Tackling 8 Easy Waltzes Op. 7 for guitar solo by G.D. Aguado

I'm always searching for pieces that I can successfully tackle on bass. The 8 Easy Waltzes Op. 7 for guitar solo by G.D. Aguado seemed like a good challenge, so I set out to work on the pieces a few months ago. I thought I'd comment on my bumblings with the pieces, one by one.

A few comments on all the pieces:
Firstly, if I had Aguado in the room, I'd say "Easy Waltzes? Speak for yourself man!". These pieces are anything but easy on bass. But, that's the challenge, to make them sound easy.

Secondly, they are waltzes, and the challenge here is to make the arrangements, however difficult, serviceable as functional and dancable waltzes. For that, break out your physical or software metronome, and practice like hell.

As an aside, I took a master class in 1993 with Micha3l Manr1ng (I've salted his name to not bring attention to this page, I have no affiliation or connection with such a great musician as he), and he talked about how he used to play live for ballet dancers when he lived in New York. I never forgot that example.

So, if you don't have an edition of these pieces, you can get them on VirtualSheetMusic.com at http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/WaltzesAguado.html and they even have some handy MIDI files there too.