This book attempts to introduce today's guitarist to baroque music in a way that is both technically cumulative and musically comprehensive starting at the easiest level at which consistently good examples of the genre occur. Along with the unavoidable textual compromises that occur in an exercise of this kind (particularly where music for the 5-course baroque guitar is concerned) there are a number of deliberate simplifications. The pieces more or less progress in difficulty throughout.

The Baroque Book for guitar is a treasury of carefully selected pieces from the greatest composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. The music of the baroque era has always been a popular and important part of the guitar repertoire. A thorough understanding of the style, forms and rhythmic and harmonic conventions of the period are an essential part of the guitarist's training.

The Baroque Book introduces today's guitarist to baroque music in a way that is both technically cumulative and musically comprehensive. Comprising arrangements of all the standard dance movements and other characteristic forms from across Europe, it is a critical part of any progressing classical guitarist's repertoire

Includes a section of historical notes.

Also included in the ABRSM Guitar Syllabus Grades 2-5.