Performer Guides

Use this guide to find resources for music performance, including LC call number browsing ranges for repertoire, books, and journals..

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Finding Repertoire for the Guitar:

If you're looking for new repertoire to perform, it is often helpful to browse the Music Library's scores. The following call number ranges are for guitar music; individual works within these numbers are arranged alphabetically by composer or arranger:

M276-M277, Guitar and piano
M292-M293, Duets, two plectral instruments
M294-M295, Duets, with one stringed instrument
M296-M297, Duets, with one wind instrument
M1037.4, Guitar with orchestra (full score)
M1137.4, Guitar with orchestra (piano reduction)

Etudes and instructional materials are classified in the MT range and housed in the same location as books about music (MLs):

MT580 - General Works
MT582 - Systems and Methods
MT585 - Studies and Exercises

Selected Books on the Guitar and Guitarists

The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity

The Guitar: Tracing the Grain Back to the Tree

The Guitar in Georgian England: A Social and Musical History

Guitar: The World's Most Seductive Instrument

Playing with Ease: A Healthy Approach to Guitar Technique

The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide

The New Guitarscape in Critical Theory, Cultural Practice and Musical Performance

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