Villa-Lobos Solo Guitar | Classical Guitar Sheet Music Book | Etudes Preludes Choros and Suite Populaire Brésilienne | 20th Century Guitar Songbook | Classical Guitar Books

I used to be an advanced player many years ago but arthritis stopped it fast. Now in retirement, I decided to get back to it. these pieces are written specifically for the guitar and are very good for sight reading and ear training and fun to play. This will challenge you to work out the fingering in both hands.

These pieces are beautiful additions to the guitarist's repertoire. I've never seen such an extensive collection of these very important works by this very important composer. I was surprised at how reasonably-priced it was. I agree with one of the other commenters that I'm not sure this binding is ready for prime time though. My guess is that it would fall apart with heavy use rather quickly. That's not so much a problem for me in that I generally copy pages from books (for personal use only) as this works out better on a music stand than playing off the original. A number of people commented that the fingerings could have been better annotated. Welcome to the big leagues. While not extraordinarily difficult, these are not beginning or (with a few exceptions) even intermediate pieces. Most of this music is for the advanced classical guitarist. As such, much of the fingering is left to the performer to decide what works best for him or her. I'd say this is generally the norm for advanced guitar works. At least one other commenter asked if this collection used tab notation. I don't think I've ever seen concert-grade classical guitar works notated this way. This book is no exception. One question I'd throw out to any other classical guitarists out there: I haven't gone through all of these pieces yet but the first one, Choros No. 1 (Typicos) seems similar but still different than the version I've played in the past and that I commonly hear others play. Is the version in this book more faithful to the original piece as written by Villa Lobos? Are these considered to be the "definitive" versions of his music? Not a complaint, just wondering if anyone else knows.

My guitar instructor recommended this book, for the authors work. Practice , practice, practice

Villa-Lobos is a true master at composing for the guitar. The pieces in here were composed knowing the strengths and weaknesses of playing with guitar. All the songs in here are so unique and the notation is very clear. I look forward to learning more songs from this great book to add to my repertoire.

The music ranges from etudes to preludes to a Suite (Populaire Bresilienne). The etudes tend to focus in on individual concepts and techniques (e.g., barres and arpeggios). I've added many of them to my regular warmup and practice sessions. The only complaint I have is that some of the notation that Villa-Lobos used is rather confusing, and sometimes not consistent. For example, the harmonics (I've heard many people complain about this). I think the way to improve this edition is with more notation (yes, I know that Noad did the notation, but it needs some augmentation). As well as some clear introduction to the concepts that are being introduced with the individual etudes. The preludes also could use some more insight. Still, it's great stuff, and I highly recommend it for a good introduction to 20th century guitar music.

This copy of the collected works for solo guitar of Heitor Villa-Lobos is excellent. Should be in every classical guitarist's repetoire. More than reasonably priced for the contents. Though some reviewers complain about the lack of fingering, I find it a wonderful challenge. Figuring out your own fingering (preferably in consultation with a good guitar teacher) is a great way to learn the fretboard better. I highly recommend getting this edition.

Great price fast delivery ! Thank you !

Great book with much needed classical guitar etudes and preludes for all guitar players to learn

Have been looking for this book. Hard to find it. Good music book, but too expensive.

Great resource but the print quality is not great

Wonderful book. I'm not there yet musically, but love their and playing the music is something I am striving for.

Livraison impeccable. Attention, pas de doigté main gauche/main droite (sauf rares exceptions)

Gosto de tudo. O livro veio como novo.