Catalog

In this catalog, composers will be presented in alphabetical, with a non-exhausting listing of the works I find interesting to analyze.  Informations will follow, indicating if there is an available manuscript, if the 8-string guitar can be used for some of the problems of the original score, offering solutions.  At last, I will also add a new section, where the extra range of the 8-string guitar can be used to palliate some of the problems of the original score by using octaviation in the basses.  This compromise will present alternatives that offer a new approach to the playing of the pieces while still keeping information from the original score that would otherwise be unplayable.  The alternative choices are not factual, and will be deemed justified (or not) in a different way depending of every artist's sensibility.

The ranking of the amount of changes will be the following: Low when only 1-2 occasions offer a possibility, Medium from 2 to 5 occasions, and High when higher than 5 specific spots can be 'improved'.  

List of composers

(by alphabetical order, non-exhaustive)

José (Antonio) 1902-1936 :

- Sonata para guitarra

Manén (Joan) 1883-1971 :

- Sonata Fantasia

Martin (Franck) 1890-1974 :

- Quatre pièces brèves

Piazzolla (Astor) 1921-1992 :

- 5 pièces pour guitare

Ponce (Manuel Maria) 1882-1948 :

- Sonata III

• no manuscript available

- Sonata Romantica

Rodrigo (Joaquin) 1901-1999 :

- Invocacion y Danza

Tansman (Alexandre) 1897-1986 :

- Passacaille

• no manuscript available

- Variations on a theme by Scriabin

• Textbook solutions on 8-strings : high

• Alternatives using the extra range : //

Tedesco (Mario Castelnuovo) 1895-1968 :

- Capriccio Diabolico (Omaggio a Paganini)

- 24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195

1) Capricho n°1 'Francisco Goya y Lucientes, pintor'

• Textbook solutions on 8-strings : low

• Alternatives using the extra range : //

5) Capricho n°5 'Muchachos al avio'

• manuscript / no use for the 8-string guitar

6) Capricho n°6 'El Amor y la Muerte'

• manuscript / no use for the 8-string guitar

12) Capricho n°12 'No hubo remedio'

• Textbook solutions on 8-strings : low

• Alternatives using the extra range : high

15) Capricho n°15 'Si Sabra mas el discipulo ?'

• no use for the 8-string guitar

18) Capricho n°18 'El sueño de la razon produce monstruos'

• Textbook solutions on 8-strings : //

• Alternatives using the extra range : medium

20) Capricho n°20 'Obsequio a el Maestro'

• Textbook solutions on 8-strings : medium

• Alternatives using the extra range : low

- Sonata (Omaggio a Boccherini)