Sarabande in E Minor by Visée (Lesson, PDF)

Sarabande in E Minor by Robert de Visée (1655-1733) – From Livre de pièces pour la guitare (Paris, 1686), Suite in E Minor. Originally for Baroque guitar. Sheet Music arranged for Classical Guitar. Comes with both notation-only edition and tab edition. Left hand fingering. Later-Intermediate (Approximately Grade 6). PDF download.

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Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732/1733) was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar. In this lesson I mainly discuss the interpretation of Baroque guitar music on the modern classical guitar and do a walk through of the piece.

In this lesson I mainly discuss the interpretation of Baroque guitar music on the modern classical guitar and do a walk through of the piece. Here’s the Youtube Lesson Link if you want to watch it there. I also have another movement from the suite if you want to pair them together: Visee: Passacaille in E Minor.

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Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and publisher from Victoria, BC, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content with guitarists worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory for 16 years and has freelanced in Greater Victoria for 25 years. See more at his personal website.

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