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WELCOME! See what "The Principles" have done for me! Below you will find a wide variety of guitar pieces I have recorded over the years. Genres include: Spanish Classical, Baroque, Renaissance, Popular songs arranged for fingerstyle, original music, and even a fingerstyle blues! Watch my fingers closely. You will see in their movements the 10's of thousands of hours of correct practice that have made my fingers what they are today.
YESTERDAY
tHE BEATLES
This is the first arrangement I made for guitar.
DANNY BOY
TRADITIONAL
arr. Jamie Andreas
Always one of my favorite songs.
ROSEDALE BLUES
DAVID HAMBURGER
I learned this cool tune from a lesson by blues guitarist David Hamburger. I teach this piece now.
SPANISH ROMANCE
TRADITIONAL
Long thought to be an anonymous composition, but recently discovered to be written by the great Fernando Sor.
RECUERDOS de la ALHAMBRA
FRANCISCO TARREGA
Sometimes called
"The National Anthem of the Guitar".
MICHELLE
THE BEATLES
ARR. JAMIE ANDREAS
A beautiful song by the great Paul McCartney.
ROUND BATTLE GALLIARD
JOHN DOWLAD
(RENAISSANCE)
John Dowland always takes me back to a
previous life in Elizabethan England. One of the greatest composers of the age.
CELLO PRELUDE
J.S BACH
A famous piece from Bach's Cello Suites. Often heard in movies and commercials.
LOOKING UP
JAMIE ANDREAS
ORIGINAL
A steel string solo, recorded outside Las Vegas, at Red Rock Park
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
JAMIE ANDREAS
ORIGINAL
I looked up at the night sky, alone with the Universe. This feeling overwhelmed me...
WHAT CHILD IS THIS
(GREENSLEEVES)
TRADITIONAL
I remember singing this in choir in the first grade. The hair on the back of my neck stood up at the beauty of the melody.
CARCASSI ETUDE #4
MATTEO CARCASSI
A wonderful study for the fingers by the great Carcassi. It gives the fingers a workout doing pull offs all over the neck.
SARABANDE IN BM
(Baroque)
J.S. BACHA
From Bach's Suites for solo violin. I heard Segovia play this and fell in love, with the classical guitar and with Bach.
HAVE YOURSELF A
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
MARTIN & BLANE
A beautiful Christmas favorite made famous by Judy Garland in the movie "Meet Me In St. Louis".
PRELUDE #1
(20th Century)
HEITOR VILLA LOBOS
Such a great piece, with the melody played all on the bass string. Makes you feel like YoYo Ma!
CAVATINA
(Theme "The Deerhunter)
STANLEY MYERS
Everyone loves this beautiful piece, but no one loved it more than my mother.
PRELUDE & FUGUE IN Em
(Baroque)
SLYVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
A wonderful composition by the great Master who was considered the equal of Bach in his time. No higher honor.
GYMNOPEDIE
(Impressionistic)
ERIK SATIE
A simply gorgeous piece.
SONATA IN A MAJOR
(Baroque)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
A gem of 2 part writing by the great composer of the mighty 500 Harpsichord Sonatas.
ETUDE IN Bb
FERNANDO SOR
This piece is all bar chords, all over the neck, all the time.
It builds incredible strength in the fingers, and oh, it's beautiful too!
ROW YOUR BOAT
SLYVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
arr. Jamie Andreas
I realized the truth communicated in this children's song. Then, this music came to me.
ETUDE IN Bm
FERNANDO SOR
This beautiful piece is sometimes called "The Moonlight Sonata Of Guitar".
SUITE IN Am
(Baroque)
JOHANN ANTON LOGY
The first baroque suite I learned. I have loved it ever since.
MARIA
FRANCISCO TARREGA
Sheer beauty by the great master.
CLASSICAL GAS
MASON WILLIAMS
arr. Jamie Andreas
As a teenage I was one of millions who were really turned on by this classic tune by Mason Williams
ETUDE #` IN C
(Segovia Edition)
FERNANDO SOR
Considered an essential study by Segovia, this piece teaches us how to handle multiple voices.
CORCOVADO
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
arr. Jamie Andreas
One of the most famous songs by the great master of Bossa Nova.
THE END OF EVERYTHING
(Original)
JAMIE ANDREAS
I wrote this during a difficult period in my life.
SUITE IN DM
(Baroque)
ROBER DE VISEE
The 2nd baroque suite I learned. Robert de Visee was court lutenist (guitar player) to the Sun King, Louis IV.
PRELUDE IN DM
J.S. BACH
Originally written for keyboard. This is the first classical piece I taught myself. I play it better now
ASTURIAS
ISSAC ALBENIZ
Originally written for piano, even the composer liked it better on guitar! Used by the rock group "The Doors" on the song "Spanish Caravan".
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
(Original)
CARMICHAEL & GORREL
arr. Jamie Andreas and played on steel string.
PRELUDE IN Am
(Baroque)
J.S.BACH
From Lute Suite BWV997. One of my all time favorite pieces by the great Master
PASSACAGLIA in D
SLYVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
Weiss was a great improviser, and this piece sounds like it came out of his fingers one night when he was chillin' with his axe (lute!)..
ETUDE 13 IN Dm
(Segovia)
FERNANDO SOR
A beautiful study in 6ths.
FANTASY OF LOVE
(Original)
JAMIE ANDREAS
A steel string solo.
SEMPER DOWLAND, SEMPER DOLENS
(Rensaissance)
JOHN DOWLAND
It was said of John Dowland "His touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense." Melancholy was a pervasive sentiment in those times. The title means "Always Dowland, Always Sad", a play on his name.
PASSACAGLIA in D
SLYVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
Weiss was a great improviser, and this piece sounds like it came out of his fingers one night when he was chillin' with his axe (lute!)..
THE LIGHT
JAMIE ANDREAS
PRELUDE IN C
J.S. BACH
One of my first transcriptions, I play this piece on the steel string. I prefer the steel string because of its greater sustain, which fits my interpretation of this piece.
SUENO
FRANCISCO TARREGA
A beautiful and sensitive melody.
MARIETA
FRANCISCO TARREGA
Another favorite by the great Master.
PAVANE IN Bm
LUIS MILAN
These simple renaissance dances were often played by Segovia. Over the years I learned to appreciate their purity and beauty.
PAVANE IN Am
LUIS MILAN
One of the first pieces my first classical teacher gave me.
PRELUDE #3
(20th Century)
HEITOR VILLA LOBOS
The most lyrical of the 5 Preludes of Villa Lobos.
PAVANE IN Am
(Renaissance)
GASPAR SANZ
Sanz was a great lutenist and composer. I filmed this in the Mojave Desert outside Las Vegas.
ETUDE IN D
(Segovia #6)
FERNANDO SOR
One of the 20 Essential studies by Sor, handpicked by Segovia. This piece illustrates why Segovia said "Sor's Etudes strike the perfect balance between the pedagogical purpose and musical beauty".
PRELUDE IN Em
SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS
I love my Weiss! I like to warm up my fingers and my heart with this piece.
Almain
(Renaissance)
ROBERT JOHNSON
Yes, this Robert Johnson was born a few years before the famous blues player - about 400 years before!
ETUDE #17 (Segovia)
FERNANDO SOR
One of the 20 essential studies picked by Segovia. This beautiful etude teaches us to keep a melody line going on top of rolling arpeggios.
FISHING BLUES
TRADITIONAL
This popular tune for acoustic blues guitar is fun to play, with a steady bass and syncopated melody. It also answers a common question I get: "If you play with a classical right hand position, how to you mute the bass when you need to"?? ....You just do it!
2 GALLIARDS
(Renaissance)
JOHN DOWLAND
2 gems by the great Dowland.
"Pipers Galliard" & "The King of Denmark's Galliard".
Melancholy Galliard & Allemande
(Renaissance)
JOHN DOWNLAND
The first 2 pieces I learned from John Dowland. Yes, I love John Dowland!
Bouree in Bm
J.S. BACH
From the Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin.
Violin music translates very easily to classical guitar.
GUARDAMES LAS VACAS
(Renaissance)
LUIZ DE NARVAEZ
I first heard this piece played on the harp by Nicanor Zabaleta. I have loved and played it ever since.
FUGUE IN GM
(Baroque)
J.S BACH
From the Violin Sonata #1. I used to play this in Am, but re-learned it as part of the whole Sonata in Gm.