Little Pieces for Flute and Guitar

Flute and Guitar

By Various

I am both flutist and classical guitar player. This has some great pieces but the guitar part is seriously in need of editing and fingering; Moyse was just thinning out the piano part rather than truly writing for the guitar. I think if Schirmer would do that and re-issued...

as such, it would be a top seller! There are some pieces that would work.

The guitar part is nearly impossible to play. It's clear the arranger has no knowledge of classical guitar. Schirmer really needs to hire a classical guitarist to rearrange the guitar part. Moyse was an excellent flautist but clearly he either never picked up a guitar or had six fingers...

on his left hand.

I don't think the guitar part was writen by someone who plays that instrument. The chords, although simple, are very strange, nor are there any fingerings written. I would take a pass.

This book has many nice pieces. I particularly like the Mozart Adagio. (This piece was the very sad piece played at the beginning of Amadeus.) The Chopin Mazurka is also extremely nice. The arrangements of some of the pieces are annoying, because they leave out significant portions that I am...

used to hearing. There are a number of nice pieces in this book that I don't have in any other book.