Picasso, "Woman with Mandolin" 1910 The symphonies of Beethoven are to me the greatest artistic creation in the history of mank...

Picasso: "Bottle, Guitar, and Pipe" Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany I've posted about my sequenced "rock" transcr...

Remember when I posted the "The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'll Love Vol.1" ? Well here's Volume 2...hope you...

“Guitar” (1914) ferrous sheet metal and wire" MoMA © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso The Weirdest Piano Concerto Arrangements You'l...

There's nothing more educational (for me, at least) than to post about Beethoven every single day - but a close second would arranging h...

Yesterday was the color chart/video of Opus 130, and since the Grosse Fugue was originally the grand finale of Opus 130 it seems necessary t...

Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 130 has the distinction of having had the "Grosse Fuge" as it's original ending, and then ...

Beethoven seems to inspire many guitarists.  After piano, there are probably more amateur guitar performances of B.'s music than on any ...

The Missa Solemnis ("Solemn Mass") in D from 1823 was a work Beethoven himself hailed as his "greatest" - at least until...

Beethoven's Mass in C from 1812 is not as popular as the monumental Missa Solemnis from 1823, but it's actually a big favorite with...

Diabelli Variations (33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli) Op.120 (1823) (guitar arrangement) In Volume 3 of my continuing adventur...

One thing that I miss in Beethoven's music is that he doesn't have much music for guitar. To remedy this unfortunate state of affair...

I've already made a few posts about MIDI (maybe too many), but it's proven to be so educational for me I'll post one more time ...

I think of a Beethoven piece like a little journey.  Not very different from a movie of sorts, or a book.  That's one of the reasons I l...