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Subject Headings
Browsing the catalog for music? Get started with the following subject headings:
guitar music | electric guitar music | sonatas (guitar) | concertos (guitar) | guitar and piano music | songs with guitar | trios (guitar) | plucked instrument trios (guitar) | quartets (guitar) | plucked instrument quartets (guitar) | suites (guitar) | variations (guitar) | guitar -- studies and exercises
To specify some or all instruments for multi-instrument works, include them in parentheses, e.g.: trios (piano, flute, cello); quintets (trumpet, trombone)
Looking for a specific format, like sheet music, CD, or book? Use the menu to the left of search results to limit your results to that format.
Call Numbers
Sheet Music
One Instrument
M125 - M129: Solo guitar (Collections, original compositions, and arrangements)
Two Instruments
M276 - M277: Guitar with piano accompaniment
M292 - M293: Two guitars
M294 - M295: One bowed instrument and one guitar
M296 - M297: One wind instrument and one guitar
Three Instruments
M325 - M329: Trios (piano and two guitars)
M330 - M334: Trios (piano, one bowed instrument, guitar)
M335 - M339: Trios (piano, wind instrument, guitar)
M365 - M369: Trios (guitar)
M370 - M374: Trios (bowed instruments and guitar)
M375 - M379: Trios (wind instruments and guitar)
M380 - M384: Trios (bowed instruments, wind instruments, and guitar)
More than Three Instruments
Call numbers for instrumental music relate to instrumentation - call numbers for quartets (M400), quintets (M500), sextets (M600), septets (M700), octets (M800), and nonets (M900) will follow similar instrumentation outlined in the M300 groupings.
Example
M365 - M369 = Three guitars
M465 - M469 = Four guitars
M565 - M569 = Five guitars
Orchestral Accompaniment
M1037.4.G8: Guitar with orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
M1137.4.G8: Guitar with string orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
Books
ML128.G8: Guitar bibliographies
ML1015.G9: Guitar history and literature
Studies & Methods
MT580 - MT599: Technique, teaching pieces, orchestral studies, etc.
Online Resources
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Guitar PluckDatabase of 20th and 21st century guitar composers and their works
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Guitar Foundation - Free Online ScoresLists multiple online repositories and search engines for online public domain guitar scores
Professional Associations
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Guitar Foundation of AmericaFounded in 1973, the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) is America's leading guitar organization. The GFA provides its members the combined advantages of a guitar society, a library, a publisher, a continuing educational resource, and an arts council.