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d kulterer

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Nov 22, 2002, 5:08:30 AM11/22/02
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hi everybody !

after playing mainly electric for the last years
i am rediscovering the acoustic guitar.

therefore i am desperately looking for the now unavailable
book of ralph towner "improvisation and performance
technique for classical and acoustic guitar".

if anyone has got an idea please contact me directly.

thanks in advance.
d.kulterer

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mcdonald

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Nov 22, 2002, 6:08:50 AM11/22/02
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 3:08:30 -0700, d kulterer wrote:

> hi everybody !
>
> after playing mainly electric for the last years
> i am rediscovering the acoustic guitar.
>
> therefore i am desperately looking for the now unavailable
> book of ralph towner "improvisation and performance
> technique for classical and acoustic guitar".
>
> if anyone has got an idea please contact me directly.

Please post here if you come up with any leads. Some of the simpler Towner
pieces are perhaps within my capability, but I don't have the patience to
work them out by ear from his recordings. Even though the title indicates
that it's a technique book I'm hoping he at least has snippets from his
pieces.


mcd


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Nov 22, 2002, 1:51:21 PM11/22/02
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"mcdonald" <quetza...@mad.scientist.com> wrote in message
news:01HW.BA035E520...@news.comcast.giganews.com...

I don't know about the book in the first post, but he does have one
book in print now. Here's the description from his web site:

Ralph Towner: Solo Guitar Works, Volume 1, GSP 225, $19.95

"Transcriptions of a sampling of Ralph Towner's solo guitar
compositions, including comments from Towner":

Green and Golden
Anthem
The Reluctant Bride
Etude (Oleander Etude)
Haunted
Joyful Departure
The Silence of a Candle
The Sigh
Tramonto
Waltz for Debby

Order from Guitar Solo Publications
telephone 415-896-1144

Note: I think this is all standard notation, no Tab (check with the
publisher). I guess he's trying to separate the men from the boys
here. This is going to have to go on my list of things to get after
I learn to sight-read standard notation, if that ever happens.

Mike Barrs


d kulterer

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Nov 25, 2002, 8:35:45 AM11/25/02
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> Ralph Towner: Solo Guitar Works, Volume 1, GSP 225, $19.95

i know about this one. to my knowledge it offers only transcriptions,
whilst the other is more about technique and improvisational skills in
general.

for ralph towner fans i can highly recommend
groups.yahoo.com/groups/Ralph_Towner.

cheers,

d.kulterer

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