study it separately and it will be fine.
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