I am a musician and author, I specialize in writing instructional books for guitar players. My latest book is called "TCHA-KA TCHA: Learn and Understand Rhythm on Guitar through Vocalizing." It’s a proven method that has helped hundreds of my students finally make rhythm easy. I'm sending emails every two weeks or so with new transcriptions, articles, news, resources, and promotions. I hope you'll enjoy them!
Back in the Groove & have you heard of Telemann?
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I'm back from Southern Italy, and boy I had needed this vacation! We had rented a renovated, hundreds-year-old stone farmhouse in an olive grove. Very simple, the only luxuries being a nice swimming pool, a fridge, and a Bialetti coffee maker. It was wonderful. It's incredible how little you actually need to be happy. So here I'm back in autumnal Vienna, with recharged batteries, and full of good ideas. And the solution to get rid of all the clutter in my house :D At the moment I'm working on an Anthology of Baroque Violin for Guitar together with a friend, and I love all the great music I'm allowed to discover. For example, have you heard of Georg Philipp Telemann? Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was considered the best German composer of the time, even better than his friends Friedrich Haendel and Johann Sebastian Bach. He was particularly close friends with Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son; Telemann on the other side often sent commissioned works that he did not want to do himself to Bach. Apart from two piano lessons, Telemann was completely self-taught, and wrote more than 3600 composition, making him one of the most prolific composers of all time. He later fell into obscurity, partly because allegedly Beethoven preferred Bach and repeatedly bad-mouthed Telemann. Here is the 1. Movement Adagio/Allegro of Telemann's Violin Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D10 You can download the transcription in standard notation and tablature, along with the audio files, here: Happy practicing! Stefan Stevie's Guitar Studio |
Stefan Gruber
I am a musician and author, I specialize in writing instructional books for guitar players. My latest book is called "TCHA-KA TCHA: Learn and Understand Rhythm on Guitar through Vocalizing." It’s a proven method that has helped hundreds of my students finally make rhythm easy. I'm sending emails every two weeks or so with new transcriptions, articles, news, resources, and promotions. I hope you'll enjoy them!
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