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A dedicated vihuela chord book, in English and Spanish, with over 300 chords for the vihuela. Chords are presented in easy to read and understand chord diagrams. Exact fingerings are shown for each diagram. Chords shown include major, minor, 7, min7, maj7, b5, sus4, aug, dim, 6, m6, 6/9, m7b5, 11, 13 and many more. Mel Bay's Vihuela Chord Book is one of the most comprehensive on the market, perfect for the aspiring mariachi.

Hemos hecho lo querido y hemos querido lo hecho compende una serie de conversaciones entre Patricio Manns y Horacio Salinas, en las que el autor de “Arriba en la cordillera” repasa en detalle aquellos hitos que determinaron su vida y también las circunstancias que rodearon algunos de sus éxitos musicales más aplaudidos. “Mi infancia es esencialmente campesina. Yo conocí una ciudad cuando tenía unos 12 años. En mi casa no había electricidad ni agua potable, pero sí una gran biblioteca”, recuerda Manns en estas páginas. “Yo siento que estoy hecho de sur, que mi cobija y mi...

Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...

The Guitar Lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in guitar didactic literature.The original six lesson books, along with the book Advanced Technique, were an immediate success on their introduction and remain so today. This edition brings together under one cover Lesson Books Four, Five, and Six as well as Sagreras's Advanced Technique volume. the studies in each book are carefully fingered and graded. They are charming, melodious and extremely effective in the classroom. They are also an ideal introduction to...