Este trabalho trata da investigação dos princípios metodológicos necessários ao processo de digitação ao violão. Para tal, parâmetros digitacionais são convertidos em um protocolo de instâncias (exposição dos casos, aplicação dos comandos, avaliação das circunstâncias, gerenciamento das consequências e julgamento das condições), as quais são mediadas por princípios e circundadas por perspectivas, formando, assim, um cenário digitacional. Por meio de um processo de inferências, concluímos que a fluência sonora, independentemente de posicionamentos estéticos, é uma condição básica para uma execução satisfatória ao violão; por dedução, vimos que a capacidade de se tocar legato é o principal elemento desse ideal. Verificamos, também, que a digitação é, em termos, pessoal, pois todas as suas instâncias são de interação dialética entre sujeito e objeto; mas não completamente, pois cada instância é regida por princípios que não dizem respeito, exclusivamente, ao indivíduo. Observamos, por fim, que a construção de um cenário digitacional não é um meio de se encontrar a melhor digitação, mas sim, de buscá-la, pois o princípio básico em que ela se opera é a organização dos saberes que o executante mobiliza em seu processo. / This work deals with the investigation of the methodological principles necessary to the process of elaborating guitar fingerings. To this end, fingering parameters are converted into a protocol of instances (exposure of the cases, application of the commands, assessment of the circumstances, management of the consequences and judgment of the conditions), which are mediated by principles and surrounded by perspectives, thus forming a fingering scenario. Through a process of inference, we conclude that the sound fluency, independently of aesthetic positioning, is a basic condition for a satisfactory performance on guitar; by deduction, we have seen that the ability to play legato is the main element of this ideal. We also verified that fingering is, in terms, a matter of personal choice because all its instances are dialectical interaction between subject and object; but not completely so, because each instance is governed by principles which do not concern exclusively the individual. We note, finally, that the construction of a fingering scenario is not a way to find the best fingering, but, to seek it, because the basic principle on which it operates is the organization of acknowledgments that the performer mobilizes in his process. / Este trabajo se ocupa de la investigación de los principios metodológicos necesarios para el proceso de elaboración de la digitación en la guitarra. Con este fin, parámetros de digitación se convierten en un protocolo de instancias (la exposición de los casos, la aplicación de los comandos, la evaluación de las circunstancias, la administración de las consecuencias y el juicio de las condiciones), que están mediadas por principios y rodeadas de perspectivas, formando así un escenario de digitación. A través de un proceso de inferencia, llegamos a la conclusión de que la fluidez del sonido, independientemente de las posiciones estéticas, es una condición básica para una ejecución satisfactoria en la guitarra; por deducción, hemos visto que la capacidad de tocar legato es el elemento principal de este ideal. También verificamos que la digitación es, en términos, personal, porque todas las instancias son una interacción dialéctica entre el sujeto y el objeto; pero no completamente, porque cada instancia se rige por principios que no se refieren exclusivamente a la persona. Observamos, por último, que la construcción de un escenario de digitación no es una manera de encontrar la mejor digitación, sino buscarla, porque el principio básico en el que opera es la organización de los conocimientos que el intérprete moviliza en su proceso.

Leo Brouwer's Sonata Mitología de las Aguas No. I for flute and guitar, first published in 2017, has taken its place as an important twenty-first-century addition to the flute and guitar duo repertory. I provide a brief historical context for the work, followed by preparation guides for guitar alone and duo passages. My preparation guides include exercises and rehearsal strategies, focusing on those passages of the work that include controlled indeterminacy. The study of indeterminacy in music is unusual in the pedagogy of the classical guitarist; this leaves guitarists unprepared for dealing with pieces, especially chamber works, that use improvisation or aleatoric music as a primary element. I take a multifaceted approach to facilitate the realization of the indeterminate sections of the work; this includes demonstrations of my traditional music notation transcriptions and other rehearsal strategies and the application of music performance study systems by James Thurmond and Marcel Tabuteau. This document aims to provide guidance to creating an organic, natural aesthetic in the actualization of Brouwer's groundbreaking work.

The main purpose of this dissertation is to offer a modern transcription and critical edition of François Campion's Sonatina in D Major, found in his Piéces de Guitare du S.r Campion from 1748. Since it is not a common practice for the modern classical guitarist to study the baroque guitar and all its idiosyncrasies, this transcription from French tablature into modern notation will make this piece accessible to all classical guitar players. Using his sonatina as an example, this dissertation covers the process of transcribing baroque guitar French tablature while emphasizing a practical performance approach that suits the classical guitar. This approach includes examining tuning differences, suggested transposed notes, ornamental interpretation, and the overall differences in performance practice between both instruments. Not much is known about Campion's life (c1685-1747), but his importance as a musician in France during the early eighteenth century is evidenced by his publications and his accounts as a theorbo and baroque guitar player for the orchestra of the opera company L'Académie Royale de Musique, for which he was employed from 1703 until 1719. Unfortunately, while this music is fairly known and usually performed by early music specialists, it is ignored by modern guitarists, mainly because of the lack of modern transcriptions. This sonatina serves as an original critical edition adaptation for the classical guitar.

The main purpose of this dissertation is to offer classical guitarists an additional analytical technique for interpreting and performing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. While this mode of analysis can be successfully applied to any of the instrumental works by Bach frequently transcribed and performed by guitarists, I have chosen for this study my recent transcription of the Partita in A minor for solo flute traverso, BWV 1013. With a continuo-based, harmonic realization of the Partita, I contribute to the existing guitar repertoire by offering a new transcription of this work, while demonstrating how historical concepts of rhetorical structure and aesthetics found in relevant primary source material can inspire a new approach to analysis, transcription, and performance practice. In this way, my investigations create additional perspectives for classical guitarists regarding the analysis and performance of this work, while complementing traditional harmonic analysis and subject labeling. Although it is my hope that this new transcription of the Partita will serve as an important contribution to the existing literature, the main purpose of this dissertation resides in the musico-rhetorical analytical technique and its implications on performance practice for classical guitarists.

Continuing the discussion of interpreting J. S. Bach's lute music on the guitar, this dissertation seeks to demonstrate that Schenkerian analysis can assist the modern classical guitarist to better understand Bach's music. In particular, the Schenkerian approach provides an important methodology for studying Bach's music in depth, and then guiding performance practice on the guitar. Although there are many books and articles about transcribing, interpreting and performing Bach's music on the guitar, they do not apply Schenkerian analysis to guitar performance. This research will fill in the lacuna in this field, while promoting music scholarship and enhancing the performance practice of classical guitarists.