There are scale and excercises in it, but also some very good pieces. Take
another look.
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: David Kilpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 07 April 2005 01:24
To: Rob MacKillop
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: James Oswald and the English guittar (Was: Amsterdam trip)



Rob MacKillop wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  >  I don't think I've ever seen guittar music in G minor.
> 
> Geminiani's 'Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra' has pieces in the 
> following major keys: C,D,E,F,G, and the following minor keys:
> a,b,c,d,e,f,g. But I agree that it is not common.
> 


aye, Rob, it's an instructional book... those pieces include what amount to
scale and arpeggio exercises just to get the poor lass* to play in all those
awkward keys!

Rather like a modern guitar tutor with scales in all the keys.

surprised he missed ANY!

*Whichever Countess of the Week it was at the time.

David







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