Description
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. He was a brilliant composer of symphonies, operas, ballets, songs and other instrumental pieces. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire.
In this tutorial we will play a solo classical guitar arrangement of the main theme to Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' Symphony.
This piece is is D major, in 4/4 time and we'll play it at a slow tempo of about 60 BPM.
Lesson Info
Instructor
Christopher Schlegel
Tutorial Lessons
- Tchaikovsky 'Pathetique' Introduction
- 'Pathetique' 1st Section Measures 1-5
- 'Pathetique' 2nd Section Measures 6-9
- 'Pathetique' 1st Section Return Measures 10-14
- 'Pathetique' Basic Overall Form
- 'Pathetique' Measures 14-18
- 'Pathetique' Measures 19-23
- 'Pathetique' Embellished Overall Form
- 'Pathetique' Complete Arrangement
- Tchaikovsky 'Pathetique' Performance Close View
- Tchaikovsky 'Pathetique' Performance Wide View