Violin and guitar duet?

May 16, 2011 at 05:54 PM ·

 At what level?

May 17, 2011 at 04:13 PM ·

Try searching youtube for violin and guitar for lots of ideas.

Here is one of my personal favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1p22o67LI

May 17, 2011 at 08:30 PM ·

I believe Paganini's Cantabile is originally for violin and guitar. It's not as difficult as the name Paganini suggests -- honestly.

May 17, 2011 at 09:46 PM ·

there are great pieces from Paganini & Giuliani in this CD: Duos for Violin and Guitar

http://www.amazon.com/Duos-Violin-Guitar-Niccolo-Paganini/dp/B00000258U

May 18, 2011 at 02:34 AM ·

 The Paganini pieces require a good violinist, to be sure.  The guitar often only plays chords in the left hand with (sometimes very fast) arpeggios in the right hand, if I recall.

There are some sonatas by Legnani that are decent and not as difficult as the Paganini.  I think there might be some Leclair duets as well.   The Handel violin sonata in A is available with guitar accompaniment.  

Lots of flute/guitar music will work very well.  Try "The Rosewood Book," which has a variety of composers, for some pleasant, mostly lightweight (compared to multi-movement works) pieces.  Guitarist Mauro Giuliani wrote some decent pieces for flute and guitar, possibly some violin/guitar as well.