Many composers explored its capabilities as a solo instrument, especially it reached its modern form, at the turn of the 20th century.
In classical music the guitar never enjoyed the popularity of the piano or the violin, though it was an affordable instrument and it featured prominently in chamber music.
Nowadays, the guitar is a primary instrument in nearly all the popular genres. Modern guitars were preceded by the Renaissance guitars, vihuelas, and Baroque guitars. These set of characteristics (size, tuning, material, strings, technique, and sound production) define the different types of guitars: the most common classifications are 'classical', 'acoustic', and 'electric'. Guitars project sound either acoustically or through amplification devices. These can be played with fingerpicking technique, plectrum, or a combination of both. Guitars are traditionally made of wood, with strings that may be of nylon, gut, or steel.
It is a medium-sized string instrument, usually with 6 strings tuned E4, B3, G3, D2, A2, E2. Gounod himself regarded the ‘Ave Maria’, next to his great works such as the Faust opera, merely as a playful piece (‘espièglerie’), which he did not even mention in his autobiography.The guitar is arguably one of the most popular family of instruments. Schott’s first print run of the piano version comprised only 50 copies in the early 1920s 10,000 copies per year were printed. It was not until 1859 that the text of the Latin prayer ‘Ave Maria’ was set to the piece, as it is known today. This arrangement for piano solo was published by Schott in 1853 (plate number 12756), with a dedication to Gounod’s friend, the pianist Alexandre Goria. A few days later the piece was performed in a house concert in an arrangement for violin, piano and small choir. He improvised the melody on the Prelude in 1852 in the home of his future father-in-law, the composer Pierre Zimmermann, who subsequently transcribed it. Gounod got to know Bach’s music through Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn’s sister. Cambios de posición, posiciones altas, tercera guitarra: guitarra de acompañamiento (arpegios, acordes, línea de bajos,) Con bajo opcional, Válido para orquesta de guitarras. Bach is certainly one of the most well-known classical melodies. Famoso villancico «Noche de paz» de Franz Xaver GRUBER (1787 1863), adaptado para trío de guitarras. Charles Gounod’s Meditation on the Prelude in C Major from Vol.
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