[devilontherun]

does anyone know any good classical songs to play on guitar. i can play some simple ones like fur elise but i was looking for something heavier or more evil sounding

[theprik]

dogpoo's got you when she gets here

[dogpoo]

classical stuff is normally quite pretty, you might want to have a look at some flamenco. most classical pieces you get nowadays are transcriptions of piano pieces or lute pieces (with many exceptions of course, tarrega is one).

pieces by leo brouwer might be something you might look out for, he's not actually classical in the full sense of the word (then again, most things classified as classical isn't classical at all), but he's got some very good stuff to play. el decameron negro is an extremely cool piece (its actually a few pieces). so yeah brouwer is good.

heavier, evil sounding pieces aren't so good for the classical guitar, its not too easy to attack as much as other instruments, nevertheless there are heavy, evil sounding things around (not very evil though). how good are you exactly? because if you're only about fur elise stage you aren't going to be able to play many pieces. stuff you're looking for is most probably going to be spanish, or from the romantic era. try some of granado's spanish dances.

go to this site here -> http://www.classtab.org/. it's got some really great tabs for classical music, but like i said, classical music is rarely evil or heavy. i'm not sure what you're really looking for though, maybe give me an example? classical stuff you're generally going to find around are things by bach or mozart etc. (which are most definately not evil sounding). bit of a pickle this, if you'd wanted melancholy, depressive things, or even really pretty pieces i'd be able to help you heaps, but heavy and evil are a little bit out of the range i play on the classical. 20th century pieces maybe? they're weird, but again, not very evil.

sorry i can't really help you much, i'm not even sure what you have in mind (i actually can't think of any evil pieces at the moment, not even for piano or orchestra, many really impressive pieces come to mind, but they aren't evil.) and i realise that this post is quite wonky, and rather repetitive, sorry about that. i kind of got my guitar out and got distracted.

edit: paco de lucia maybe? and a link you might want to have a look at if you want a little read about flamenco music -> http://www.guitarist.com/cg/cg.htm

This post has been edited by dogpoo: 02 August 2005 - 04:56 AM

[Will_Wood]

classical stuff is normally quite pretty, you might want to have a look at some flamenco. most classical pieces you get nowadays are transcriptions of piano pieces or lute pieces (with many exceptions of course, tarrega is one).

pieces by leo brouwer might be something you might look out for, he's not actually classical in the full sense of the word (then again, most things classified as classical isn't classical at all), but he's got some very good stuff to play. el decameron negro is an extremely cool piece (its actually a few pieces). so yeah brouwer is good.

heavier, evil sounding pieces aren't so good for the classical guitar, its not too easy to attack as much as other instruments, nevertheless there are heavy, evil sounding things around (not very evil though). how good are you exactly? because if you're only about fur elise stage you aren't going to be able to play many pieces. stuff you're looking for is most probably going to be spanish, or from the romantic era. try some of granado's spanish dances.

go to this site here -> http://www.classtab.org/. it's got some really great tabs for classical music, but like i said, classical music is rarely evil or heavy. i'm not sure what you're really looking for though, maybe give me an example? classical stuff you're generally going to find around are things by bach or mozart etc. (which are most definately not evil sounding). bit of a pickle this, if you'd wanted melancholy, depressive things, or even really pretty pieces i'd be able to help you heaps, but heavy and evil are a little bit out of the range i play on the classical. 20th century pieces maybe? they're weird, but again, not very evil.

sorry i can't really help you much, i'm not even sure what you have in mind (i actually can't think of any evil pieces at the moment, not even for piano or orchestra, many really impressive pieces come to mind, but they aren't evil.) and i realise that this post is quite wonky, and rather repetitive, sorry about that. i kind of got my guitar out and got distracted.

edit: paco de lucia maybe? and a link you might want to have a look at if you want a little read about flamenco music -> http://www.guitarist.com/cg/cg.htm

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Will you marry me?

I am contantly impressed at your knowledge with classical music. You have proven that girls can like theory, too.

This post has been edited by Will_Wood: 02 August 2005 - 05:20 AM

[dogpoo]

thanks will, but i do believe i should be of legal age before i accept any proposals

everything comes from learning the piano, i just happen to have picked up the guitar along the way . i suppose being a bit of a music geek helps too...

[Will_Wood]

thanks will, but i do believe i should be of legal age before i accept any proposals

everything comes from learning the piano, i just happen to have picked up the guitar along the way . i suppose being a bit of a music geek helps too...

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Oh, right...that whole age thing...

I am just surprised because these days it is rare to find a girl who likes classical music.

[LooPbacK]

does anyone know any good classical songs to play on guitar. i can play some simple ones like fur elise but i was looking for something heavier or more evil sounding

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Like said before... you can try some bach... i did...
Playing classical songs on guitar is much more difficult than it seams...many songs being intended to be played on piano (like said before)...

...you could try bach...

[Will_Wood]

Also, for a bit of modern classical, try some esteban. His songs aren't to hard, although you have to know your fingerpicking.

[dogpoo]

loopback: bach is baroque, his pieces aren't evil sounding nor heavy. bach is great for technique, but it's not a very good suggestion at this point. barouque pieces were written for the harpsichord (well bach's ones were anyway), which is why they aren't very heavy. they are also full of contrapuntal devices and voices and that is in my opinion next to impossible to do on the guitar properly. try playing a bach fugue on the guitar, one with four voices, and matching the melody lines as well. it's quite hard enough to do on the piano. another thing, he wanted evil sounding pieces, if you listen to many pieces written in the baroque period, you'd notice that they're usually very happy sounding. couple of reasons for this, the lightness of the harpsichord and the non-sustaining power it had is one and that the baroque era was an era where people generally had pretty good living. if you were a composer in that time of history, you had to be in the patronage of someone, usually of a court, you were part of staff and you were expected to churn out music. bach himself wrote over 300 cantatas for sunday mass, turning out one a week. steady employment = good living which in turn meant they could support many kids (bach had quite a number). and you might argue that there were wars going on, but if you think about it, by that point, the war was something that had been going on for so long it didn't really affect the people, it was a commonplace affair.

that was a rather long spiel, i apologise. i should perhaps get started on doing my music research project, i wish those 30 pages were as easy to write as the paragraph i just did .

will: it's not all that rare, you just haven't met many . geekiness abounds.

[LooPbacK]

loopback: bach is baroque, his pieces aren't evil sounding nor heavy. bach is great for technique, but it's not a very good suggestion at this point. barouque pieces were written for the harpsichord (well bach's ones were anyway), which is why they aren't very heavy. they are also full of contrapuntal devices and voices and that is in my opinion next to impossible to do on the guitar properly. try playing a bach fugue on the guitar, one with four voices, and matching the melody lines as well. it's quite hard enough to do on the piano. another thing, he wanted evil sounding pieces, if you listen to many pieces written in the baroque period, you'd notice that they're usually very happy sounding. couple of reasons for this, the lightness of the harpsichord and the non-sustaining power it had is one and that the baroque era was an era where people generally had pretty good living. if you were a composer in that time of history, you had to be in the patronage of someone, usually of a court, you were part of staff and you were expected to churn out music. bach himself wrote over 300 cantatas for sunday mass, turning out one a week. steady employment = good living which in turn meant they could support many kids (bach had quite a number). and you might argue that there were wars going on, but if you think about it, by that point, the war was something that had been going on for so long it didn't really affect the people, it was a commonplace affair.

that was a rather long spiel, i apologise. i should perhaps get started on doing my music research project, i wish those 30 pages were as easy to write as the paragraph i just did .

will: it's not all that rare, you just haven't met many . geekiness abounds.

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well...sorry...

[cichlid_dmb]

You want evil? Try some Ornstein.

http://www.amazon.co...1412488-6728935

[devilontherun]

thanks everybody for the suggestions. that ornstein fella is pretty good. i'm going to try this one song i heard in a movie, cant remember the name now. also heard satriani play a piece by paginini (spelling?) might try that too. thanks again.

This post has been edited by devilontherun: 03 August 2005 - 11:35 PM