Ponce | 24 Preludios Para Guitarra, Guitar Heritage Edition, Book/CD

Review for Ponce's 24 Preludes, Edited by: Stefano Grondona, Model: GHE 702BCD

I'm an intermediate guitar player. I bought this set because I wanted to play through the whole set of 24 (or as much as I'm able) so I bought this to augment my Schott, Segovia fingering addition of the 12 preludes. Here are a few thoughts:
- it is 36 pages, not 64 as currently described on Strings By Mail website.
- the quality of the book is great. the pages feel nice and lay flat. the print quality is very good
- there are lots of introductory comments from Stefano Grondona about the piece and his method of editing, etc.
- it comes with a CD, but I'll probably never use that. It's on streaming services if you search for Stefano Grondona Ponce" you should be able to find it.

It really is a treasure.

I have one "however" which is in many cases, the fingerings are very very different than the Segovia. And as an intermediate player, I'm finding it very difficult to switch gears and learn these new fingerings. They seem much harder, but it might be my difficultly in un-learning some fingerings that I already know. And I'm certainly not advanced enough to say whether Grondona's or Segovia's fingerings are better.

So, this is a great set and very high quality. I'm very glad to have purchased it.

Easy to read and the binding allows for the pages to lay flat. Lots of fingerings. A must for anyone who likes the works of Ponce on guitar.