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  • Arranging for the Microtonal Guitar with Tolgahan Çoğulu (interview #4)

    Arranging for the Microtonal Guitar with Tolgahan Çoğulu (interview #4)
    Jul 9 2023

    Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms linktr.ee/guitararrangers

    Hosted by (ig and youtube)

    @guitar arrangers

    @themusicthief7

    @donitalia

    Guest

    @tolgahancogulu (instagram)

    @microtonalguitar (youtube)

    The first prize winner at Georgia Tech Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition in 2014, Tolgahan Çoğulu, designed his "Adjustable Microtonal Guitar" in 2008. His first CD with microtonal guitar, Atlas, was published by Kalan Music in 2012. His microtonal guitar has taken him to many festivals and universities in 34 countries. Tolgahan is building a repertoire for microtonal guitar with more than 40 composers involved at this point. He became an Associate Professor in 2013 and Professor in 2019 at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory, where he had founded the classical guitar department in 2010 and the world's first microtonal guitar department in 2014. His second CD ‘Microtonal Guitar Duo’ has been published by Kalan Music in June 2015. His recording of William Allaudin Mathieu’s three-movement ‘Lattice-İşi’ in just intonation was published in the US by Cold Mountain Music in 2016. Tolgahan completed a research project entitled ‘Historical Tunings on the Microtonal Guitar’ at the University of Bristol in 2016 for 12 months. Between 2015-2017 he collaborated with the University of Music Würzburg for the project ‘Creating and Presenting a Repertoire for the Microtonal Guitar’ supported by DAAD in which 12 composers wrote pieces for microtonal guitar and ensemble. He has been organising the world's first “Microtonal Guitar Competition” since 2016 His book ‘Microtonal Guitar’ was published in 2018 by Mojo Roots Music, co-authored by Fernando Perez. His latest album ‘Microtonal’ was published in 2018 by Ahenk Music. Currently, he is teaching at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory and Centre for Advanced Studies in Music.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Dire Dire Docks Super Mario 64 guitar arrangements/covers w/Jim Reyelt (review episode #25)

    Dire Dire Docks Super Mario 64 guitar arrangements/covers w/Jim Reyelt (review episode #25)
    Nov 26 2022

    Hosted by

    @The Music Thief

    @Donitalia

    @Jim Reyelt

    Today we looked at fingerstyle guitar arrangements/covers of Dire Dire Docks from Super Mario for n64 by Koji Kondo.

    Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    intro 0:00

    OST 8:26

    @Jonathan Valenzuela 14:10

    Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks (Classical Guitar)

    https://youtu.be/aA90koJGOaw

    Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks for Classical Guitar (Extended for Studying/Relaxation)

    https://youtu.be/TYpIDQf9nwA

    @Twoodmusic 22:01

    Dire Dire Docks - Super Mario 64 Guitar Cover

    https://youtu.be/uhk_vPPXhLM

    This arrangement is a slightly edited version of Sam Griffin's.

    @Classical Guitar - Joe Miller 28:02

    Dire Dire Docks (N64) - Joseph Miller

    https://youtu.be/Tvtew0OUeQc

    @Tom Winter 37:04

    #mario #guitar #music SUPER MARIO 64 - Dire Dire Docks | VGM Acoustic https://youtu.be/WL4xsQYKafA

    @CRGuitar 47:23

    SUPER MARIO 64 — DIRE DIRE DOCKS (acoustic)

    https://youtu.be/M59oiAybkDM

    @Colin Deibert 58:26

    Dire Dire Docks (Super Mario 64)- Guitar Cover

    https://youtu.be/jAUX80kz4PU

    @Ottawa Guitar Trio 1:13:36

    Mario 64 Arrangement: Dire Dire Docks Classical Guitar

    https://youtu.be/AgqW_stJeL8

    outro 1:20:31
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • PINK PANTHER Theme guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #24)

    PINK PANTHER Theme guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #24)
    Nov 14 2022

    Today we looked at fingerstyle guitar arrangements/covers of the Pink Panther Theme, music by Henry Mancini. Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    intro 0:00

    @Elisabeth Fröhlich 7:43

    Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini - Fingerstyle Guitar

    https://youtu.be/Wt7kxmnwI9s

    @Michael Lucarelli 13:27

    #pinkpanther #henrymancini #classicalguitar

    The Pink Panther theme - Henry Mancini (Michael Lucarelli - classical guitar)

    https://youtu.be/zErZocSkqS0

    @Guido Mancino 25:16

    Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther - Acoustic Guitar - Cover - Fingerstyle

    https://youtu.be/0gAY4lGhb6I

    @Igor Presnyakov 31:56

    Pink Panther Theme - Igor Presnyakov - fingerstyle guitar

    https://youtu.be/MixxDD9dxFM

    @Johan Söllscher 39:06

    Pink Panther - Guitar tab

    https://youtu.be/Wela855exM0

    @Tommy Emmanuel 43:46

    Pink Panther Theme (Breast Cancer Awareness) | Tommy Emmanuel

    https://youtu.be/oUoxlagDVlo
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    59 mins
  • STAR WARS guitar arrangements/covers w/Alex Park (review episode #23)

    STAR WARS guitar arrangements/covers w/Alex Park (review episode #23)
    Oct 15 2022

    Today we looked at fingerstyle guitar arrangements/covers of medleys from STAR WARS music by John Williams

    Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    intro 0:00

    @Rafael Aguirre 8:08

    #StarWars #Jedi #DarthVader STAR WARS on Spanish GUITAR-John Williams- Rafael Aguirre Epic soundtrack on Spanish guitar by John Williams with the 20th Century fox fanfare, Star Wars Main theme, the Jedi Theme, Darth Vader theme, Leia's theme and a great finale.

    The arrangement is by my friend Celso García.

    https://youtu.be/GMF62lwSuHY

    John Williams. Star Wars. Classical guitar duo. 18:27

    Transcription for guitar duo Valeriya Galimova&Veronica Vlasovskikh Plays Valeriya Galimova&Veronica Vlasovskikh Luthier Taras Titovich, "Deer" and "Margarita" guitars

    https://youtu.be/bZKFrGAI7bc

    @Ottawa Guitar Trio 27:33

    Star Wars: Main Title and Imperial March -Classical Guitar Arrangement - (Ottawa Guitar Trio)

    www.ottawaguitartrio.com

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    The Ottawa Guitar Trio performs its arrangement the Main Title and Imperial March from Star Wars.

    Composer: John Williams

    Arranged for classical guitar trio by Nathan Bredeson

    Performed by the Ottawa Guitar Trio (François Lacelle, Alexandre Bougie, Nathan Bredeson)

    Recorded by Drew Henderson on November 23, 2019 at the Church of St. Mary Magdelaine, Toronto, ON.

    Clothing by Mario Uomo

    https://youtu.be/UnOZFGVZ74I

    Star Wars (Suite) - Guitar Ensemble „Coda“ 37:27

    Music: John Williams;

    Arrangement: Nayden Doynov

    https://youtu.be/Yn60tREGv7E

    Beyond The Guitar 51:34

    Star Wars: A Guitar Medley - Beyond The Guitar (Nathan Mills)

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    This Star Wars Guitar Medley features the following themes from the Star Wars saga: -The Main Title Theme -The Force Theme aka Binary Sunset -The Imperial March -Across the Stars -Duel of the Fates Connect with me! -http://beyondtheguitar.com -

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    Music composed by John Williams

    Music arranged and performed by Nathan Mills

    OUTRO 1:00:25

    Hosted by

    @donitalia

    @the_music_thief

    @guitararrangers

    Special Guest

    @alexparkguitar
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Animal Crossing guitar arrangements/covers w/Amanda Kaya (review episode #22)

    Animal Crossing guitar arrangements/covers w/Amanda Kaya (review episode #22)
    Oct 8 2022

    Hosted by

    @donitalia

    @the_music_thief

    @guitararrangers

    Special Guest

    @amanda.g.kaya

    Today we looked at fingerstyle guitar arrangements/covers of songs from the game Animal Crossing Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    intro 0:00

    @Sam Griffin Guitar 10:16

    https://youtu.be/kMc5NkJl7iE

    ANIMAL CROSSING GUITAR COVER - K.K. Bossa

    @Dr. Pez - VGM 19:34

    https://youtu.be/7JD3YZtCl8s

    Animal Crossing - K.K. Bossa Guitar & Accordion Duet

    @Izan Soria 32:38

    https://youtu.be/4wpsjZknjEc

    #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #GuitarCover #AnimalCrossing Animal Crossing New Horizons Theme Guitar cover (full theme) + TAB - あつまれどうぶつの森 メインテーマ をギターと

    https://youtu.be/KmXXRu_NJvs

    #KKBubblegum #GuitarCover BUBBLEGUM KK - Animal Crossing: New Horizons ~ solo GUITAR cover

    @Josh Garofolo Guitar 40:09

    https://youtu.be/_Csco01ejdE

    #animalcrossingnewhorizons #mysteryisland #guitarcover Animal Crossing New Horizons Guitar Cover - Island Tour (Day) あつまれ どうぶつの森 - 島 旅行 ギター カバー

    @Super Guitar Bros 47:15

    https://youtu.be/bsuGGTb-SfI

    Animal Crossing New Horizons - 6AM / 12PM (Snow) - Super Guitar Bros

    @Ronggowisnu Prihadi 1:03:13

    https://youtu.be/E1c-39QDqEQ

    #Cover #AnimalCrossing #KKSlider K.K. Moody (Animal Crossing - ACNH Cover - Fingerstyle Guitar)

    @mauricemori 1:09:43

    https://youtu.be/g29HgHPRL90

    #acnh #animalcrossing #nintendo K.K. Lovers / けけラヴァーズ - Animal Crossing: New Horizons | classical guitar cover outro 1:19:25
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Pepe Romero (Interview episode #3)

    Pepe Romero (Interview episode #3)
    Sep 25 2022
    Hosted by (ig and youtube) @guitar arrangers @The Music Thief @Donitalia Guest @Pepe Romero Special thanks to Matt Denman and Bryan Hays for making this interview possible. https://www.romero-institute.com/ https://peperomero.com/ Pepe Romero Biography There are very few true living legends in the world of classical music, few who have sustained greatness and grown throughout their lives. Pepe Romero is such an artist. He has been honored by kings, heads of state, and major institutions-the encomiums continue to pour in. But to Romero, his most important contribution has been reaching the common man. He has communicated the richness and beauty of the classical guitar to millions of people throughout the world. He has, indeed, become an ambassador of classical music, and, correspondingly, of the classical guitar. But this gift did not just appear out of nowhere. Pepe is the second son of one of the greatest guitarists that ever lived—Celedonio Romero. And he is brother to two more musical phenoms—Celin and Angel Romero. Pepe Romero has premiered works by some of the finest composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico Moreno Torroba, Lorenzo Palomo, Padre Francisco de Madina, Paul Chihara, Enrique Diemecke, Ernesto Cordero, and, most poignantly, Celedonio Romero, have written compositions for Pepe. Always a champion of music by composers in earlier periods of music history, he has also delved into rare archives to re-explore lost pieces by Fernando Sor, (world premiere and recording of Fantasie in d minor), Mauro Giuliani (world premiere recordings of Concerto no.2 in A major and Concerto no.3 in F major and Variations and Polonaise, Op.65), Francesco Molino (world premier recording of Guitar Concerto in E minor, Op.56), Ferdinando Carulli (world premiere recording of Guitar Concerto in E minor, Op.140), Johann Kaspar Mertz, Luigi Boccherini, (world premiere recording of all 8 guitar quintets) and others. Maestro Romero's many accomplishments include: world premieres of Rodrigo´s Concierto andaluz (with the Romero Guitar Quartet), Concierto madrigal (with Angel Romero), and Concierto para una fiesta (written for Pepe Romero); Federico Moreno Torroba's Diálogos entre guitarra y orquesta (Pepe was personally chosen by Torroba and Andrés Segovia for the world recording premiere of this work dedicated to Segovia with an extended guitar cadenza written especially for Pepe), Concierto Ibérico by Torroba (written for and performed by the Romeros), Concierto en flamenco by Torroba was premiered in Málaga (performed by Pepe with Angel Romero conducting); and Lorenzo Palomo's Concierto de Cienfuegos (with the Romero Quartet) and Nocturnos de Andalucía (both released on the Naxos label). Of the many guitar concertos by his father, Celedonio Romero, Pepe has performed the world premieres of Concierto de Málaga, Fiesta Andaluza and El Cortijo de Don Sancho. Other premieres include Troubadour Music for four guitars and orchestra by Morton Gould, Concierto vasco and Concierto flamenco by Francisco de Madina, Concierto festivo by Ernesto Cordero, Christmas Suite for four guitars and chamber orchestra by Massimo Paris, Concierto a Celedonio by Enrique Diemecke, Concierto Mariachi by Michael Zearott and the guitar concerto, Zareh, by Loris Tjeknavorian. He also revived the great orchestral work Metamorfosi de concert by Xavier Montsalvatge, with Gianandrea Noseda, and premiered as well as recorded the Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with Trumpet Obbligato by Paul Chihara, with Neville Marriner and the London Symphony. In April 2014 Pepe Romero performed the German premiere in the Berlin Philharmonic of a new work by Lorenzo Palomo – Fulgores - for violin, guitar and orchestra. Pepe Romero has always felt, along with his father and brothers, that the sharing of one's art is a personal responsibility. Mr. Romero has served as Professor of Guitar at the University of Southern California, University of California at San Diego, Southern Methodist University, and the University of San Diego. Every summer at the Celedonio Romero Guitar Institute, currently held at Oklahoma City University, the Romeros conduct an intensive guitar workshop including master classes, private lessons, student concerts and a final concert featuring the students performing with the Romeros. Pepe has conducted master classes at the Salzburg Summer Academy, Córdoba Guitar Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. In 2004 he was appointed Distinguished Artist in Residence at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. His newly revised guitar method “La Guitarra” was published and released by Tuscany Publications in 2012. Currently he is finalizing a teaching video that discloses the principles of the Pepe Romero guitar technique.
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    42 mins
  • SKYRIM ”The Bannered Mare” Guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #21)

    SKYRIM ”The Bannered Mare” Guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #21)
    Sep 18 2022

    Hosted by

    @donitalia

    @the_music_thief

    @guitararrangers

    Today we looked at fingerstyle guitar arrangements/covers of "The Bannered Mare" from Skyrim by Jeremy Soule. Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    intro 0:00

    listening to the original 2:04

    @Juraj Markač 5:28

    Skyrim music - The bannered mare (guitar cover) + tab

    https://youtu.be/cY9sZ8AZ9-I

    @Alexandr Nikitin 10:14

    Skyrim - The Bannered Mare on Guitar

    https://youtu.be/xr6D4fvxmeM

    @Guitar Fable 18:00

    SKYRIM The Bannered Mare cover Classical guitar

    https://youtu.be/9ZMAS30Un2I

    @Seth Wilkins 24:08

    Skyrim - The Bannered Mare (Classical Guitar Cover)

    https://youtu.be/kfQTDFhpZlM

    @Seth Wilkins 29:36

    Skyrim - The Bannered Mare (Lute and Classical Guitar Cover)

    https://youtu.be/EA2H7sLfNqw

    @Kyle Throw Music 34:35

    SKYRIM: The Bannered Mare - On CLASSICAL GUITAR

    https://youtu.be/JlfFo-XeEBU

    @Jonas Lefvert 38:48

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The Bannered Mare (Acoustic Classical Guitar Cover by Jonas Lefvert)

    https://youtu.be/GSWQy3hcrTM
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    46 mins
  • AFRICA by Toto guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #20)

    AFRICA by Toto guitar arrangements/covers (review episode #20)
    Aug 28 2022

    Hosted by

    @donitalia

    @the_music_thief

    @guitararrangers

    Today we looked at fingerstlye guitar covers, and guitar arrangements of Africa by Toto. Big thank you to all the creators of the guitar videos we talked about. Please support them by watching their videos and subscribing at the links below.

    Intro 0:00

    @Kent Nishimura 3:34 #africa #toto Africa - Toto - Acoustic Guitar Cover (fingerstyle) arranged by Kent Nishimura https://youtu.be/GjfIwTQMWY4

    @Alexandr Misko 9:43 Toto - Africa (Alexandr Misko) https://youtu.be/t_bE8WBBPvk

    @Andy McKee 22:02 Andy McKee - Africa https://youtu.be/KHFcg1Bg83w

    @Vince Carrola 30:30 Toto: AFRICA (Guitar Quartet) https://youtu.be/jhdcxbiMqic

    @40 Fingers 40:26 #africa #TOTO 40 FINGERS - Africa (TOTO) - Official Video https://youtu.be/G_OHda0GDm0

    outro 50:17

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/2457848901174717

    Be sure to join the Guitar Arrangers Collective Facebook group as well, post your arrangements there!
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    53 mins