PIMA Guitar Publications are for working Performers, active Teachers, and their Students. The repertoire represents masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, both classical and traditional. Instrumentation: solo guitar, guitar ensembles, teacher/student duets, and duets for flute with guitar. Scores are delivered in carefully engraved, printable PDFs, in standard music notation.
The mission of PIMA Guitar Publications is to create accurate music editions that expand the repertoire of the classical guitar, transcriptions that are beautiful, playable, and affordable.
Rules of counterpoint and style are carefully studied and preserved for stylistic accuracy. Playability is always a priority. Each transcription is chosen to fulfill a need for public performance in, concerts, weddings, or festive occasions, or to create gratifying experiences for students and teachers. All publications are carefully engraved in standard music notation. [ Visit the Catalog Page ]
Transcriptions for the classical guitar should be musically accurate and sound natural on the instrument. Material for transcription and arrangement is chosen for its musical beauty. The contrapuntal capabilities of the guitar make it possible to include a broad range of musical styles. Other considerations include the practical musical function for performance and teaching environments.
At PIMA Guitar Publications, we provide superior music scores that are meticulously engraved in standard notation. Once you purchase the music, we'll send it to you via email as a printable PDF (Portable Document Format) that doesn't require any additional software downloads. It's ready to print and use right away!
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PIMA (or pima) represents the right or plucking hand for classical or finger-style guitarists. The letters are derived from the Spanish words for thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers. The Spanish and English definitions are: p = pulgar or thumb, i = indicio or index, m = medio or middle, and a = anular or ring finger.
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