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Are there any simple classic violin pieces that anyone can recommend that readily translate to guitar?

Are sonata's the classical works I'd be looking for that features a violin as a lead instrument? What is a musical piece that is only one instrument such as piano or violin?

I am no Yngwie (by a long long shot), but I know that he adapted some classical stuff? Was it Puccini?

There are plenty!

The method I was taught, and teach my students, includes sight reading violin pieces.

I would recommend starting with Wolfhart's 60 violin etudes. It comes in 2 books, and the first 30 etudes are in book 1. I will have to check @ home, but I believe it's Op4.

Stay away from the harder studies, like Bach, Kreutzer, and Dont.


Originally Posted by Guitar ToadI am no Yngwie (by a long long shot), but I know that he adapted some classical stuff? Was it Puccini?

It's Nicolo Paganini, which are virtuoso level violin pieces. DO NOT START THERE!
You'll only become discouraged!!

TwilightOdyssey:

Thanks for the help. I'll see if I can find or order the Wolfhart's 60 violin etudes and get started. I want to mostly a bluesy player but want a variety of influences. This will be a fine starting point.

NOOOO problem, man!

I posted this in a recent thread about Paganini's violin cparici:

Virtually every Yngwie song has some degree of a Paganini or Bach element, as well as most shredders out there.
Most of Pagini's pieces were in minor keys, with enharmonic notes galore. Enharmonics are raised or flattened notes not commonly found in a key. (For example, using Bb in the key of C, which has no sharps or flats.)

Paganini's music is EXTREMELY difficult to learn, however, and can be downright disappointing. Learning to play violin studies on guitar is a very effective way of increasing your technique as well as learning the most commonly used scales and phrases in classical music.

I would recommend working your way up to Paganini the same way I did. This is done by completing these studies, in the following order:

1. Wohlfahrt, Op. 45, Sixty Studies for the Violin. (This comes in 2 volumes, 1-30, and 31-60. This will introduce you to the most common scales, arpeggios and phrases in classical violin)

2. Dont, Op. 37, Twenty-Four Exercises for the Violin. (The next step up in complexity, the Dont studies feature faster pieces, and longer arpeggio phrases. It also includes many etudes that translate really well into Eurometal guitar lines, a la Michael Schenker. These are the preparatory exercises for learning Kreutzer.)

3. Bach, 2 Part Inventions For the Keyboard. (This is essential for learning fugues. This is not a violin book , but exercises for the clavicord, which could only play one note at a time. Learn both guitar parts if you don't have someone handy to learn them with you. Then play the 1st part while playing the 2nd part live. This is where things start to get difficult ...)

4. Kreutzer, Etudes for the Violin. (These are actually preparatory exercises specifically for learning Paganini. You will notice a famous phrase in one of the etudes that is quoted by EVH in Eruption)

5. Paganini, Op. 1, 24 Caprices for the Vioin. (NOW you're ready to start shredding it up with Paganini)

This is the method I was taught for sight reading, and is the method I still teach to my students. It really works.

Here is an interview with Uli Jon Roth where he talks about doing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons on guitar.

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I learned to play quot;Winterquot; on guitar ... that's some advanced stuff!
Not for a beginner to sight reading, or guitar playing ...


Originally Posted by accipiterHere is an interview with Uli Jon Roth where he talks about doing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons on guitar.

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Thanks.


Originally Posted by TwilightOdysseyThere are plenty!

Wolfhart's 60 violin etudes. It comes in 2 books, and the first 30 etudes are in book 1.

Do most music stores keep these in stock or will I need to order them online?