Original Transcription System for Classical Guitar of Works Composed for the English Guitar (Guittar)
Journal Title: Edukacja Muzyczna - Year 2024, Vol 19, Issue 19
Abstract
This article aims to present an original system of transcription for classical guitar of works originally composed for English guitar (guittar). This instrument, now forgotten, was popular in Europe and the British colonies mainly in the second half of the 18th century. A substantial corpus of musical literature, distinguished by its considerable artistic and educational value, has been composed for it, yet this body of work remains largely unexplored. It is also missing from concert and educational programs. Reaching for it will provide insight into the instrument, vital in its time, and fill a gap in the guitar repertoire, providing historical continuity from the Renaissance to the present. The differences in design and tuning between the historical and modern instruments give rise to specific performance challenges. They concern, for example, the reproduction of fingering or the preservation of texture, which raises the need for a transcription intended specifically for the classical guitar. The transcription system developed by the author of this article is based on the use of the capabilities of today’s guitar, but taking into account the common features of both instruments, the guittar idiom, the aesthetic principles of the era, the best possible tone or comfort of performance.
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Małgorzata Żegleń-Włodarczyk
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- DOI 10.16926/em.2024.19.13
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