Mel Bay's Wedding Music for Classical Guitar [Paperback]

James Christopher Boydston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1988

Beautiful classical guitar settings of "Gymnopedie #1" (Satie), "Trumpet Tune" (Purcell), and many more.

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About the Author

James Christopher Boydston was born July 21, 1947 in Denver, Colorado. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy degree in 1971 from the University of Texas, where he was a lutenist and guitarist with Collegium Musicum. From 1972 to 1973 he taught with the classical guitar Extension division of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He has arranged Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" for classical guitar and has composed and recorded Wedding Music for Classical Guitar. Boydston is the inventor of the classical guitar bridge-saddle, and the author of original poetry included in The World of Poetry Anthology (1991).

Product Details

• Paperback: 28 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (June 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871662175
• ISBN-13: 978-0871662170
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,832,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Music > Musical Genres > Folk & Traditional

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unneccessarily complicated!, June 6, 2011

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Ray "History Buff" (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mel Bay's Wedding Music for Classical Guitar (Paperback)

I am preparing for a wedding and have had this book for a while. I am a very experienced player and have played many difficult pieces in my time. But this book is unneccessarily complicated. Perhaps the author was tring to impress himself because i am not. First of all you don't make Kemps Jiggie" a difficult arrangement. Second, you don't make Jesu Joy of man's desiring difficult by putting it in A major. I play mine and G and everything fits nicely under the fingers. The Wedding march and Bridal chorus are virtually complete disasters even for the experienced guitar players like me. Yes they are possible but with months of practice of fingerings and phrases that seem unnatural for the guitar. I honestly felt like calling the author and telling him how difficult he has made these tunes. It is already stressful enough to do weddings let alone having to worry about certain passages in the music. I have already had to change several parts just so they will be possible while trying to be on cue to perform at the wedding. I have almost got the Wedding march down after three weeks but i will still need to practice it daily for the next 6 days before the wedding. I have wasted so much time with this book.
I regret not searching elsewhere for a guitar wedding songbook. To the author i say that i am not impressed. Mel bay publications has a history of complexity and learning UNNECCESSARY things. Save yourself from a massive headache and stress. DOn't buy this book!!!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars terrible and overy convoluted, July 20, 2006

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Marc Alan Siegel "marcsiegelmusic" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mel Bay's Wedding Music for Classical Guitar (Paperback)

if you want to spend your time trying to figure out a poor guitar players ideas of wedding music transcriptions here is the book for you. The author puts Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire" in A major, which would be alright if it made the piece fit the guitar, which it doesn't, and while he's at it he gives you a piece "Prelude #1, Op.3" written by himself, as a wedding standard?!! Spend your money on Jerry Snyders book "Weddings for Guitar" and you'll be much happier... trust me.