Mel Bay Presents Tarrega in Tablature with CD (Acoustic Guitar Series) (Multilingual Edition) [Paperback]

Ben Bolt (Author)

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Series: Acoustic Guitar Series | Publication Date: December 11, 1997

The importance of Francisco Tarrega in the history of the classic guitar is immeasurable. With his original compositions and transcriptions, Tarrega brought the classical guitar to new heights by giving it a repertoire of its own and consequently influencing virtually every modern day classical guitarist. In this volume, Ben Boldt presents 29 pieces by Tarrega in standard notation and tablature. Titles include: Lagrima; Preludes in G, A, and D major; Danza Mora; Marieta! (Mazurca); Mazurca en sol; Maria; Minuetto; Adelita (Mazurca); Pavana; La Alborada; Capricho Arabe; and many others. Text in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese.

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About the Author

Ben Bolt was playing lead guitar in rock bands at the age of 12 and performed professionally at 16 in Miami. After high school, Ben left his band to study classical guitar in Spain. At the age of 19, he studied with Andres Segovia in Madrid. Andrés Segovia, the father of the classical guitar, said, "Ben Bolt is an excellent guitarist with fine tone." Segovia personally paid for a scholarship so that Bolt could continue his studies at the Musica en Compostela, which Segovia founded. Later in Paris, Ben Bolt sought out and studied with Abel Carlevaro, one of Segovia's students, who continued to teach Bolt in Brazil at the International Guitar Conservatory. There, under full scholarship, Bolt was introduced to more Segovia information and, equally importantly, to the Carlevaro school of technique. During the next several years he went on to Montevideo, Carlevaro's home town, and complete his music studies under the direction of Maestro Carlevaro and Guido Santorsola,! the distinguished Italian composer and conductor. Carlevaro invited him to attend the 1974 International Guitar Seminary in Brazil under full scholarship. In that same year Ben won the coveted Merit Prize as Outstanding Student at the First International Masters Class in Montevideo, Uruguay. Bolt is credited with being an innovator in introducing thousands of new people to the classical style of guitar through his videos and books, which use a revolutionary format of learning. In the past, guitar students needed to learn to read music at the same time they were learning to play the guitar, which was complicated. Since the publication of Bolt's book/recording packages, beginners are able to play immediately. The tablature, using lines and numbers to show where the notes are on the fretboard, and the recordings, which are rhythmically self-explanatory, empower all students to play. Because of his vision of making classical guitar accessible to all kinds of musicians, the classic guitar is being experienced by the masses. Andrés Segovia, the father of the classical guitar, said, "Ben Bolt is an excellent guitarist with fine tone." Segovia personally paid for a scholarship so that Bolt could continue his studies at the Musica en Compostela, which Segovia founded. Later in Paris, Ben Bolt sought out and studied with Abel Carlevaro, one of Segovia's students, who continued to teach Bolt in Brazil at the International Guitar Conservatory. There, under full scholarship, Bolt was introduced to more Segovia information and, equally importantly, to the Carlevaro school of technique. During the next several years he went on to Montevideo, Carlevaro's home town, and complete his music studies under the direction of Maestro Carlevaro and Guido Santorsola, the distinguished Italian composer and conductor. Several Ben Bolt books have become best sellers. His Anyone Can Play the Classic Guitar Video has become a reference for college students as the authority on basic fundamentals concerning classical technique. He also appears in Mel Bay's video of the Modern Guitar Method Grade One, a hugely successful publication. Ben currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee where he teaches all styles of guitar. He is also Professor of Guitar at Carson-Newman College. He believes anyone can play the guitar well, provided they have these three ingredients: a good instrument, a knowledgeable teacher, and music that holds the student's interest. Bolt's work is distributed internationally and has been featured at the yearly NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) in California, as well as the International NAMM show in Germany. His influences include Mel Bay, the Beatles, and Segovia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (December 11, 1997)
• Language: Multilingual
• ISBN-10: 0786616415
• ISBN-13: 978-0786616411
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,163,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars overpriced, August 29, 2007

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This review is from: Mel Bay Presents Tarrega in Tablature with CD (Acoustic Guitar Series) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)

The first fifty (yes, 50!) pages of this book consist of an introduction to the author, to the manual, instructions in reading the music, and basic material anyone who has studied music for six months should know...all in FOUR different languages...including Japanese! The CD is well done, except the author/publisher saw fit to omit all repeats on all tracks......there are similar books with CD available, for about half the price....grossly overpriced....

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but the CD is incomplete, February 11, 2008

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This is a fine collection of works by Tarrega, appropriate for an intermediate-level player. My only problem with it is that the CD which accompanies the book does not contain all of the pieces in the book.

4.0 out of 5 stars very good, March 14, 2011

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This review is from: Mel Bay Presents Tarrega in Tablature with CD (Acoustic Guitar Series) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)

This is worthwhile. Too many competing firms put out sheet music that sounds like a "fake book." This is reasonably challenging, sounds great when mastered. This is the best Tarrega I've found anywhere. True, the book is a bit thick, but no matter...you can pull out the extra pages of languages you don't speak. And though the CD is missing a few tracks, no big loss. A very fine addition to any sheet music library, and it's the best Tarrega!