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Useful Links and Resources
The following links will take you to articles, resources, and interesting websites about the guitar and its history:
Dirk’s
Guitar Page - A treasure trove of great (and free!) classical guitar sheet music both in tablature and standard notation.
Some of the arrangements here are not the best, but
nevertheless this is a great archive of hundreds of the most popular pieces
in the classical guitar repertoire.
Classical Guitar Blog - A continuously updated blog of inspiring classical guitar videos, practice tips, musical advice and more!
ClassicalGuitarMIDI.com -
Listen to how those classical pieces you’re working
on are supposed to sound. This is a large archive of MIDI files of works
from the classical guitar canon.
FREE Online Guitar Tuner -
A videoon the same page will show you how to string your guitar.
FREE Online Metronome -
with selectable tempos from 40 bpm (largo) to 208 bpm (prestissimo).
Guitar Delicacies -
MP3s and tablatures (as PDF and Zip files) of famous traditional Flamenco falsetas,
Classical guitar pieces, Jazz standards, and Rock songs.
A History of Music Notation – Read
this article to learn about how music notation has evolved from ancient times
to the present.
Music Theory Basics – An
article on the fundamentals of theory and harmony.
Musictheory.net - A
very educational interactive music theory program. Warning: you must know your
music fundamentals to understand this site!
Music Theory Note Trainer - Click this link to test your knowledge of notes on the guitar fretboard. See how fast you can choose the correct note!
History of Jazz Guitar – A
brief overview of the Jazz style with links to Jazz guitar sites and artist
pages.
History
of the Classical guitar – From the medieval
lute to the modern Spanish guitar, the story of all modern guitar genres begins
here.
The Electric Guitar – Learn
what an electric guitar is made of, how it works, and its history.
Sheet Music Plus – Order
instructional books and sheet music online from this Internet music store.
Powertabs.net – A
continually updated archive of guitar scores for all styles of music.
Acoustic Tab – A
site of free TAB versions of popular songs.
Important Guitarists and Composers Past and Present:
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